You don't necessarily need proof of a "woof woof" to know they are cheating. Other types of proof work. For example, perhaps the player has things that require rare ore but doesn't have a rare ore smelter (and is not getting these things transferred to them, for example an FFA.)
I consider breaking the rules that everyone have agreed to during a game is cheating, such as forming teams during an FFA, breaking the build mark in land rush, or having weapons during a peaceful type game such as a resource race.
Also, one should not type Woof! Woof! unless they are expecting to be labeled a cheater. You should concetrate on playing the game, not pretend to cheat.
The game will desync if the cheater is using a trainer or whatnot to cheat. The game will not desync if everyone has the same code in all of their games (for example, the Dan's cheats built into the game).
Thank you CK9 for making this post, everyone needs to know this.
If I catch anyone cheating and I can prove it, a few things will happen:
1- I will ban them from IRC immediately. This banning will last long enough until the problem is gone. I know for a fact other people who have operator priviledges will help me on this.
2- Any spam on the forums won't be tolerated. Consequences range from a warn level increase to account deletion or banning, depending on severity. (xfir will help me with this stuff, I'm sure as he's the only other person that has the power to do this) Of course, I'll close the topic they used to spam.
3- Block them from other OP related services.
CK9, add to that list spamming the email inbox of an admin, which is what one cheater did to me.
If you see cheating when operators / admins aren't around, please inform us.
Thanks!
