Hey, whoa, I haven't accused anyone of cheating, but you are right Mathlord I was speculating about it. I respect your word about Valume or any of these players you tell me are legit Officers, and, I have not placed any of this anywhere but out here in the Open in the Forums to fish a little, and await and look for the responses, etc.
If you look at what I speculated about, and in your evaluation you say I had no reason to bring it up as far as the appearance of suspicion then I am OK with that. I would trust your objectivity implicitly. I would also never go whining to Admin behind anyone's back without giving people a chance to explain anything that looks questionable, I of all people know how that feels from bygone Eras. If I see something suspicious looking, I write about it in the open, and wait to see opinions, answers to the posting, personal references such as what you gave, and would only proceed forward with anything resembling an official accusation to the Admin long after real facts came out in the logs.
I made my suspicions public, I see your reply giving credence to your friend, that is enough for me.
Admittedly, I write to prod and poke and see what shakes out. In my defense, go back and read it and I did say words like suspected, allegedly, presume, assume. I always find people read things and see or comprehend it the way they want to, not necessarily the way it was written. And, it is always hardest yet to tell the intent of the writer, so, you only have my word in return that I was presenting this to flush out replies before moving forward with any real accusations in the proper Cheating Thread.
I poked, and purposefully prodded about something that looked suspicious enough that I hope most of you would agree with the speculation. From that, I got one valid reply in the Forum from one of the officers (easily telling me that this player cares enough to admit who they are and justify their player account), and now anyone can tell that this person is a separate individual player who has played and visited the Forums many times before giving them validity. I got your word about the CO, these are the things I was fishing for and that now give me no further reason to worry about it.
If anyone was insulted, I do admit I have a "flair" for writing implied things so I take that as a compliment to my intentions and writing style, BUT I also apologize for the sting of it on a personal level. Just be a little consoled that all this was done out in the open, with the intention to investigate and find facts first, long before writing or implying anything in the actual Forum used to accuse suspected cheaters!
Also, I will not write on this again as I believe I came close to "Hijacking" Mic's thread. I apologize for that also...
Just to try an have this not be the case (which I can't fix now...) I will also mention something on topic that I am still curious to see if those players in the 'X' thing have an explanation for the similarity in those IPs...
No? Not enough on topic... Yeah, you are right, I Hijacked the thread. Sorry...