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A clarification please
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:53 am
by BL1P
could you clear up a point for me please
would a scammer be classed as a cheat ?
by this i mean people who scam a player out of naq/uu/turns/cash and dont repay the resourses offerd.
mt abuse for example : selling an mt on the market for say a total of 50bil. you send them 50bil for turns and they dont send the turns but rather send you a message saying hahahaha you where scammed.
should we report those type of players as cheats or not ?
thx
THE BL1P
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:58 am
by Benny :)
I would classify that as cheating, yeah...
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:02 am
by R3B3L
I'd say they're cheats, others wouldn't.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:02 am
by reborn
well yes and no, u take the chance of trading outside of the market place, but there is a place to put scammers
http://herebegames.com/StarGateWars/viewforum.php?f=38
place it in there containing the name for main and forum if u know them, ID and msn adress if know that way some people will know not to trade with them
other than that u can just sit on that account unless its not worth doing so
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:10 am
by BL1P
yer i know that place reborn for placing scammers
was just wondering if the new admin wanted those types of what could be considerd cheats placing in here from now on
yer its always a risk dealing on the black market but posibly consitant offenders could be dealt with
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:15 am
by RobinInDaHood
The game administration has always maintained a firm "hands-off" policy on trades happening outside the game. Selling or buying a market turn is a trade not supported by the game or by trade brokers so you're taking a risk by doing one.
Scamming sucks, it isn't nice, but it isn't something that the game should police.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:04 am
by agapooka
Indeed, scamming is not a form of cheating. It is not encouraged, but it happened so much that it could no longer be policed.
What we do, instead, is inform people on how to avoid it.
J
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:22 am
by Clarkey
Well it technically is cheating because they cheated you out of naq/turns/uu etc! But does it say in the game rules no scamming people? Been a long time since i read the rules thoroughly.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:31 am
by Mix
clarkey wrote:Well it technically is cheating because they cheated you out of naq/turns/uu etc! But does it say in the game rules no scamming people? Been a long time since i read the rules thoroughly.
the scammers could say its a valid game tactic to get ahead...
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:36 am
by Londo Mollari
clarkey wrote:Well it technically is cheating because they cheated you out of naq/turns/uu etc! But does it say in the game rules no scamming people? Been a long time since i read the rules thoroughly.
its just a form of theft, as is attacking
its not cheating, just inconsiderate and usually results in massings
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:49 am
by BL1P
lol i can see i should have put for the attention of admin in the topic
Re: A clarification please
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:29 pm
by formerly adminMark
Gameadmins can not police trades make outside the game. It would be one persons word against another's.
adminMark
BL1P wrote:could you clear up a point for me please
would a scammer be classed as a cheat ?
by this i mean people who scam a player out of naq/uu/turns/cash and dont repay the resourses offerd.
mt abuse for example : selling an mt on the market for say a total of 50bil. you send them 50bil for turns and they dont send the turns but rather send you a message saying hahahaha you where scammed.
should we report those type of players as cheats or not ?
thx
THE BL1P