Proposed new tournament rules idea
08 Oct 2021 13:28 #103472
by William_Feitosa
Proposed new tournament rules idea was created by William_Feitosa
Greetings Fellow Mathusellah,
A few weeks ago we had an online finals for a weekly tournament organized here in Brazil where a player clearly cheated. He did a impossible play where he had no younger vampires in his uncontrolled region and did a ADV govern the unaligned to influence the pool back. The players on the table had a hunch that he had no younger vampires and asked a judge to check and, as i stated before, he did an impossible move.
This is only one case for one player but since its a proven case i brought it to light the fact that cards that have restrictions and are widelly used, such as Govern and Enchant Kindred, dont have clarifications to show to the table that your play is a valid one, and, besides calling a judge, you cant be sure that its a vallid move. The worst part is that the call is based solely on a hunch that a player might be a cheater.
So based on this argument i would like to add a new Tournament rule:
"Any card that affect a uncontrolled card and has a restriction, i.e. be younger or be from a specific clan, if sucessfull, at the resolution step must reveal the card it is effecting"
This changes goes accordingly to the design most predominant in all games to prevent cheating and i dont think its a meaningful nerf to any of the most played cards.
Thank you for your time.
A few weeks ago we had an online finals for a weekly tournament organized here in Brazil where a player clearly cheated. He did a impossible play where he had no younger vampires in his uncontrolled region and did a ADV govern the unaligned to influence the pool back. The players on the table had a hunch that he had no younger vampires and asked a judge to check and, as i stated before, he did an impossible move.
This is only one case for one player but since its a proven case i brought it to light the fact that cards that have restrictions and are widelly used, such as Govern and Enchant Kindred, dont have clarifications to show to the table that your play is a valid one, and, besides calling a judge, you cant be sure that its a vallid move. The worst part is that the call is based solely on a hunch that a player might be a cheater.
So based on this argument i would like to add a new Tournament rule:
"Any card that affect a uncontrolled card and has a restriction, i.e. be younger or be from a specific clan, if sucessfull, at the resolution step must reveal the card it is effecting"
This changes goes accordingly to the design most predominant in all games to prevent cheating and i dont think its a meaningful nerf to any of the most played cards.
Thank you for your time.
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09 Oct 2021 09:04 #103479
by Kilrauko
Was the event sanctioned? If so, I feel this could use some more cases in it's list then one 2019 ban from Brazil... www.vekn.net/images/stories/downloads/VEKN_Code_of_Ethics.pdf
After all
If the event was not a sanctioned one, well, you could force such house rules already in addition to whatever measures your group feels is justified. Your event, if the group is fine with it, just apply and see what changes, report findings and perhaps have it become a official one. After all that's how the whole tournament thing got started in the 90's.
But changing original design intent because yet another cheater is caught is not really reasonable, after all, cheaters will cheat. For online play it's already been shown here how certain clients are quite vulnerable to a degree where everything hangs already on the thread of "hopefully nobody reads other players hands" www.vekn.net/forum/lackeyccg/79125-lackey-vulnerabilities?start=0
If you move the goalpost away from low hanging fruits, you'll still be dealing with miscalculating counters, deck manipulation etc etc. Or for online play, omnividence.
If you're still not convinced, consider the fact that one should not treat the symptom but the cause, people do not cheat because cards enable them, they cheat because they are cheaters. Cards and mechanics are just a way for them to smokescreen to have greater success rate at achieving that. And as any rational community for fun to play games, we need to discourage such behavior, not by changing the terms of our game, but changing those players ability to affect it with their presence. It however won't happen unless people are willing to follow and use the tools provided.
There's also the matter of whether or not it was a sanctioned event, there were social contracts broken, and that needs to be addressed as such. Perhaps you've done this already, if so, isn't the matter at hand settled? If you've not addressed the issue, going for the suggested ruling alone won't return the trust of other players towards the games, after all they should be able to figure out what other ways there is to cheat in the game they play.
Trust in Jan Pieterzoon.
Replied by Kilrauko on topic Proposed new tournament rules idea
Greetings Fellow Mathusellah,
A few weeks ago we had an online finals for a weekly tournament organized here in Brazil where a player clearly cheated. He did a impossible play where he had no younger vampires in his uncontrolled region and did a ADV govern the unaligned to influence the pool back. The players on the table had a hunch that he had no younger vampires and asked a judge to check and, as i stated before, he did an impossible move.
This is only one case for one player but since its a proven case i brought it to light the fact that cards that have restrictions and are widelly used, such as Govern and Enchant Kindred, dont have clarifications to show to the table that your play is a valid one, and, besides calling a judge, you cant be sure that its a vallid move. The worst part is that the call is based solely on a hunch that a player might be a cheater.
