Re: Mechanisms to combat multiple-entry by a player

From: Hugh Bayer <hugh@bigspider.net>

Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 12:59:27 +0000

in article bbv1hm$51l$1@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk,
wavey@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk at
wavey@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote on 6/8/03 5:01 AM:

> A player can join a turn-based game multiple times, and co-ordinate his
> entries to gain an unfair advantage. Have any mechanisms (other than cost)
> been developed to help inhibit a player from doing this?
>
> I'm thinking especially in terms of an Internet game. Identifying such
> players by IP address wouldn't work, for many reasons, including NAT
> firewalls and dynamic addressing.
>
> Does that leave us with only goodwill or a prohibitive cost-of-entry?
>
> Apologies if this isn't really the appropriate place to discuss this.
>
> wavey
>
>
>

Appropriate or not, I found it a fun question.

First idea I've come up with is to use cookies stored on the players
computer to check if this computer is already running another position.

I'm sure there's way to work around that, but it would hinder a large
percentage of people (or at least of the players I've had experience with).

Best wishes,

Hugh
www.epmgames.com

References

Mechanisms to combat multiple-entry by a player
wavey@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Sun, 08 Jun 2003 10:01:26 +0000

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Mechanisms to combat multiple-entry by a player
wavey@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Sun, 08 Jun 2003 10:01:26 +0000