contacting multihunters

[xontas]

on these forums you get people that from time to time pop in and just drop some "evidence" of cheating on this forum.
those people feel that there opinion that someone is cheating is enough to drag someone true the mud.

well, it works a bit different and if you respect the game and the people that play it i suggest you do the following

if you have evidence of someone cheating you can contact a multihunter!
you can find us on IRC in #multihunters or you can mail us using the mail adresses below
also you can mail me in 1:1 but that is usualy not the fastest way.

what do you need to include in a mail you send us
1) the planets involved in this cheating
2) your cords
3) the reson YOU think they are cheating
4) all proof

we dont use IRC logs as evidence as they can be faked, but we can check to see if the actions that where stated in a log where taken AND if those actions break the rules

now we get to the importent part

only the Multihunters team have access to all the evidence and they judge the case.
they get the final call in all cases

they might find that the multi you have found and are sure about being a multi is infact 2 brothers playing
this is totaly up to the multihunters team and demanding action or pasting logs on this forum to force the issue will most likely piss off the admin of this forum (it did in the past)
if you feel a case is judges incorrectly you can always ask me or ph8 to take a other look (but in 99% of the cases the MH is right)

our goal as MH team is to keep the game as free of cheats as we can without closing innocent people.
we want to be quick in desissions and to have a balanced punishment for cheats

we are setting up a new exeption system for the next round to make sure that people that want to play honest with someone on the same ip can (within hardcoded limits)
a long anuncement about this will follow

for now i will just ask you guys to take the grudge matches off the forum and into my mailbox

Multihunter-team

Xontas = [email protected]
Ph8 = [email protected]
assassin = [email protected]
appocemaster = [email protected]
lunar lamp = [email protected]

[Phil^]

another thing that should be mentioned. Closed planets should contact the multihunters directly. they should never get a third party involved since the multihunters will refuse to discuss any of the evidence with anyone other then the planet involved.

[Kargool]

And remember to sacrifice your firstborn in the name of Xontas

[Desse]

I would like a list of the punishments being dished out for people found guilty of cheating.

Since it seems to have been "flexible" the last few rounds, with people getting away with minor punishments.

[cisco]

So in round XIV will it not be possible to have 'too much' interaction with people accessing the game from the same ip as you?

[xontas]

Originally Posted by Kargool

And remember to sacrifice your firstborn in the name of Xontas

you dont have to sacrifice them
just sign them up to PA, thats enough for me

[xontas]

Originally Posted by cisco

So in round XIV will it not be possible to have 'too much' interaction with people accessing the game from the same ip as you?

if you get a exeption, you will have hard coded limits between you and the other persons account.
if you exeed those interactions the system wont let you

we will disclosed the details of this as soon as we have set them in stone (testing them atm)

[xontas]

Originally Posted by Desse

I would like a list of the punishments being dished out for people found guilty of cheating.

Since it seems to have been "flexible" the last few rounds, with people getting away with minor punishments.

the results of a Multihunters investigation has always been held indoors.
we dont disclose punishment with any other planet then the planets involved in the case!
this is not something i am willing to change

[Heartless]

Originally Posted by xontas

the results of a Multihunters investigation has always been held indoors.
we dont disclose punishment with any other planet then the planets involved in the case!
this is not something i am willing to change

But next round you will consider punishments which at least have a significant effect?

[xontas]

obvious multi and accountsharing results in closures
but, last round we had a lot of people claiming that we where in fact dealin with 2 people that played normaly in a alliance
that explains the interaction

our goal is not to kick as many people from the game, but to stop cheating.
thats why its up to the MH involved to desided the punishment
in most of these cases we warned, deducted a % of ships,roids, res
and put the planet on a watch list to see if it didnt happen again

this round we will have a exeption system that will stop exesive interactions
if you dont have a exeption and you interact the punishment is gonna be more hard, and will need a very good story to get overturned.
but its still up the MH judging the case!

[Desse]

So if I am reading this correctly, you will try not to delete cheaters in the future, because you would rather keep them in the game ?

[I am Idler]

Originally Posted by xontas

our goal is not to kick as many people from the game, but to stop cheating.
thats why its up to the MH involved to desided the punishment
in most of these cases we warned, deducted a % of ships,roids, res
and put the planet on a watch list to see if it didnt happen again

this round we will have a exeption system that will stop exesive interactions
if you dont have a exeption and you interact the punishment is gonna be more hard, and will need a very good story to get overturned.
but its still up the MH judging the case!

lol?

[xontas]

multihunting is not black and white!
people make mistakes and some people cheat and try to make it look like mistakes
so the punisment you can expect depends on what kinda cheating you did

also, if you did it often, if you lie to us, if are abusive to the admins for getting closed, if you gained a lot from cheating!
stuff like that is what we look @ in asigning punishment

the goal of this is to stop cheating in the game, not to close as much people as we can.
we want to keep the people that made mistakes and are just on the same ip's
those people get stuff deducted, put on a watchlist and they get a second change!

this call is up to the MH judging the case
you get a apeal if you think its wrong (mail me for that)
but if the facts are correct the MH in charge desides the punishment!

i hope this clears up how we think about MH and punishment related to MH

[derry]

Originally Posted by xontas

obvious multi and accountsharing results in closures
but, last round we had a lot of people claiming that we where in fact dealin with 2 people that played normaly in a alliance
that explains the interaction

for some reason i had to laugh//smile when i read this when i looked back at my brothers and my own round which kinda ended prematurly

ohw well, what happend happend

[Desse]

Originally Posted by xontas

multihunting is not black and white!
people make mistakes and some people cheat and try to make it look like mistakes
so the punisment you can expect depends on what kinda cheating you did

also, if you did it often, if you lie to us, if are abusive to the admins for getting closed, if you gained a lot from cheating!
stuff like that is what we look @ in asigning punishment

the goal of this is to stop cheating in the game, not to close as much people as we can.
we want to keep the people that made mistakes and are just on the same ip's
those people get stuff deducted, put on a watchlist and they get a second change!

this call is up to the MH judging the case
you get a apeal if you think its wrong (mail me for that)
but if the facts are correct the MH in charge desides the punishment!

i hope this clears up how we think about MH and punishment related to MH

What happens if people who were deducted 30% this round gets closed for the same thing next round ?

[Edge]

I am a cheater dont trust me at all!