I'm all for second chances, I screw up a ton and I'd like to think I have some leeway when I make a mistake. With that being said and in light of the new cheating allegation towards Sidekick, my philosophy with cheaters on this site is and will almost always be once a cheater always a cheater.
The reasoning behind this is because people don't just cheat for the fun of it, they cheat BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. So what in the world would create a sudden shift in skill when the cheater has been banned for 6 months. If they weren't good enough to win a trophy 6 months ago why would they be good enough to win a trophy now.
There's not even like a real penalty to cheating, you get banned for 6 months from an online java mafia site where said ban can be easily bypassed by creating another account. Like there are basically next to no consequences for cheating.
Basically formers cheaters who come back and win a trophy such as sidekick should be under extremely heavy scrutiny and I know there are players that cheated before but have "reformed," but for the most part if you didn't have the skill to win a trophy in the past, there's really no idication as to why you have the skill to win one now.
you're right miki. what a fool I am for not wanting people who knowingly ruined multiple games for many people back on the site in my games ruining them again. I sure got freaking wrecked.
they get a second chance to reform, that's not much to ask for considering there are cases like anthony, jill and myself. there's probably a lot more but yeah, that's the only names that i can think of right now :)
mostly because if it isn't selective you lump former cheaters like anthony and kerry into the same group with people that won't stop cheating like drysc, abc, prevail, and sidekick. let the admin make the decision
i don't care if cheaters are allowed back on the site. deciding which cheaters are allowed to trophy run again should be a lot more selective, though. it probably wouldn't be fair, but if you cheated you should deal with it
arcbell your logic is so bad, this is why you got deadmined. First if you're a strong player, why do you need to cheat. Like there's no counter to that, you don't need to cheat if you're good, period. Everything you said is hypothetical, but no strong player does it if they are trying to win a trophy because they are skilled enough to win it with skill. To your final paragraph, if you're brand new and you get tricked into cheating, fine, that's why there a 24 hour suspension warning, but after that you have an be an absolute idiot to "accidentally" cheat again.
