03-18-2011, 10:41 PM
I'm of the opinion that this should be unnecessary.
Any lowlife who would stoop to spoofing orders for their opponent is probably not interested in reviving Play-By-Mail games. However, in the event that my faith in humanity is not justified, I think that there is still no need to add security measures at this point.
If someone does spoof a turn, the turn can be re-run. Once the culprit is discovered, they will surely be ostracized from the PBM community. There is little reward for attempting to do this, and a great deal of risk. Even a sociopath should be able to weigh the pros and cons and decide that not cheating is a better strategy than cheating.
Personally, I would wait for at least a single instance of this behavior occurring before implementing security measures.
Any lowlife who would stoop to spoofing orders for their opponent is probably not interested in reviving Play-By-Mail games. However, in the event that my faith in humanity is not justified, I think that there is still no need to add security measures at this point.
If someone does spoof a turn, the turn can be re-run. Once the culprit is discovered, they will surely be ostracized from the PBM community. There is little reward for attempting to do this, and a great deal of risk. Even a sociopath should be able to weigh the pros and cons and decide that not cheating is a better strategy than cheating.
Personally, I would wait for at least a single instance of this behavior occurring before implementing security measures.