{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/danex317\/","author_name":"LastResortGames","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1379665740,"event":"LD27","likes":11,"metadata":{"p_key":"79358","p_author":"LastResortGames","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288368","p_title":"I am not a cheater","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1379665740","p_likes":"11","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/09\/20\/i-am-not-a-cheater\/","text":"

So this was my first main Ludum Dare and I had a lot of fun. But I have now seen two posts accusing people of cheating the system. One guy was being accused of cheating because they commented \u2018Good Job\u2019 on every game they rated. ( http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/09\/01\/l-for-loser\/<\/a> ) In the second one, people who don\u2019t leave comments are being accused of being cheaters. ( http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/09\/18\/dirty-cheats\/<\/a> ) I understand there are probably more than a few real cheaters out there. They will always exist. But I do not appreciate that people who don\u2019t leave comments (and somebody that always left a comment) suddenly being lumped in, as if not leaving feedback or leaving too much feedback just meant you were rating randomly.<\/p>\n

I rated 191 games. I might have left about 10 comments on various games, almost none of which was more than a Good Job. I played every single one of those games and left an honest rating as I am sure a whole lot of people did. Just because I didn\u2019t have much or anything new to say has no relation to my rating habits. Maybe some games I should have played a little longer. Maybe next Dare I will try and leave more feedback since it is obviously strongly encouraged. But leaving a comment with your rating was not required and insinuating those of us with little to say are cheaters is unfair to say the least.<\/p>\n

I am not against requiring feedback next time around as suggested in the second post but I can only guess that game pages will just be filled with a whole lot of \u201cGood Job\u201d\u2018s and \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say but I need to fill 100 characters. And Good Job\u201d.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how to actually catch cheaters but I feel like actively looking for them is only detrimental to my enjoyment of the entire process and being indirectly accused of cheating myself is even more so. I don\u2019t know how the people running the show look for them but I assume they are doing their job. In the meantime, I am going to happily continue on with my life assuming everybody here wants the same thing I do, to make a game in 48\/72 hours, and that any cheaters that are out there will get what they deserve.<\/p>\n

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