[Cheater] tkanerva of HOD

[Natmus]

I have been told that tkanerva is a cheater-account, as it currently is being run by a script (something that is illegal according to the rules).

I haven't contacted the admins yet, but I want you to look over his account and decide if you are interested in any of his isles. If we decide to take the cheater account apart, we should be quick to grap the isles we want before the rest of the players move in for easy isles.

[Natmus]

First scouting of one of his isles:

Espionage report
from 12.04.2006 11:19
Espionage successful!
Offence Units Lilleholm (15:42:6)
Total Losses
Small Warship 1 0
Defence Units isle_d6 (15:42:14)
Total Losses
Small Merchant Ship 20 0
Spearfighter 90 0
Buildings
Main House Level 10
Gold Mine Level 20
Stone Quarry Level 6
Lumber Mill Level 20
Laboratory Level 1
Barracks Level 5
Harbour Level 1
Storehouse Level 20
Stone Wall Level 15
Research
Spear Level 6
Shield Level 10
Sail Level 10
Resources
Gold 38337
Stone 695
Lumber 38337

No doubt about it, he is inactive!

We have struck gold, boys, who is with me?

[Natmus]

Look at this:

Espionage report
from 12.04.2006 11:49
Espionage successful!
Offence Units Mejlesholm (15:60:2)
Total Losses
Small Warship 1 0
Defence Units isle_db (15:49:21)
Total Losses
Buildings
Main House Level 10
Gold Mine Level 14
Lumber Mill Level 16
Laboratory Level 1
Barracks Level 5
Storehouse Level 18
Research
Shield Level 4
Resources
Gold 14563
Stone 12087
Lumber 9405

I'm going for it! Chiavata! that treaty with HOD!

[SkulkrinBait]

I'm in!

How many isles are we talking and how are we going to divide it up? I've plenty of spare colo ships (I think 4 or 5).

I can launch later today.

[ashimar]

I do hope this is going to turn out for the better and not the worse.

Tkanerva is indeed a Finnish 30+ guy, I have once spoken to him, when he had only 3 or 4 isles. Somewhere along the lines he must have gotten real good at expansion. He was in Firefox then, for a moment in another alliance (could be Empire) before joining HOD.

I do not have good contacts with Thaddeus (I think he likes you, Mads, better, and why not ? We cater for all styles as it is, but I can contact Azriel if there comes a response. But for nlow I will not say a thing. I'm curious as to what will happen.

That Tkanerva employed an interesting idea with some friends of loaning eachothers cats for maximum results. Sort of rapid response taskforce. He proposed in the olden days that I work together with him but when I wanted to use some of his cats, he was so slow in responding that I actually got a bit upset with him and that ended our friendly neighbourism. That's all I have on him.

[Natmus]

ashimar said:

I do hope this is going to turn out for the better and not the worse.

To elaborate on the story, some friends of a guy I have been trading with started playing last week. As they started at the same time, they ended up in the same ocean, ocean 14, and within hours of starting they were attacked by tkanerva, all of them with identical attacks.
They were advised to protest to tkanerva, but even if he is online all the time, literally, the messages are unread.
So they wondered about this, asked the person who got them started, and he asked me as he regards me as a mentor of sorts.
I looked into it, because I have had dealings with tkanerva way back, but a little time ago when we both went for the same tsunami isle he ignored my message.

So I messaged him, and that message too remains unread. With the scoutings I have made, I'm now certain that a script runs the account these days.

So to sum up the evidense:
Identical attacks on new isles shortly after they are created.
Constantly (100 percent of the time) online.
All messages remains unread.
Scoutings show that isles aren't really being used.

[Natmus]

skulkrinbait said:

I'm in!

How many isles are we talking and how are we going to divide it up? I've plenty of spare colo ships (I think 4 or 5).

I can launch later today.

So far I'm launching at 6 isles:

15:18:23, 15:49:21 and 15:58:10 in ocean 15, and

14:38:23, 14:88:24 and 14:80:11 in ocean 14.

The isle up in sector 15:42 looks very nice as well, but perhaps somebody else will take that? Oliver, Marc?

[SkulkrinBait]

OK, provisionally (awaiting spy reports) I'll go for 15:16:17 (easy to remember)
15:91:8
15:91:20
15:96:14
14:60:3

I agree, just looking at his isle names makes me think it's automated.

[SkulkrinBait]

There's bound to be a lot more of these automated accounts aren't there? Do you think the owners plan to sell them on Ebay when they get to top 50 or something?

[SkulkrinBait]

Mads, have you had any spies detected? Does the automation stretch to an all out attack on all the isles of anyone detected spying?

[Arminius]

15:37:2, that still free? When do we launch?

[Natmus]

Lots of my scoutings failed, none has so far resulted in attacks. As no messages are being read, I don't think it reads attack or scouting reports either

So far two colony takeovers have failed, and there has been no reaction to these either.

[Natmus]

arminius said:

15:37:2, that still free? When do we launch?

Still open, so far.

Launch anytime you like, but scout ahead first.

[Arminius]

OK, scouts on their way. I've got two spare col-ships...

If I send both of them (one after the other) and if the first one suceeds, then the second will come back unharmed, won't it?

[Natmus]

No, I think it's possible to re-colonise one of your own isles.