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Tomanbeg -> (2/6/2002 10:56:00 AM)
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Originally posted by tracer:
If you tried this you would get a 'security violation' and your opponent would know. But, like anything computer-related, I'm sure there's a way around it. I've played alot of PBEM and have never encountered anyone I even suspected of cheating....what's the point?
Exactly. But when some one slids around 4 mine fields, then goes thru the only blind spot of your Pak front and pulls up next to your A0 unit and blows it away, one does wonder. There is a way to tell how many times you opponent has saved and loaded since the game started, so if he is 'replaying' the turn to get better results it will show something like 8 saves 16 loads on turn 8. Of course, you can always reload from the .zip file without changing the load counter. There is such a wide range of variables that I'm not sure it makes any difference in the long run. This method can be used to produce first shots( the first shot you see on your replay), that always hit. Just keep reloading and replaying untill you get what you want. Cheaters are just cheating themselves. This has been true since the day after the first game was invented. I figure it took someone at least a day to figure out how to cheat at it. When You think it's happening, say something. At the worst you just have to find another player, at best you will learn a new technique. I love working my scouts, I don't care much if I win or lose, My personal goal is to get a scout unit to either the 0 column or the 99 column. I use a slot to build my LO(loyal oppostions) OOB. In most PBEM games, I have 90% of my LO's force figured out by turn 10. So I get accused of 'flooding' quite a bit. I just give up my password and my list of what units I spotted and what turn I spotted them. Then we start a new game.
T. (BTW 'flooding is where you buy a company of armored cars, or something else fast , and line them up wheel-to-wheel and send them off in a charge of the light brigade. Make a note of what kills them and where it is, then reload the game from the zip file and start again. do this all the way across the map, and you can move with some confidence. Some, because there is a way to set traps for guys doing this. Which is way fun!!).
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