Memoirs of TheCrown, site conqueror

[Gilligan]

He exploited the system, nothing else.

aka, breaking the rules.

Obviously any gross abuse of the game is forbidden.

[Trevor33]

but I have had invites from two such players recently. I wouldn't say they're cheating, but their tactics are cheap and I have no respect for them at all. I was highly tempted to foe both people, who are both not all that great of players.

I know who you mean and i have received an invite from at least one of them recently on a map they had played a million times that i had never played... i would never send out a cold invite to a game without a PM first, couple probably reach 3500+ by doing in on Lunar War but there's the fun?

If/when i reach 3000 for the first time it'll be because i deserved it, not because of some cheap tactics.

[jiminski]

hmm, I agree with you, jiminski, on almost everything above, except that you have to be something quite special to stay above 3k without cynical methods, I have been at 3k + for something like 20 months I think, and played about 2500 games in that periode, even had 100 active games of all kind at a period, I have also played in probably 150 tourneys with all kinds of rank.
I even reached 4350 point at some point, but that was I had a couple of weeks where my dice was red hot..
If you had said 4000 instead of 3000 then I would realy agree with everything you said..

just my 2 cents

It was actually rhp's chosen cut-off point for when a player can do it 'fair'. i've really not been active for a while King, so I defer to your knowledge.. But 3k was roughly the cut-off 3 years ago. Point inflation would certainly have an influence; though perhaps not by 1,000.* I do though imagine that people aim to maintain a rank so perhaps the 4k mark is correct, even if we include the variable of inflation. (blimey, i'm even boring myself... perhaps i'll try to rub someone up the wrong way to add a little spice!)

Why.....

Codeblue, you have no idea what you are talking about!


*I am sure some nerd genius can help crunch the numbers, in between all their job creation and pleasuring of women in the real world.

[BoganGod]

Interesting view point of an earlier poster touching on team games possibly being under hand. I sat above 3000points for 18months, including general for a few of those months. At all times I had public team games awaiting players as well as higher ranked private games. Team games can be viewed as a cheap/less skillful way to rank up. I know that people in a decent clan have a point advantage purely because they have a pool of skilled and motivated teammates to draw from. Any team of random players who take on an established team are at a disadvantage. I applaud the lateral thinking by the crown in reaching the top. I deploy the act of implementing said thinking. Especially when the evidence would suggest he was planning this for a while.... Unlike politicians I view omitting to mention things/or putting forward a limited account of events to be akin to lying. The self serving original post says exactly what he thinks about the intelligence of those that use this site, and read the forum. I think I for the most part agree with his assessment.

[Chariot of Fire]

You've been on this site too long BG. I think you mean "I deplore..." not "I deploy..."

[BoganGod]

You've been on this site too long BG. I think you mean "I deplore..." not "I deploy..."

To true CoF. Well spotted. I have to attempt to keep in character. A bogan using a computer already requires folks suspending disbelief.

[rhp 1]

I would also like to challenge you rhp1, or anyone else, to find any "questionable methods" I have been using, just for the fun of it
The only thing I would think of would be that last year I played lots of 8man private feudal epics and antarctica games against high ranked players, but it was far from farming since I would estimate that 95% of them had played atleast 20-30 similar games

sigh... sorry you got your feelings hurt.. as I said.. there are some people who are really good and take CC very seriously... for those few, they can stay above 3000 points without using "questionable" methods..... for over 95% of the players on here, it's simply not the case.. period... you're one of the few who can... high five or somethin?

out of 12000 players, there are 120 over 3000... of those 120, if you're gonna tell me that most don't control their games in some way, you're lost... and I'm not even gonna bother looking, it's just a fact and I don't give a damn btw.. I say, good job to them.. again.. not saying you in particular.. I'll happily exempt you...

[rhp 1]

but I have had invites from two such players recently. I wouldn't say they're cheating, but their tactics are cheap and I have no respect for them at all. I was highly tempted to foe both people, who are both not all that great of players.

I know who you mean and i have received an invite from at least one of them recently on a map they had played a million times that i had never played... i would never send out a cold invite to a game without a PM first, couple probably reach 3500+ by doing in on Lunar War but there's the fun?

