Posted by MikeT23 on 4/3/2017 2:31:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 4/3/2017 1:54:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 4/3/2017 1:16:00 PM (view original):
OK, fair enough. WifS Fair Play Guidelines are outdated. That's on them. They're allowing it. Doesn't mean it's not cheating.
Example:
In HBD, there was a bug with International Free Agents. Once you saw one, you could add 1 to the end of his link to see the next one and the next one and the next one, etc. If the first was linked with HBDPIayer123456ifa, the next would be HBDPlayer123457ifa. Very few knew about it, I didn't, and it went unnoticed for years. Were those who used that to track the best IFA each year cheating? They could save their money because they knew better was on the way or if this one was the last good one. Were they cheating?
Wizard, were the HBD guys using this IFA "loophole" cheating?
Nothing in FPG about it.
I fully understand why you won't answer but thought I'd give you another chance. Just in case you missed it.
One more time. Care to field this one, wiz?
I honestly hadn't seen this, but will answer. This will be my last post on the subject. I'm not interested in going back and forth and making enemies(unless your name is Spud). We'll just agree to disagree. And honestly, it's not worth the effort to go out of my way to prove a point, especially for an internet correspondence. I'm mostly interested in discussing strategies within the game.
In the example you mentioned, that is called a loophole and it gives you instructions on what to do if you find yourself in such an instance. The other situation that piman brought up, is a different set of circumstances, not a loophole.
"Multiple teams" doesn't necessarily mean your own teams, especially the way the word "shared" was used in the context of the sentence. I know it sounds like a bunch of BS, but that's honestly how I interpreted the rule. Seeing there is as much confusion as there is, it is WIS' responsibility to make the fair play guidelines less ambiguous.
And to answer the question, was it cheating? Everyone has their own definition of cheating . Some define it breaking the rules, while others have more of a broader, in-depth definition of the word.