It's been some time since I have blogged but today I watched a game between two club buddies that warrants some discussion
Everyone who has ever played a wargame for some time will have met them, those suprising form of player. THE UNINTETIONAL CHEATER.
What are those you migt ask well i'll tell you
While i was watching his game i noticed that there was some cheating going on. And that both players did not seem to notice so i started to count. In the spann of 20 minutes I saw 12 accounts of outright cheating, but also not by intend.
So how do you cheat unintented well i found 3 ways one can do it.
ONE
Unragulated spaceal displacement
We have all seen it sloppy movment. Some ppl are just so sloppy that they just move their models in ways rules frow upon or just a few inches to far. We are talking about wheels that cost no movment, Models moveing further then thier movement. Ppl moveing their models serveral times. Or the worst of all the movement reflux. You know what i mean, picking up that unit in moveing it to location A putting it down changing thier mind. Picking it up moveing it to location B, changing thier mind again. Picking it up again moveing it location C. Then to location D whitch is about 3 times as far from the starting location then the rules allow. Sloppy Sloppy.
Temeral Forgetfullness.
You know sometimes in the fog of war you forget things. Like the fact that your tank is stunned. Or that it did not move flatout in the last fase. Or that your genral already had 2 wounds. You know what i mean.
Sloppy Sloppy
Heritacal Empowerment.
You know whit a lot of rules comes a lot to remember. But sometimes ppl forget what te rules actaly are. Like the fact that a deamon weapon turns against his owner if you roll a one. Or the fact linked weapons in warmachine need to target the same model even if they grant that extra shot. Or you know thinking that a weapon has one more shot or strenght then it actualy has.
All these thing are usely just caused by beeing sloppy or forgetfull but they can have a large impact on the outcome of the game. But the worst part is that it's hard to point this out to people while they are playing against you. Because for all they know they are not cheating. So most are offended if you point there actions out to them. Of course this is understandeble, but that does not make it easyer to handle.
The one of the worst things that can happen tough is the cirtical, sloppy , win at all cost player.
If you ever played agianst one of those I pitty you.
Hell knows i have, here is the thing
some ppl are realy critical dureing your turn, argueing about every inch, second guesing your every action. Then when its thier turn they move there units whit half harted measurment. speedroll all thier actions whitout giveing you the time to look at the results. Forgetting things and getting opset when you point them out. This is the worst kind of player there is . I have played against such a peron twice
the first time I just wresteld trough it cause it was a tournament. The second time was a pickup game at the local store. I was like if you want to win this badly here you go have fun you won and i picked up my army and left. I my opinion those ppl are even worse then actual cheaters. At leasst those do it by design, sloppy cheaters do it by nature witch is far worse.
Greetz and may the dice gods bless you
