I'm aware of what he's saying and I'm also aware of what he's insinuating.

Super Super Supee?

To clarify I was not implying that Supee is Phil's alter ego, I knew that she was a real person but referred to her as 'they' as I was unsure of her gender and didn't want to cause offence.

I realise that it was an inappropriate thread to ask the question and for which I apologise.

Dammit, Supee is Phil's partner!

I'm quite impressed at the direction this thread's taken without any input from Jason Larsen.

Indeed, it's taken quite a Supee twist.

Just a query, I know I don't really post often but the player andrew clouston has been pretty dodgy... http://www.apterous.org/searchuser.php?q=andrew+clouston&sensible=1 he had registered 6 times (unless there are 6 seperate Andrew Cloustons). In junior recently he had gone from http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=71410 to http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=130618, only gets beaten by declaring invalid words or on the conundrum, he never declares a lesser valid word, and now has supplemented everything with a max duel.

Safe?

Yes, he's clearly been cheating. He's been issued a warning and will be banned if this continues. I have to admit that I've been a bit slack with monitoring the Cheatomatic lately because it seems like people had moved on from such blatant dishonesty, but I guess there's always one.

Pete Das is our latest cheat. Can he please be kicked? (I have a game unfinished too so if you could remove that too --- not sure how long I have to wait until it disappears).

Seems like the worlds worst cheater, seeing as he has a played 6 lost 6 record.

I think Apterous Rex cheats.

See Derek's earlier post.

I see passing mention earlier in this thread to opponents stopping the game when behind.

And I see also comments how we should just leave cheats to disappear as they get no fun out of it.

It's all a bit difficult to be 100% sure on-line and given the fact that games do crash. But the norm is for both players to exit and return and continue.

My problem is that I have lost plenty of games and always stood my ground and seen it out to the bitter end even when hopelessly far behind, or even when being called away by family to do something else. Finishing the game has always been a priority. So it has especially hurt on the various occasions I have been leading and my opponent has "disappeared."

One individual has twice been trailing and the games have stayed there for a week and then vanished. I have noticed him playing others but somehow the game doesn't get proposed to continue.

Tonight I was 24-0 against a relative newcomer and he left the room and never came back.
This time I took a screenshot.

I don't agree with naming and shaming publicly, for various reasons, prominent amongst which is the fact I could be misinterpreting things. However, the chat is often a good sign of the tone of the game.

I enjoy the game but I also enjoy the ratings system and would love to climb out of the 800s. With these matches secured as victories - or running away from inevitable beatings - I'd be in the 900s.

Has anyone got any advice for me?

81-64 up vs Martin Smith after 12 rounds and he leaves.

Not a great deal you can do, Simon. I can only really suggest two courses of action:

1. Remember their names and don't play them again

or

2. Remember their names and don't play them again, then track them down by tracing their IP address and hacking into their ISP's records to get their real name and address, then go round and burn their house down. FIRE CLEANSES ALL.

At some point I will add some kind of "adjudication" feature. But it's worth mentioning that the majority of players who do this kind of thing have not played the 11 games necessary for an official rating, and therefore the difference that the result would have made to your rating is minimal.

Personally I'd name and shame them. They can always come here and apologise, claiming they got disconnected or some tripe.

Thanks for your fast answers, all three. At least I am clearer on my options now.

Martin Smith left after he was 81-64 down after 12 rounds against me.

A-lol

PIssing myself

I bet you hypocrites would still give Thierry Henry a game if he logged on.

Adidas have got the contract from FIFA to make the new ball for the World Cup Finals.
Thierry (the Cheating P---k) Henry, said he can't wait to get his hands on it. !!

He might be good at Touchdown.

Yes but make sure the house is empty first and my colleagues are made aware of this on arrival.

He recently did the same after 13 rounds against me. I can't recall how many points I was ahead, but I did shout an expletive about him in Aptochat before eventually leaving.

Why would you need to know if Ben is peeing uncontrollably?

In case a supplementary water supply is required.

Hi,

I was just playing Lancelot Wyse and was well up. He said "this is killing me" and promptly left the room. I'm getting really sick of people doing this. How does he keep getting away with this?

Cos people keep playing him. I stopped a while back.

You think that's bad?

Richard Brittain challenged me to a conundrum attack. I go 100-20 up after 16 rounds and what does he say:
Sorry, I never thought when I challenged you, I do hate conundrum attacks then he said cheers and just left. And he won a series? Talk about bad sportsmanship. He can GANDISEEG his way home cos I'm never playing him again the cheater.

Were you masturbating? He doesn't like masturbation.

Although the cheats are a real frustration, one event did make me smile.

I was playing one of the higher rated ladies, and a good hiding she was giving me. In the chat I said words to the effect: "I've got 4 noisy Italians watching over my shoulder, all trying to tell me and each other what to do, hard to concentrate."

Back came the reply: "I hope they're not helping you."

Says I, "Does it look like it at 20-65?"

When I play and people watch (which isn't often) they always chirp in with suggestions. It's pretty much the opposite of cheating; it's near impossible to play well when all you can hear are a thousand misspelled or invalid words (each one six letters long or less).

Does anyone else get paranoid that other people might think you're cheating when you're doing better than usual?

Are you talking about me?

Not specifically you, but that game we had because anyone might view it, but also generally. And I've never maxed the first eight letters before. Sorry if it came across that way.

Think you missed the joke Gevin, well played though.