koontz1973 wrote:Funkyterrance wrote:Yeah but some people use a point reset as an advantage so that option is out. I agree that medal stripping is more or less small potatoes and won't change a thing. Most people who cheat do it for points/ego boost, not medals anyway. It's sort of a contradiction, a cheater being interested in earning medals.
How can a point reset be an advantage? Cheaters cheat for a benefit, either points or medals are the only two real benefits this site can offer for the cheaters. Strip those away, what are the benefits?
well it(s clearly not an advantage, It's just that you will take more points out of people compared to your real level on your way back up.
I personally think that your current rank is potatoes. Lots of good players have some guilty pleasures, I know a few that can be brig and that the next morning are caporals and vice versa through doodle crack speed games. I personnally can win/lose 500pts un any given day playing lots of speeders
Really, a point reset isn't a big deal, even though it encourages farming high ranked players lol. Basically what funky might be saying is that by point resenting someone it would be a prejudice for his opponents I guess.
Regarding medals, it takes litterally years and thousands of games to achieve gold and if people care about them, like a lots of people on the site, getting them stripped represents monthes and monthes of continuous cc gaming to get them back, so I do think it's relevant to see what the person has done first.
Example: player A accuses player B of secret diplomacy on a given game. Player A has lost 20pts (would he have won it anyways?) and makes a c&a report on player B (who maybe didn't even win that game). This guy gets all his medals stripped which represent his whole CC experience. I mean wether you like it or not, by having a quick look at anyone's medals you kind of see his CC identity as well. Does he play a lot, is it someone playing the same settings over and over, is he more into singles or team games, a freestyle player, a cartographer ect.. I think it's worth considering the punishment/prejudice ratio at some point, mostly if it's the first offense or if it s not even sure the guy is actually guilty.
also terrence, i ve asked you something: give the link to a c&a report where you think the punishment wasn't strong enough and has lead to a "strike 2".