Rules Question - Fake Skyping

[DarknessB]

I have been in a number of games where a player pretends to be Skyping / communicating outside of the game in order to get someone else lynched and wanted to know whether this was illegal / reportable as cheating.

In particular, I've seen this used as an Executioner tactic where the Executioner says he has been Skyping with others (unidentified usually) and therefore, he knows that [Target] is Mafia or Triad. Although the town often grumbles about the player cheating, they nevertheless end up lynching the Executioner's target, which of course is revealed as town. Then, the Executioner says something to the effect of "I fooled you guys -- I wasn't Skyping, but thanks for the win."

This seems like a pretty sketchy / questionable tactic to me given it involves pretending to cheat outside of the game in order to influence the town -- i.e. the fake lead has nothing to do with anything the player has done in the game whatsoever, but instead plays off of cheating. However, in many cases, the player in question probably wasn't actually Skyping -- that's the weak defense I've heard from users of this tactic at least. Personally, I don't like it and think it's illegitimate, but wanted to get the official mods' take on the question.

[ika]

my viewpoint, being ex-keeper i would frown apoun it but not count it as actual skyping due to the fact you are doing exe play. if you were to do it to get someone lynched as town it would be greifing.

overall i think its a fair-play thing but is not encouraged.

much like how jailors sometimes say "im hacking and i know you are mafia/tirad" when they were not

[creedkingsx]

The game is, at its core, about using your words to achieve a goal.
I would not consider this cheating by any means. Kinda cheap? Sure, but clever, nontheless. At least, whoever thought of it first was clever.

[louiswill]

True Story: I got banned for doing so. Appealed successfully.

Consider the cost, pretending skyping/cheating doesn't worth it.




tbh: The people who trust outside source of information are dumbasses.

[st.rage]

what if someone said "I'm going to torture my pet cat if you dont let me win!"

[creedkingsx]

what if someone said "I'm going to torture my pet cat if you dont let me win!"

This feels like a troll question but it makes a legitimate point.. lol

[McKinley]

what if someone said "I'm going to torture my pet cat if you dont let me win!"

Can't do anything, so go ahead and win. If they're that deranged, they'll do it to their cat regardless of their victory or defeat.

[st.rage]

or what if two opposing players both threaten to torture their cats if they dont win

[Mateo]

or what if two opposing players both threaten to torture their cats if they dont win

kill both cats to teach them lesson