Please do post forum accusations in the cheating gunboat

Despite SY's obnoxious attempt to be humorous, please do not post cheating accusations on the forum. Send your concerns (with the game id from the URL) to [email protected] The mods will look into it.

More likely you don't know wtf you're doing.

Now let's not get nasty to the guy. So he has been here a year and a half, has no wins and very few draws and gets his clock cleaned most every game...

Yeah, having looked up the game, this really seems like a far-fetched example of "obvious pre-allies."

maybe im newbie here, but anyway .... clear communication in a non-communication game sooo General Lee.... why so upset ... you got caught at cheating or what? so many points ... so less manner ... btw ... you know who I am in this game .. tell us more about your antic comment! :-D

Do not post cheating accusations in the forums - the mods have a very strict rule about this.

"clear communication in a non-communication game"

Ah. That's the issue, Kapazunda -- you seem to have an incomplete idea of what Gunboat entails. There is no text messaging allowed in gunboat games, in- or out-of-game. What *is* allowed, and indeed what the games rely heavily on, are non-verbal communications. If I have an army in North Africa, for example*, and you have a fleet in the Ionian Sea, I might issue a support-move from Ionian to Tunis. If you happen to move to Tunis (and who wouldn't? Tunis is lovely this time of year!), then you'll see that I supported you there, which you could interpret as me giving you permission and welcome to the lovely shores of Africa. Even if you don't move there, in fact, you can look at the large-version of the map or at the Orders page and see that I invited you to Tunis, and perhaps you'll move there next turn. Being able to read and guess at these non-verbal hints is core to the game, and is something which players usually gain through experience with gunboat-style games.

*This example is chosen specifically because it is *not* currently possible in the game being discussed. Hence, this should in NO WAY be interpreted as communication about the ongoing game.

It was just a guess, most people new to gunboat are indiginant about cheaters in their first few games - but as you play more gunboat you'll learn how alliances are made with no communication and how to read the board.

However, there are times when there are legitimate cheaters. But this is for the mods to handle and should be reported privately to [email protected]. You are currently breaking two site rules at once, no posting about ongoing games, and no cheating accusations on the forums.