In this game http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer.aspx?GameID=2004628 he changed number of troops for 1 territory bonus from 2 to 100 and choose it. It obvious way to cheat. The most worth bonus with 13 income, have 15 territories and he put 100 income for 1 territory bonus, just to win by cheating and he won of course.

I encourage all of U to blacklist him, and I hope Game Master can block those kind of cheater and delete those kind of games. Block IP the best, so he don't cheat others.

The official line on this is that this is not a form of cheating, though it is hardly honorable. Just pay closer attention to the settings on games you join, and by all means blacklist him, or go for the 100 point bonus with your own picks next time :)

|> I hope Game Master can block those kind of cheater and delete those kind of games. Block IP the best, so he don't cheat others.

Doesn't that seem a bit harsh?

I am sure you learned your lesson from this and will always check your game settings before joining.

It's well-deserved victory by outsmarting opponents

Richard, I know that "check the game settings" is the general response to these complaints, and it is totally valid. I am not disagreeing with you, lest I be eviscerated, but I do want to point something out. Namely, when I check out open games, there usually isn't much time between me noticing the game and it filling up. I have had numerous times when I have checked the settings and found them to my liking, only to find that the game has filled up in the interim. Then again, I don't publicly complain when the settings occasionally turn out to be rubbish.

I have to side with Richard on this one. It's like the first time I joined a multi-attack and didn't know it. I lost and learned to check the settings more carefully.

That said, however, I wish there were a few settings that would set off a red flag somewhere in the settings window. Multi-attack and bonus settings being the prime examples. On my laptop, the settings display is far larger than my screen, with no scrolling option, meaning that I drag the window around each and every time to check out the settings. Right now, that just means I miss out on quite a few games that I would have played simply because they fill up and load before I can check the settings.

Common sense must apply. NEVER join a game before you check the settings.

I don't agree.
I always check the settings after the game starts, and then I can see if there is a huge bonus, and if there is, I pick it. When I try to check the settings before the game starts, the open seats usually fill before. I check the settings before only in tournaments, because in tournaments I can be sure that the open seats will not be full.

like I've posted in many other similar posts... he didn't even attempt to camoflauge his bonus change.. anyone that glances at the bonus section of settings would of noticed it..

when you join a game blind, don't be surprised when you don't see

Obviously I am not siding with the people who complain every time a game they join has changes they don't notice. I join my fair number of games in which the settings are rubbish, and I accept that. It's just that when some people, myself included, see a rapidly filling up Europe or East Asia 3v3, they jump on it instead of meticulously checking the settings.

I'd like to change my statement to:

If you join a game without checking the settings, don't complain about it. :-)

dat was totally stupid u can see it standing out easily
just because he outsmarted people means he restrospecka

also it seems seroslav u were the only who didn't notice dat bonus

I don't agree with those who say it's not cheating.

Ask Yourself a question, why the guy did a thing like this? And of course to win easily, giving no chances to others.

For me it's a cheating and text about checking settings are ok, but don't make this kind of stuff moral. It's not moral, it's cheating.

U can not agree. I don't care. As for me if guy do like this, it's obvious (I'm not stupid) that he's goal was to cheat. It's obvious for inteligent people I think :)

It's obvious that the guy hope that nobody else see the 100 bonus and that he will pick it up and get it.

Maybe for those who don't agree that's what the Warlight is about and what Warlight should be. For me it's not fair play, it's cheating, and the same would be when in sport people compete and some of them bribe the referee or take drugs. This is not what competition should be about and it's absolutely no fun to play a game, where others cheat by far.

If U think it's ok, maybe ask Yourself for your values, moral values :) cause it's seem that do whatever not moral stuff to win is ok for You. It's pathetic.

And it doesn't matter if it's according to game rules or not.

The rules are bad then. The game is done wrongly then.

How they could be changed? For example when bonus income is multiplied by more than 2, then there should be some kind of Attention sign, like there is for guys who join the game and they are blacklisted by us. Then such a game (not in settings) but in the view of all available games, should have a sign that bonuses income are much changed.

It's similar kind of cheating, when in some bank agreement there is small star "*" and with tiny letters there is written some not nice thing, just others not to see it. Some will see and some won't, and I fully agree to them that they have been cheated.

The guy didn't want to play, he wanted to cheat, that's all. The Warlight shouldn't be a game of "who more smartly will cheat another", right?

People do seem to be too argumentative on this forum. The settings were 100% intended to fool people joining the game and lead to an easy win. Just because some people check the settings doesn't mean everybody does, not least people new to the game.

It's cheating plain and simple.

agree with window and seroslav

The ONLY advantage this player has is over people who didn't check the settings. In a 3 player game, he still only has a 33% chance of getting that territory first if all players choose it. All he has done has designed an (extremely) unbalanced scenario (of which there are MANY on WL) and attempted to gain the advantage first.

I agree with you Seroslav, that changes such as this should be more obvious. But if you had checked the settings before making your picks, you had exactly the same opportunity as he did for that bonus. Learn from your mistake, blacklist the individual player, and move on.

Bad gamesmanship and cheating are two different things entirely. I would never make a game like this, but I also wouldn't want people on my team that don't check the settings before playing (before or after joining is up to them) and use them to their full advantage.

Seros

then what do you do when they change all bonuses by whatever base number is ultimately decided, then one of them by considerably more? would you say that fizzer needs to fix that, or would you tell the people to read the settings...
any rules that you make that will be an effective deterant will remove possible customization, and will likely not be a deterrant to any underhanded players that are determined to be underhanded..

If someone runs a red light, IRL, and you're making a legal right turn, and he sideswipes you.. your car is still wrecked.. next time.. watch the f***ing traffic..


Fizzer has already spoken on the problems with showing the differences between standard and non-standard, check the UV and post a suggestion that is more feasible, that will not hinder more players then it will hurt, and perhaps you will have some grounds.

Underhanded tactics =/= cheating

>>"It's not moral, it's cheating. "

Cheating is a state of rule-breaking, not a state of morality..
breaking truces is immoral as well, and likewise not cheating

>>"the same would be when in sport people compete and some of them bribe the referee or take drugs."

This would only be relevant if there was a constant set of game rules.. each game is determined by the rules set by the host.. and cheating would consist of breaking those rules in order to win..
He set the rules to have a bonus with a higher income, which is clearly shown in the settings...
You could have the Join button be on the settings page, and then even include a *are you sure?* page, which most people hate and ignore.. which would not only not-solve your problem, it would cause more dissent...
you could even highlight any modified settings, which would cause most games to be more highlighted or not.. which would again, not solve the problem, and cause dissent...
you could add icons for each change that is made to a game.. which would cause gamenames to be shorter then icon length behind them.. which would not solve the problem and would cause dissent..

While we're at it.. let's add in pre-set variables by fizzer for what bonuses should be for maps.. since Fizzer is being expected to inform the player of the bonuses in the map, and possible unbalance.. many maps are unbalanced *without* modification.. many times widely.. so let's inform people, whenever they play those maps, that they have a poor ratio.. which based on the hosts picks.. could be considered 'cheating'

/rant off