I am forced to request a reload to a prior turn. This will be somewhat complicated, but it's pretty clear that we have clock manipulation going on here.
Here is the civstats report for the prior turn for Nero:
9/27/07 10:56 pm A new turn has begun. It is now 140 AD
9/27/07 10:56 pm Nero Finished turn
9/27/07 10:53 pm Nero Logged in
9/27/07 8:29 am Nero Logged out
9/27/07 8:29 am Nero Finished turn
9/27/07 8:17 am Nero Logged in
9/27/07 4:13 am Nero Score increased to 385
9/27/07 4:13 am A new turn has begun. It is now 125 AD
Somehow, Nero played 2 turns between 125AD and 140AD.
He was the last to play the turn at 140AD and remained in the game when I entered at 10:59. When I entered shortly after the turn roll-over I got the message of "connecting to peer Nero". He clearly conquored a city of mine during this time span. He did this in the short amount of time from the roll-over with him still in the game to the time I entered at 140AD.
Effectively he had 3 turns to my 1.
I think it's rather cheap to hang around waiting for the turn to roll over then jump in to make decisive moves. At 140 AD civstats shows me finishing the turn before Nero, but he had made all of the decisive moves before I even entered; he just hung around until I ended my turn. Note that civstats doesn't show Nero joining after the turn roll-over to 140AD because he was there when it flipped. It shows him leaving after the turn roll-over.
Here is the entire transcript:
9/27/07 11:22 pm WarningU2 Logged out
9/27/07 11:16 pm Kmac33 Logged out
9/27/07 11:16 pm Kmac33 Finished turn
9/27/07 11:15 pm Nero Logged out <--------------------
9/27/07 11:15 pm Nero Finished turn
9/27/07 11:15 pm Kmac33 Score decreased to 297
9/27/07 11:14 pm Kmac33 Score decreased to 307
9/27/07 11:13 pm whiplash Logged out
9/27/07 11:13 pm whiplash Finished turn
9/27/07 11:13 pm Kmac33 Score increased to 310
9/27/07 11:11 pm Kmac33 Logged in
9/27/07 11:11 pm whiplash Score decreased to 435
9/27/07 11:10 pm whiplash Score decreased to 442
9/27/07 11:09 pm Nero Score decreased to 388
9/27/07 11:08 pm WarningU2 Finished turn
9/27/07 11:05 pm WarningU2 Logged in
9/27/07 10:59 pm whiplash Logged in
9/27/07 10:57 pm Nero Score increased to 392
9/27/07 10:57 pm whiplash Score decreased to 445
9/27/07 10:56 pm Nero Score increased to 388
9/27/07 10:56 pm JMaltman Finished turn
9/27/07 10:56 pm amh52 Score increased to 544
9/27/07 10:56 pm Krum Score increased to 806
9/27/07 10:56 pm maydrock Score increased to 429
9/27/07 10:56 pm pinchak Finished turn
9/27/07 10:56 pm WarningU2 Score increased to 499
9/27/07 10:56 pm namliaM Finished turn
9/27/07 10:56 pm the oob Score increased to 612
9/27/07 10:56 pm Bolkonsky Score increased to 484
9/27/07 10:56 pm A new turn has begun. It is now 140 AD
9/27/07 10:56 pm Nero Finished turn <------------------
9/27/07 10:53 pm Nero Logged in
9/27/07 10:41 pm WarningU2 Logged out
We need a reload.
