PurposeGames Topic: cheating

edi68815 on "cheating"

edi68815 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:43:51 +0000

I don't see how that relates either phenocain. I think there is a lot of cheating which will never be cut out, or can't be monitored. Fortunately, there is more to the site than just getting fast times or doing ATHs, a lot of the site's appeal is just the process of learning some new stuff.

equestenebrarum on "cheating"

equestenebrarum — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:42:51 +0000

@phenocain I don't get your idea, can you explain it in more detail please?

phenocain on "cheating"

phenocain — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:47:04 +0000

cheating could be stopped if you had better control over whether to show answers or not in your game

edi68815 on "cheating"

edi68815 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:44:33 +0000

a lot of suspicious times atm.

bix21 on "cheating"

bix21 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:31:46 +0000

Why people want to revert to showing they can cheat is beyond me. Cases are as clear as these are pretty obvious.
Unfortunately situations like the current top 10 scores or so of the Countries of Europe are far more difficult to handle. I smell a rat there, too. There’s either someone extremely gifted who uses different handles or something’s up…. It just seems a bit far fetched to me for seven of the top ten to have played just this game and only this game between 2 and 5 times. Even Kalle and Frallan’s performances seem dubious. I’m not surprised martinelmejor feels so disconcerted, and I know Thomsiboms worked on the game fastidiously – he’s now relegated to the second page….. Any thoughts on how best to go about vetting this type of thing ?

Wingoboy on "cheating"

Wingoboy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:31 +0000

Someones using a cheat engine!!!!

tickman on "cheating"

tickman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:48 +0000

I think this kind of thing will be with us periodically from now on.

niklas on "cheating"

niklas — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:52:28 +0000

We had some problems like this a while ago:

http://www.purposegames.com/topic/321

edi68815 on "cheating"

edi68815 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:08:24 +0000

Yeah, looks like he created another id because somebody just got 9 seconds for the countries of europe. I don't think God could manage that. This is kinda worrying; how can you manage this? If this guy had just done it in 30 seconds to make it look somewhat plausible nobody would know.

niklas on "cheating"

niklas — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:22:11 +0000

This user had 20+ ATH, all with the time 0:0.0, not very feasible.
I guess that David has removed these results, that is probably why the page is empty now.

I guess there aren't any official rules but I think the best players (sarah & co) use a regular mouse so in order to keep the competition fair I suggest that everyone else do that as well.

edi68815 on "cheating"

edi68815 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:02:36 +0000

What are the rules for these games. Is it anything goes except using macros etc?

edi68815 on "cheating"

edi68815 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:01:51 +0000

That scoreboard has nothing on it.

niklas on "cheating"

niklas — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:41:32 +0000

We seem to have a new member that doesn't play by the rules:

http://www.purposegames.com/memberstats/9961