Question for GoodGame Studios

taters farm (US1)

I have a friend who I was talking to today.  Does GoodGame allow 1.  a person to have more than one farm ? and 2. a coop to have a 2nd coop where they trade players around the 2 coops?

I was told this was allowed and being done by one of the higher coops.   It just does not seem like that would be fair competition to the lower coops like what I am in.  So why would a lower coop even play the game if it's fixed like this.

RosyStarling

It is most definitely NOT allowed

You can have one farm per server

You can have another farm on a different server. There is no connection between servers so no way to behave as you describe

BugsBunny

taters farm (US1) said:

I have a friend who I was talking to today.  Does GoodGame allow 1.  a person to have more than one farm ? and 2. a coop to have a 2nd coop where they trade players around the 2 coops?

I was told this was allowed and being done by one of the higher coops.   It just does not seem like that would be fair competition to the lower coops like what I am in.  So why would a lower coop even play the game if it's fixed like this.

A coop can start another coop by splitting some members and sending them over there to answer your second question, but however the members should not have multiple accounts.

taters farm (US1)

BugsBunny said:

taters farm (US1) said:

I have a friend who I was talking to today.  Does GoodGame allow 1.  a person to have more than one farm ? and 2. a coop to have a 2nd coop where they trade players around the 2 coops?

I was told this was allowed and being done by one of the higher coops.   It just does not seem like that would be fair competition to the lower coops like what I am in.  So why would a lower coop even play the game if it's fixed like this.

A coop can start another coop by splitting some members and sending them over there to answer your second question, but however the members should not have multiple accounts.

Thank You.  Does GoodGame monitor the happenings or do you just trust? 

So you can start another coop and split members.   But, you cannot have multiple farms on the same servers or in the same coop. 

Can you switch members back and forth between the 2 teams all the time in order to try and dominate the top spots?  I am wondering because this would seem like an unfair advantage to other teams. 

RosyStarling

I doubt you can get 2 co-ops  fully  Researched high enough in the ratings to make this feasible, but yes you can leave and join co-ops at will

The time and real money expenditure would be horrendous!

ChickadeeQuilter

We are able to tell if players have more than one account and on which server they are.  Some accounts from same servers are legit (under special circumstances that need to be specified with GGS).  If abuse is suspected, they will be reported.  

As far as coops go, some have friends in other coops and call them "sister coops".  One member of "coop-1" can leave and go to "coop-2" and visa versa.  Nothing illegal in that.  It is just that member of coop-1 can not be simultaneously member of coop-2 (under a different name).  Switching back and forth from one coop to another is a part of strategy game play.

Uncle John (AU1)

@taters farm (US1)
The mods are giving you the correct company policy but the reality is somewhat different.. Many of the top players in the top co-ops have multiple accounts on the same server. I expect that. if asked, they would claim that the various accounts were played by various members of their family (which may even have been true once upon a time).  It is often quite blatant, I'm aware of one co-op with members called   ----1, ----2 and ----3 !!!!
I am inclined to believe that as long as all these players spend money on the game GGS are unlikely to notice them.

farmerjohn 22 (US1)

Just wanted to add that if you have more than one person in your household playing the game from the same ISP address, it's a good idea to notify Support of that. In the past I've seen players blocked from their account because to the company they would appear as multiple accounts by a single player.

ChickadeeQuilter

If you know and have proof (using screenshots). Even screenshots of pm's referencing conversations where they openly acknowledge the fact they are using multiple accounts, then you can report them through support. (i.e. turn in a ticket)
Mind you, we are not going on "witch hunts"...but if they get caught, then they risk permanent ban from the game.

taters farm (US1)

ChickadeeQuilter said:

If you know and have proof (using screenshots). Even screenshots of pm's referencing conversations where they openly acknowledge the fact they are using multiple accounts, then you can report them through support. (i.e. turn in a ticket)
Mind you, we are not going on "witch hunts"...but if they get caught, then they risk permanent ban from the game.

Thank you.  I have one final question.  Is it against GoodGame's rules and/or policies to send spies into another coop for the sole purpose of winning against that team in events?

Exxy (INT1)

Yeah, Some players, do use a lot of spying

Sadly, its very important for some people to win, and they are willing to do everything to ensure that

Its a quite common behavior overall

I suspect at least 4-6 accounts in our coop, that are actually spies for another team

ChickadeeQuilter

taters farm (US1) said:

ChickadeeQuilter said:

If you know and have proof (using screenshots). Even screenshots of pm's referencing conversations where they openly acknowledge the fact they are using multiple accounts, then you can report them through support. (i.e. turn in a ticket)
Mind you, we are not going on "witch hunts"...but if they get caught, then they risk permanent ban from the game.

Thank you.  I have one final question.  Is it against GoodGame's rules and/or policies to send spies into another coop for the sole purpose of winning against that team in events?

It depends.  If you are making a new farm (spy) within your same server, then it is still multi-farming and against the GGS policy.  Now if you make a new (spy) farm in another server to discover who or what players are doing, etc. then it is okay.  For instance you have a main farm in the INT1 server but are wanting to find out what players are in top 50 of CC in the French server, you can make a new farm in the French server then join or make a coop so you can look into who is doing what and how many points are accumulated...etc. This is okay.  but to make another farm in your INT1 server just so you can try to join a "suspect" coop to spy it out...that is a real "no-no".  GGS will investigate when players make report about multi-farming.

taters farm (US1)

Thank you for all this information.  It has been very helpful. 

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