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Also, I don't believe creating a widespread snitching operatin is the answer. I knew of many people who were doing this (I never asked for details and had no idea that people would be brazen enough to enter 6 accounts in a tournament, but that's actually irrelevant) and would never consider telling on anyone, friend or enemy.

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What worries me about this rationale is that while you (apparently as a member of the "club" that's on the right AIM buddy lists/invited to the private forums were these things are discussed; perhaps I'm wrong and you're not, but I think this should apply to anyone in the high-stakes tourney culture that knew multi-accounting was prevalent, and does not necessarily need to be directed at you Shaniac) -- while you are fortunate enough to be aware these kinds of things were happening, many of us were not. I understand the conflict that "ratting someone out" creates, and why so many are hesistant to do it.

But I don't feel comfortable that there's apparently an "insular world" (as gumpzilla put it) where there are a privileged few who are aware of all the unethical dealings that go on (which steal from the player population at large) but who also feel absolutely no obligation to inform anyone else about it.

Maybe I should just learn to deal with it, but it shakes my confidence in the integrity of the games I play, and I can't imagine I'm alone on this. And I pretty much suck, so you want me in your games. As I said though, it's especially disconcerting that honest, ethical, non-cheaters know what transpires but don't feel compelled to inform anyone. I at least understand when the cheaters don't feel the urge to inform people they're cheating; I'm not quite sure what induces honest players to stay quiet.