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Author: | ZZ [ Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:20 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | Am I missing something, or is my opponent cheating? | ||
Hi: I'm actually rather new to MA, and recently started online play under the name "Zorro". I think I understand the game quite well, but on my second online game, I can't understand how my opponent had enough income to purchase the units he did. I know it is considered inappropriate to post a game before it is finished, but I've gone over the replay, and I want to get a third-party opinion before I do anything rash that would hurt the honor of my opponent. So I'm asking for your indulgence - could some of you more experienced MA players download this replay and examine it? Did my opponent cheat to suddenly have enough money to purchase 2 bots, a transport, and a LAV on turn 9 from a country that, by my count, had only 2 to spend? I really hope I'm wrong and someone can explain to me why I'm mistaken. Thanks in advance. zz
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Author: | Arkon7 [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:23 am ] |
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I've taken a hard look at your replay, and I agree, something is fishy. Here's what I think the replay shows: Turn # Purchase 1 4 tanks (Disclosure) 2 Land Transport 3 Nothing - $2 carried to next turn 4 Rocket Launcher 5 Tank 6 Tank 7 Tank 8 Nothing - $2 carried to next turn 9 2 Robots and 1 Land Transport and 1 LAV ($11 total) So it does appear to me that the FNU player should have at most, $4 to spend. How the money shows up makes no sense, unless somehow disclosure was retriggered to generate the extra $9. I'd be talking ti Inna or someone in development how this might have happened. |
Author: | ZZ [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:04 am ] |
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Thanks for checking it out. I did as you suggested, and forwarded this note to Inna. I really do hope that it turns out to be something silly like a bug. Someone cheating on a fairly anonymous online game with no stakes on a map described by some posters on this forum as a "crap shoot" would just be sad. zz |
Author: | pickardj79 [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:06 am ] |
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I agree with Arkon's assessment - something very fishy happened here. Has there been any response? This is quite disturbing. This "cheat / bug" was relatively obvious to catch, but if someone can add just $2 to a couple countries it would be much more difficult to notice and could turn the tide of a close battle. I'd like to hear from the developers on this. |
Author: | ZZ [ Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:13 pm ] |
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pickardj79 wrote: I agree with Arkon's assessment - something very fishy happened here. Has there been any response? This is quite disturbing. This "cheat / bug" was relatively obvious to catch, but if someone can add just $2 to a couple countries it would be much more difficult to notice and could turn the tide of a close battle. I'd like to hear from the developers on this.
FYI - I sent a private message to Inna, ask for him too examine the issue. He sent back the following message: " Actually some cheating can be possible only in playing against AI. But I'll discuss this issue with our programmers " EDITED TO REFLECT INNA'S REPLY BELOW ZZ |
Author: | ZZ [ Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:25 am ] |
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I received a message from Inna today, and she reported the following: " Iam sorry for my late reply. First of all, I want to say that Iam a female. Secondly, our developers had a look at the game and here is their conclusion: either it was an error, a bug in the programme, that was very useful for your opponent or he cheated purposely. I finished the game 79717 in a draw as requsted. Regards, Inna MAN Support Manager. --- " First, let me apologize for getting your gender incorrect. Second, thanks for eventually looking into the game. zz |
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