I have come across this so called "strategy" twice now. The first time it was done to me, I didn't care about the game but it was still annoying. The fact that my opponent used this "tactic" to begin with just showed me how bad a strategist he was to use such an exploit.
The exploit is simple enough, and I find it alarming how many people use it, how many people are alright with it being used and that the admins don't seem to give a rats ass about it.
It takes a freestyle game to do it. Now, standard rule in freestyle games, set up by the people who run this...site...is that if you were the last to go in a freestyle game round, you cannot be the first to go in the new round. This keeps people from going twice in a row, keeps them from having an unfair advantage in a game. This, I repeat, is something THEY have set up!! To get around this, people wait until the 24 hour round is almost up in the freestyle game before taking their turn, they then let the time run out instead of finishing their turn after attacking and making fortifications, if any. Now, when the time runs out, the slate is wiped clean and everybody gets to go again, even the last person who didn't finish their turn. That way, they get to go twice in a row, exploiting that little failure on the admins part to think about that ahead of time.
I reported this as an exploit and I was told it wasn't against the rules. They made the rule of when you are the last to go, you cannot be first in the new round...so their intent was to keep this shit from happening. Why they do not bother to fix it and keep idiots from exploiting is beyond me. It is that reason that I have canceled my account.
Well, that is the largest reason. There are a few others, but the fact that the people in charge are aware of it and just let it go...the fact that so many people have to cheat to win a strategy game...it is appalling. So, good luck to the rest of you, be aware of this cheap exploit, and I suggest you avoid playing with people who use it. The only two that I saw who used it were high ranking paid members....whether or not this has an impact on the admins turning a blind eye, I have no knowledge. Enjoy!