If/when i reach 3000 for the first time it'll be because i deserved it, not because of some cheap tactics.

and that's the point... "cheap tactics" or "questionable methods" is not an objective thing... it's completely subjective, and that's a fact... what you call cheap tactics, someone else might call just playing the games they want... is Crown's example more pronounced? sure.. but it's just him controlling his games.. it's hardly "gross abuse".. I laughed when I read that....

[Metsfanmax]

but I have had invites from two such players recently. I wouldn't say they're cheating, but their tactics are cheap and I have no respect for them at all. I was highly tempted to foe both people, who are both not all that great of players.

I know who you mean and i have received an invite from at least one of them recently on a map they had played a million times that i had never played... i would never send out a cold invite to a game without a PM first, couple probably reach 3500+ by doing in on Lunar War but there's the fun?

If/when i reach 3000 for the first time it'll be because i deserved it, not because of some cheap tactics.

and that's the point... "cheap tactics" or "questionable methods" is not an objective thing... it's completely subjective, and that's a fact... what you call cheap tactics, someone else might call just playing the games they want... is Crown's example more pronounced? sure.. but it's just him controlling his games.. it's hardly "gross abuse".. I laughed when I read that....

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

[JCR]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

[BigBallinStalin]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

Collusion with the enemy, right? Because if we say collusion with teammates, then we're back to the 'legit' method of organized v. unorganized teams.

If so, whenever I request to play "real time" with someone on a 24-hour game, that's collusion--manipulating the scoreboard (BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA!). Whenever I speed up an inevitable loss--which doesn't involve collusion, that's "gross abuse" (thecrown did this but it doesn't fit under the new claim here). Another manipulation of the scoreboard. Those claims were used against thecrown, so we shouldn't discard them in order to rationalize the arbitrariness of enforcement and appeals for justice.

[Donelladan]

You are making mistake here BBS. Main point against TheCrown is holding hostage. He deliberaly prolong for several days game that he should have already won.
This is abuse. And this is gross abuse because he did it for a tons of games.

[Metsfanmax]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

Collusion with the enemy, right? Because if we say collusion with teammates, then we're back to the 'legit' method of organized v. unorganized teams.

The difference between the unorganized teams (where, say, you play 8-man Third Crusade with the same group all the time) is that everyone is trying equally to win. In this situation, various players were colluding to allow one player to inflate his score.

[BigBallinStalin]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

Collusion with the enemy, right? Because if we say collusion with teammates, then we're back to the 'legit' method of organized v. unorganized teams.

The difference between the unorganized teams (where, say, you play 8-man Third Crusade with the same group all the time) is that everyone is trying equally to win. In this situation, various players were colluding to allow one player to inflate his score.

Oh, that's interesting. Didn't know that.

I think we can still agree that most people who hated thecrown for it are still hypocrites though.

[BigBallinStalin]

You are making mistake here BBS. Main point against TheCrown is holding hostage. He deliberaly prolong for several days game that he should have already won.
This is abuse. And this is gross abuse because he did it for a tons of games.

I don't deny he engaged in a tactic to such a high degree that it attracted too much attention and ire, thereby becoming Bad.

[Metsfanmax]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

Collusion with the enemy, right? Because if we say collusion with teammates, then we're back to the 'legit' method of organized v. unorganized teams.

The difference between the unorganized teams (where, say, you play 8-man Third Crusade with the same group all the time) is that everyone is trying equally to win. In this situation, various players were colluding to allow one player to inflate his score.

Oh, that's interesting. Didn't know that.

I think we can still agree that most people who hated thecrown for it are still hypocrites though.

I would agree that if someone actually hates him for it, there's a good chance they're being at least slightly hypocritical since we all meta-manage our points to some degree.

[jiminski]

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

That is the key.

Collusion with the enemy, right? Because if we say collusion with teammates, then we're back to the 'legit' method of organized v. unorganized teams.

The difference between the unorganized teams (where, say, you play 8-man Third Crusade with the same group all the time) is that everyone is trying equally to win. In this situation, various players were colluding to allow one player to inflate his score.

Oh, that's interesting. Didn't know that.

I think we can still agree that most people who hated thecrown for it are still hypocrites though.

I would agree that if someone actually hates him for it, there's a good chance they're being at least slightly hypocritical since we all meta-manage our points to some degree.

