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cyprusdugan/bouncy[cleared]SN

PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:40 pm
by TorchinTime
[Cyprusdugan]
[Bouncy]



The accused are suspected of:

Other: Holding Hostage



Game number(s):


[1207026

Comments:

Blatant and happens all the time. Just tired of overlooking it. High ranking paid members know better I'm sure.



Comments:

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:35 am
by cooky24
What is this? and what do you want to express?

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:20 am
by macbone
TorchinTime wrote:Accused:

cyprusdugan
bouncy

The accused are suspected of:

Other: Holding Hostage



Game number(s):

Game 12070269


Comments: Blatant and happens all the time. Just tired of overlooking it. High ranking paid members know better I'm sure.


Here, I fixed it for you. The game you linked to has neither of the players in it and is really old. I assume you left the 9 off?

What they're doing is not holding a player hostage. They're protecting a tert so someone else can't eliminate yellow and green. This is not only fair play, but helpful to both the player blocking and the player blocked.

Holding someone hostage would be to eliminate most of their terts, stranding them and preventing the game from finishing. For instance, on World 2.1, if there were only two players left, with Player A owning nearly every tert and Player B owning just the Caribbean tert, and Player A refused to take the last tert and continued to drop elsewhere, Player A would be holding Player B hostage.

But your example isn't holding a player hostage at all - it's protecting them being eliminated by other players.

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:02 am
by Gillipig
macbone wrote:
TorchinTime wrote:Accused:

cyprusdugan
bouncy

The accused are suspected of:

Other: Holding Hostage



Game number(s):

Game 12070269


Comments: Blatant and happens all the time. Just tired of overlooking it. High ranking paid members know better I'm sure.


Here, I fixed it for you. The game you linked to has neither of the players in it and is really old. I assume you left the 9 off?

What they're doing is not holding a player hostage. They're protecting a tert so someone else can't eliminate yellow and green. This is not only fair play, but helpful to both the player blocking and the player blocked.

Holding someone hostage would be to eliminate most of their terts, stranding them and preventing the game from finishing. For instance, on World 2.1, if there were only two players left, with Player A owning nearly every tert and Player B owning just the Caribbean tert, and Player A refused to take the last tert and continued to drop elsewhere, Player A would be holding Player B hostage.

But your example isn't holding a player hostage at all - it's protecting them being eliminated by other players.


It's strategy, they have something to gain on you not being taken out........yet. You can call it a legal hostage situation :).

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:34 am
by macbone
It paid off for bouncy - he ended up winning the game. =)

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:54 pm
by bouncy
Spoils fell my way.

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:44 pm
by TorchinTime
Cool. Makes me a more dangerous player. Always assumed that it was illegal to guard a small number of an opponents armies while they are removed from the board elsewhere. Still cheap tactic tho. But ill employ it from now on. Sorry for the erroneous complaint. Cheers bouncy...gg

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:59 pm
by bouncy
Is this still under investigation.

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:39 pm
by Gillipig
bouncy wrote:Is this still under investigation.

Yes, for as long as it says "pending" in the title.

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[pending]SN

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:42 am
by Dukasaur
bouncy wrote:Is this still under investigation.

It's been less than 48 hours. Mods have lives. Give them a chance.

Re: cyprusdugan/bouncy[cleared]SN

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:38 am
by sniffie
Both players are cleared, they have shown good strategy, they have not broken any rules.

sniffie