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From: kcp
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203095.1
Date: 11/21/2011 11:00:28 PM
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One of the best teams in a league late last season when they sold all of their players. They still made playoffs but all games were forfits. The only players on their roster this season are the three draft picks and all games are forfits. The owner logs in once a week or so to keep the team active.

I reported this but it appears to be ok with game admins. Seems to me this is a blatent disregard for the rules and he should be banned and his team replaced. In opinions?

Edit:
Accusing someone of cheating is forbidden so yes I edited the names.

Last edited by GM-Perpete at 11/24/2011 12:32:21 PM

From: kLepTo

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203095.2 in reply to 203095.1
Date: 11/21/2011 11:13:37 PM
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Can you explain which rule this team is breaking?

From: Chekreyes

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203095.3 in reply to 203095.1
Date: 11/21/2011 11:25:51 PM
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It's called tanking and sucks for the rest of the teams if they're forfeiting games but it isn't against any rules. A salary floor was put into place to try and discourage teams from going completely down the drain, but apparently this guy doesn't mind the fine he's receiving each week.

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203095.5 in reply to 203095.1
Date: 11/22/2011 2:56:01 AM
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Tanking is more or less a valid strategy, although many users understandably do not like it.

Cheating accusations in the forums, on the other hand, are clearly against the rules. If you think someone breaks the rules, use the cheating report tool. You can look for relevant information in the forums and open a thread to discuss a topic on a general level, but never point fingers at others.

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203095.6 in reply to 203095.5
Date: 11/22/2011 4:54:04 AM
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II.2
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Second Team:
Jirkov
In this case it's weird as he is not even training young talents.

From: kcp

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203095.7 in reply to 203095.6
Date: 11/22/2011 6:22:20 AM
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I would think it falls under the rules of "integrity" of the game. If you don't have a minimum number of players and have to forfit you should not be making a profit for it. My team sucks this season, maybe I should do the same if it is not against the rules. Easyway to make money, who cares how it effects the game and others, right?

How did the topic title get changed by the way? It was "Is this cheating?"

From: GM-WallyOop

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203095.8 in reply to 203095.7
Date: 11/22/2011 6:40:21 AM
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How did the topic title get changed by the way? It was "Is this cheating?"

Not entirely accurate. I believe it was "IS THIS CHEATING?", which I changed to lower case and to better reflect the topic being discussed. Cheating accusations are not ok and given the first post singling out a team I considered it best to not have any cheating stuff in the title. I could have mentioned in my post that I updated the title, sorry about that.

From: rwystyrk

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203095.9 in reply to 203095.7
Date: 11/22/2011 6:44:22 AM
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II.2
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Jirkov
Definitelly it's not cheating as there is no written rule of "integrity" or any similar.
You can play that way if you like it. But if you like tanking way of play I would recommend you not to forfeit the games, but you can buy 3 players and train them. This way you are at once earning money and training young talents you can use as soon as you decide to use saved money.

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203095.10 in reply to 203095.9
Date: 11/22/2011 8:00:27 AM
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I believe it's wrong and disrespectful, like when NBA teams try to get better chances in the draft.

It's not cheating, that's ok. The salary floor is a cool add. But I'd punsih the sales of that team harder.

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203095.11 in reply to 203095.10
Date: 11/22/2011 8:12:11 AM
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II.2
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11811181
Second Team:
Jirkov
If you have some idea for changes as you think this teams should have even worse conditions you can bring some idea on suggestion forum (22297.1). But unless there is any change implemented there is nothing wrong on this strategy.