Well, look this really isn't worth a lot of thought (heheh but what is... so i'll talk a little crap for its own sake anyway!) and probably the means by which thecrown done it gave him a slight folk-heroesk status .. like a daring bank-robbery or a cunning, meticulously planned murder; the average person (who obviously wasn't personally effected by that particular caper) allows theirself a wry smile and a nod of caricatured respect. thecrown of course blew all that kudos by the rather limp attempt to say that it was all a "happy mistake" and the years of planning were for something else ... "this was just an experiment"... shame. If you stick by your misdemeanour's you'll likely ride the storm and come out a better man with a little credibility.... he probably felt compelled to concoct some story due to his link to the site .. but i say again, shame. Be a sinner but never repent!

I think that the judgement and action from the site was pretty much spot-on.I also think that, due to all of the dark arts of the past, the post of conqueror is largely the ultimate pinnacle for the shady fanatic.

Saying that, I don't believe that the manipulators should back the 'honest' players into a corner where we all have to reside. Not everyone who plays quads with established teams more than they do 8 man escalator against all comers is necessarily shady... i don't concede that all people who look to play map preferences that they have come to know better than most others are milking the system. There are degrees and excesses which we all can define and certainly for those which push the envelope.

To say that we are all guilty so no one is really guilty in an objective sense is the last defence of the indefenceable.

[Metsfanmax]

To say that we are all guilty so no one is really guilty in an objective sense is the last defence of the indefenceable.

I didn't say that we are all guilty. I said that being actively angry at TheCrown for taking to an extreme what we all do to various extents is slightly hypocritical. One can agree with that and still believe that he should have been punished, on the basis that he colluded with others to manipulate the scoring system. In other words, if you want to be angry, be angry not because he found a clever way to boost his points but because he gathered up his whole clan to boost it way more than any one person could on their own.

[jiminski]

To say that we are all guilty so no one is really guilty in an objective sense is the last defence of the indefenceable.

I didn't say that we are all guilty. I said that being actively angry at TheCrown for taking to an extreme what we all do to various extents is slightly hypocritical. One can agree with that and still believe that he should have been punished, on the basis that he colluded with others to manipulate the scoring system. In other words, if you want to be angry, be angry not because he found a clever way to boost his points but because he gathered up his whole clan to boost it way more than any one person could on their own.

well i for one am absolutely livid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2TtA9gsTQ

[rhp 1]

but I have had invites from two such players recently. I wouldn't say they're cheating, but their tactics are cheap and I have no respect for them at all. I was highly tempted to foe both people, who are both not all that great of players.

I know who you mean and i have received an invite from at least one of them recently on a map they had played a million times that i had never played... i would never send out a cold invite to a game without a PM first, couple probably reach 3500+ by doing in on Lunar War but there's the fun?

If/when i reach 3000 for the first time it'll be because i deserved it, not because of some cheap tactics.

and that's the point... "cheap tactics" or "questionable methods" is not an objective thing... it's completely subjective, and that's a fact... what you call cheap tactics, someone else might call just playing the games they want... is Crown's example more pronounced? sure.. but it's just him controlling his games.. it's hardly "gross abuse".. I laughed when I read that....

I think in this case one cannot neglect the aspect of collusion that was necessary to achieve this result.

not ignoring it.. just not putting too much importance on it.... didn't bother me a bit.. though I don't make the rules... and I see your point

[scottp]

impressed by TheCrown's accomplishment. Much less underhanded than some of the other methods conquerors used to get their titles.

Thank God BigBallinStalin is here to set y'all straight. I don't care enough to post here any more than this once, and he's about the only one with a clear-headed attitude. (Hang in there, BBS!) The "sanctity" some of you treat the title of Conqueror is ludicrous, considering the rogue's gallery of others who still retain the title.

btw, No one let TheCrown win a single game, he just lost faster than he won.

[Vinc]

Wooh TheCrown respect man.
700 games thats a big story
Nice story to read aswell

Kind regards

Vinc

[mookiemcgee]

Wooh TheCrown respect man.
700 games thats a big story
Nice story to read aswell

Kind regards

Vinc

For a necrobump you picked a good one!

I played on CC for about a year completely rudderless, just joining random games. TheCrown approached me about joining his Clan which really was the foundation for why I'm still here playing 7-8 years later. I know there was drama, and accusations of cheating but he was a really good guy and taught me alot about risk strategy. We had some epic sets of games together on the special easter map that i will always remember fondly. One day he just decided to pack it in, and i don't think he's logged in once in the years since.