Gerdler: I agree with everything in your last comment totally.

Prim: How does it detract from my main point, which is that this behavior has ruined the game for me and I will not be back for another round of play due to this? And what does looking into it personally mean, exactly? As was discussed above it's rather hard to stop cheaters, an no amount of IP logging or comparing News reports will make it less so. You think someone makes a country just to target one player per game, and destroys his country afterward, and has no other countries in server? That's their game to you, and this is a reasonable supposition?

The idea that ruining the game for people who play it in earnest is not cheating is not something I'm going to agree with even without proof of multis. If your little brother flips over the monopoly board because you're winning, he's a cheat whether he stole money from the bank or not.

Also my country is going to finish top 20 despite being "maimed" so uh. I'm still in top 10 right now.

Prim: I maintain it's cheating based on the messages that indicate previous interactions. I would also argue that playing in bad faith; eg playing to ruin the experience of other players, is tantamount to cheating whether they're playing multis or not. I maintain that they are, though.

People don't opt out of gdi they opt in. That's alot of insults accusing someone of insults.

Oh, and also:
Message from Earth Empires Staff sent on Nov 12, 19:03
The country you reported was not deleted by mods

Can I just take a second to LMAO @ "I stayed in the top 3 for the first 35 hours or so"

The beginning of a game being the challenging time to be the top third.

I agree that the mods seem more active than in the mid 2000s by the way, and I agree that there have been positive changes. This is the opposite of a positive change, and I feel like it should be addressed with limitations on missile strikes or why not make everyone gdi if gdi is de facto required for play anyway?

Yes, I could have joined GDI. I'm not unused to having my country suicided because I almost never join GDI. I am not newly returned either; I have been here regularly (tho on and off) since the late 1990s, and I've observed the game play changes over time.

The issue isn't that it happens, which is a risk of play, it's the FREQUENCY with which it happens. People are here commenting that this is an ongoing issue. Why are people advocating for a clearly broken system? And why should I continue playing a game that I can't play effectively without using a game tactic I don't like? gdi limits my gameplay options, costs me in game resources, and makes my game experience less fun. Having my country destroyed for no reason after hours and hours of play also makes it less fun. In the time that 5 of my express countries have been (nearly, because frankly I'm a much better player than anyone who's tried to drown me in missiles) destroyed I have 16 sitting in free for all that have avoided even rolling untargetted killing.

So.... what am I left with?

My subjective experience is that the ratio of cheater per player has increased between 1997ish and now.

I realize the tech has changed I'm just frustrated. I have a hard time justifying the time sink of games anyway and I hate people who carelessly waste the time of others. Life's short.

King: not sure, I was pretty pissed off when I looked up the country. I don't even want to log in now.

I graduated college 15 years ago with a bs in economics, psych and sociology. I just quit business to start a career in music.

It seems to me from observation that the number of cheaters has risen proportional to the drop in players. Also, I recall a time (possibly during 2025) when SUSPECTED cheaters were auto deleted, sometimes on the basis of simply a shared IP address.

People shouldn't have to join GDI not to have their set ruined by cheaters.

I've been playing this game for like 20 years by the way. Waste of time just to have some cheater destroy you. He gets deleted but I'm still out all the time I put in. Not worth the effort. A shame cuz this is one of my favorite games, it's what made me study economics.

Game ruined again, I quit. Enjoy your empty servers.