Whilst mod judgement has a part to play in it, that is in deciding how much effect the cheating has had.
If there is only one account in that game then surely their actions were achieved legitimately, and their banning is akin to going CD.
However, if there are two cheating accounts in a game then the effect is unfair on the other players.

It's very strange in this case. You're effectively comepletely throwing the game off-balance, or in case there is a replacement, selling an almost sure win for points.

I'm not sure how this is unfair though?
If the major player had gone CD on his own accord you wouldn't complain.

Two players in that game were eliminated whilst Turkey was still playing, another pushed to the limit by him.
As such you aren't loosing out from his disappearance, merely wanting that the other two don't gain from it? Besides, someone could take over Turkey and finish the game for you as it is?
In that case none of you would gain from him being gone, yet another player would.
I guess my point is that those who were killed by Turkey were defeated fairly. However, those who are left do stand to gain a little because buying in increases the point, and if Turkey isn't taken over soon they stand to gain quite a bit.

btw, why is Turkey 140 worth when the whole pot is only 140? Somehow people wouldn't join on this accoutn, would they?

Because when he joins the pot will double.
Also it would give them a win which is valued. I would consider taking over but I don't think its responsible/fair to take over a slot I just opened!

It is a strange case, because if Turkey would have gone CD, then the players would not know at first, then have another turn to take advantage of inactivity before the player actually went CD.

Now someone can pay 140 for an almost sure win, and you get your points back. Seems like a pretty fair price.

I pretty much want to see someone take this and show me how to make that a win for Turkey; I would have already taken it if I could figure that out! ;)

I did not say sure win, I said *almost* sure win ;)

I recon I could SEcki, and I expect you could too, but as I said I don't take over CDs of my own bans, it risks seeming unfair.

Fig if someone is shown to be playing an unfair advantage, then surely that would make the whole game suspicious.
In my game England has been kicked out for cheating, but that account must of been used by one of the other players still in the game and is still reaping the benefits of his deception.
Why not have a rule that if someone false accounts or multi accounts then at least start the game again or give the existing players the option to have the game cancelled in exceptional circumstances.

Players always have the option to cancel.

If the mod feels that at least one player has been wronged by a multi-alliance, then he will cancel the game.

@happyjo - if a player is banned then they are kicked out of all their games, but that doesn't mean they were cheating in all of them. perhaps only one of the multis/metas was in your game which is likely considering only one person was kicked out. In that case, they weren't cheating in your game but in another.

@Draug - Exactly.
@happy - See Draug's above.

In the game in question there was an account belonging to a player. To the best of my knowledge they had not cheated in that game, but had in others. As such the account was banned - it had broken the rules after all - but the game was not cancelled because within it nothing unfair had occured.

Okay an UPDATE: Someone new signed up for Turkey and then posted this in General:
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"i told the mods that i wasnt multiaccounting but they didnt believe me. rooster man is one of bearnstiens many, many accounts, and i was linked into it for some reason or another. some user named thursday, which i think is also bearnstien, lost a game to me and came out and said i was a rooster multi, when in fact rooster is himself as well. he just wanted to get revenge.

so figle. reinstate me please
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And was then kicked out of game again. Basically whatever Figle says now the game has been screwed beyon repair. The main power with 17 SC (Turkey) has now been removed twice... which has without any shadow of a doubt altered the course of the game significantly... I really think that CANCELING that game and returning all the honest player's orginal bets is the best and most decent thing for the mods to do now...

see the 2 threads below about such a thing

Hardin, I have answered your question many times, please stop repeating it!
If you want the game cancelled you within the game can cancel it yourselves. However I will not be forcing judgement upon you

Don't worry about it man. Lots of people cheat. But they usually suck really bad at dip so just beat them by making an alliance against the cheaters.