Issue #1
Summary
CFC approached the game administrators on 23 October with a suspicion of espionage within their ranks. According to their official accusation, an individual had created a duplicate account for the sole purpose of gaining access to their forum and conducting out-of-game espionage against their team.
According to an internal investigation at CFC, they assert that the duplicate account was registered at CFC using the same IP address as an acknowledged member of C3B. Furthermore, they claim that this duplicate account was created right around the same time that they had encountered C3B in the game. Finally, they claim that this individual did indeed visit their forum and participate in at least a dozen votes, and that the options he/she voted for were consistently in the best interests of C3B.
Applicable Rules
0.2.2 - Allowed Memberships
Description: Each forum will be allowed to determine the requirements for membership of its team as it sees fit. However, a person may only be a member of one team at any given time. A double membership is automatically considered out-of-game espionage.
Purpose: To disallow the use of out-of-game espionage and prevent anything that resembles out-of-game espionage.
Verdict: Double membership is strictly prohibited and doing so is a violation of this rule.
Punishment Level: Red (Ejection ? Personal or Team)
0.4.2 - Intentional Espionage
Description: Any out-of-game espionage in any form is strictly prohibited.
Definition: Trying to hack the secure team forum(s), continuously logging team chat channels, inserting moles in an opponent's team, hacking screenshots or savegame upload location, or any other action considered espionage as determined by the game staff
Verdict: doing any of the above as determined by the game staff is a violation of this rule.
Punishment Level: Red (Ejection)
4.3 - Fairness Pledge
Every team must agree to the fairness pledge before the game starts:
?I pledge to compete fairly and within the rules of the game. I pledge to adhere not only to the written rules, but also to the unwritten, spirit of the rules. I understand that failure to live up to this pledge may result in penalties for me and my team.?
Analysis
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Conclusion
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