So based on this argument i would like to add a new Tournament rule:
"Any card that affect a uncontrolled card and has a restriction, i.e. be younger or be from a specific clan, if sucessfull, at the resolution step must reveal the card it is effecting"
This changes goes accordingly to the design most predominant in all games to prevent cheating and i dont think its a meaningful nerf to any of the most played cards.
Thank you for your time.
Was the event sanctioned? If so, I feel this could use some more cases in it's list then one 2019 ban from Brazil... www.vekn.net/images/stories/downloads/VEKN_Code_of_Ethics.pdf
After all
is quite clear statement.Any action or behaviour that is inconsistent
with the principles of fair play, good sporting, honesty, or respect for the rights and
well-of others may be considered to fall within the scope of this code of ethics.
If the event was not a sanctioned one, well, you could force such house rules already in addition to whatever measures your group feels is justified. Your event, if the group is fine with it, just apply and see what changes, report findings and perhaps have it become a official one. After all that's how the whole tournament thing got started in the 90's.
But changing original design intent because yet another cheater is caught is not really reasonable, after all, cheaters will cheat. For online play it's already been shown here how certain clients are quite vulnerable to a degree where everything hangs already on the thread of "hopefully nobody reads other players hands" www.vekn.net/forum/lackeyccg/79125-lackey-vulnerabilities?start=0
If you move the goalpost away from low hanging fruits, you'll still be dealing with miscalculating counters, deck manipulation etc etc. Or for online play, omnividence.
If you're still not convinced, consider the fact that one should not treat the symptom but the cause, people do not cheat because cards enable them, they cheat because they are cheaters. Cards and mechanics are just a way for them to smokescreen to have greater success rate at achieving that. And as any rational community for fun to play games, we need to discourage such behavior, not by changing the terms of our game, but changing those players ability to affect it with their presence. It however won't happen unless people are willing to follow and use the tools provided.
There's also the matter of whether or not it was a sanctioned event, there were social contracts broken, and that needs to be addressed as such. Perhaps you've done this already, if so, isn't the matter at hand settled? If you've not addressed the issue, going for the suggested ruling alone won't return the trust of other players towards the games, after all they should be able to figure out what other ways there is to cheat in the game they play.
Trust in Jan Pieterzoon.
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09 Oct 2021 12:22 #103487
by Lönkka
Replied by Lönkka on topic Proposed new tournament rules idea
Was it purposeful cheating or just a honest mistake?
I'm going with purposeful cheating below..
If it was a sanctioned event the player needs to be disqualified.
Also check the Tournament Rules and perhaps Code of Ethics what penalties could be applied.
If it was just a social game, then take him behind a sauna. And once there, erm, reveal your thoughts on such ungentlemanly/unladylike and unsportsmanlike behavior...
I'm going with purposeful cheating below..
If it was a sanctioned event the player needs to be disqualified.
Also check the Tournament Rules and perhaps Code of Ethics what penalties could be applied.
If it was just a social game, then take him behind a sauna. And once there, erm, reveal your thoughts on such ungentlemanly/unladylike and unsportsmanlike behavior...
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20 Oct 2021 19:20 #103617
by William_Feitosa
Replied by William_Feitosa on topic Proposed new tournament rules idea
Yes i understand the code of ethics implications, and i will not discuss the case because its a still going case.
Anyway dont you feel the cards being lenient?
The players in the table had to have a Hunch, if it was wrong socially they mistrusted a innocent person. I'd feel atacked, in a personal level.
How many cheaters have gone unnoticed because there are no clauses in the game rules or cards saying that a peer review can be done? I used a cheater case because that one got caught, but many may have gone away with it...
The only afected cards by this rules change are cards that are inherently strong because they give you resources and will not affect their power level just give more information to the other players.
When i proposed the new contest rule the most prevalent answer was "Just tell everyone your crypt cards so no one contests", whats the diference to showing that the blood you gained in your uncontrolled region was done correctly?
Anyway dont you feel the cards being lenient?
The players in the table had to have a Hunch, if it was wrong socially they mistrusted a innocent person. I'd feel atacked, in a personal level.
How many cheaters have gone unnoticed because there are no clauses in the game rules or cards saying that a peer review can be done? I used a cheater case because that one got caught, but many may have gone away with it...
The only afected cards by this rules change are cards that are inherently strong because they give you resources and will not affect their power level just give more information to the other players.
When i proposed the new contest rule the most prevalent answer was "Just tell everyone your crypt cards so no one contests", whats the diference to showing that the blood you gained in your uncontrolled region was done correctly?
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