Cheating?
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I'm curious what people think of this. I'm playing a person whose rating is 1907 (mine is 1904). During this game he/she played the following bingos:
OVERLATE
EFFULGED
POTATOES
LABORER
COYNESS
I got one, CONSUMER.
In addition he/she got a lot of other good plays so the final score in this game is over 550. Personally I think there's an element of luck that some people have that others don't. But here, my instincts say the person is cheating. I'm curious what other people think. -
I'm curious what people think of this. I'm playing a person whose rating is 1907 (mine is 1904). During this game he played the following bingos:
OVERLATE
EFFULGED
POTATOES
LABORER
COYNESS
I got one, CONSUMER.
In addition he got a lot of other good plays so his final score in this game is over 550. Personally I think there's an element of luck that some people have that others don't. But here, my instinct say the person is cheating. I'm curious what other people think.The only odd word he played was EFFULGED, which is pretty out there imo.
Some would disagree, but I would look at his bingo list and see how often he plays crazy
words to decide whether he was a cheater.There are plenty of non-cheaters in this world who can get 5 bingos in a game.
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@zaph Thanks. I'm not aware how to look at the bingo list but maybe if I log into the desktop version I could figure it out. Overlate made me scratch my head a little bit but you're right it's not that odd. But that other one and the fact that he got five in a game makes me wonder...I don't really care that much I'm just curious about other people's thoughts, but that's a good idea.
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@zaph I was able to look at his Bingo list. Some are definitely suspect some just look creative. Hyoidean was one that caught my eye. Someone else just dropped Filarian...
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@pangloss I used to play someone who seemed to get an inordinate number of bingos at the beginning of games. I started keeping a record of how many she got compared with how many I got; and finally realised what she was doing. Every time she started a game, if she couldn't start with a bingo she just deleted the game and started a new one, until she got what she wanted. I don't play her any more.
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Hi @Pangloss, it's a tricky/touchy topic, isn't it? I see it raised as a topic in the lobby now and then, in the form of an accusation, but there's never any proof as far as I know--- other than once someone posted a screen shot here in the forum, and it showed their open tabs including an anagrammer site-- oopsie.
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@pangloss PS I find you can add a prefix or suffix to many words here, and make new words you wouldn't see anywhere else! (re: overlate)
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@mapmakere Yes i'm aware. Also "out" is a prefix that can sometimes be used that way.
(BTW, after I posted that I was able to play "beatings" using the N in filarian, for a double triple bingo worth 176 points!) -
@mirandas yeah I know people that have done that. That is very annoying. Also keep in mind in the beginning of the game is when most bingos are played because there's the most free space
