Bugs and cheating - From the Times

Wayne Sheppard (mrwayne@mindspring.com)
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:39:20 -0500

>According to the rules as I remember them, abusing bugs
>for fun and profit is explicitly cheating. On the other hand
>every group that has done anything of note seems to have
>abused bugs, so maybe there's a sad fairness to the whole
>tawdry affair.

Check out the rules:
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Cheating
1. A player may not control more than one faction in the game. Also,
multiple players from the same account are not allowed. Each player must
have their own unique email address.
2. Players should not send in orders for another player's faction, to ruin
that person's turn or otherwise benefit.
3. Players must inform the GM of any game bugs found.
4. Anti-social behavior, including harassing telephone calls, sending
obscene/obnoxious unwanted communications, mail bombing, etc. will not be
tolerated.
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Note #3. You must inform the GM of any game bugs found. But the rules
don't prohibit bug explotation after they have been reported. I think the
rules need to be changed to punish bug abusers.

It appears that many factions are using bugs. It also appears that Rich
won't fix the bugs any time soon. So do you let your faction fall behind by
not using bugs?

Wayne

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