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<blockquote data-quote="dren" data-source="post: 1432923" data-attributes="member: 5176">advice re: cheating playersA few ideas:1. I have made all players create their character using the redblade program, and then send me their PC sheet.2. I have a quick reference cards for all of their details, as well as their files on my lap-top3. Sometimes I have player #2 read out the player # 1's rolls, player # 3 reads player # 2's rolls, etc. If one person screws up the roll after being warned, I tell them I will inflict a penalty on both of them. Tough noogies.4. In save vs death / dismemberment / etc situations, I usually get away from the DM screen and be with the other players while they do the rolling5. I always try, at the end of the game, compliment the players on what a great job they have been doing. Even in the face of death or a mission failure, as long as the characters feel that they have been doing a good job and if the people are having a good time, I find that few players will cheat.6. I have said this before, and I mean it, the second I realize that somebody is cheating in a game - I won't ban them, I'll ban myself. I'll walk away. The game is great fun, but if you have to cheat in a game where you don't keep score and it's all in your imagination, then you really are a pathetic loser, and I don't want to have anything to do with you. Now, if the other players want me to continue running the game, only one caveat - get rid of the loser.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dren, post: 1432923, member: 5176"] [b]advice re: cheating players[/b] A few ideas: 1. I have made all players create their character using the redblade program, and then send me their PC sheet. 2. I have a quick reference cards for all of their details, as well as their files on my lap-top 3. Sometimes I have player #2 read out the player # 1's rolls, player # 3 reads player # 2's rolls, etc. If one person screws up the roll after being warned, I tell them I will inflict a penalty on both of them. Tough noogies. 4. In save vs death / dismemberment / etc situations, I usually get away from the DM screen and be with the other players while they do the rolling 5. I always try, at the end of the game, compliment the players on what a great job they have been doing. Even in the face of death or a mission failure, as long as the characters feel that they have been doing a good job and if the people are having a good time, I find that few players will cheat. 6. I have said this before, and I mean it, the second I realize that somebody is cheating in a game - I won't ban them, I'll ban myself. I'll walk away. The game is great fun, but if you have to cheat in a game where you don't keep score and it's all in your imagination, then you really are a [B]pathetic loser[/B], and I don't want to have anything to do with you. Now, if the other players want me to continue running the game, only one caveat - get rid of the loser. [/QUOTE]

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