Security and Cheating

Hi, I  am just trying to figure out what is considered cheating.... My husband has... I mean had a bimbo (she died) because he likes to play the games.... I won't let him play mine... is the rule one bimbo per computer or one bimbo per person or e-mail address or what...  Thanks for any help you can give... I don't want my bimbo blocked!!!

thanks, that helps... no more games for any one but me at my house...

It´s great to hear that cheaters can stop now ^^

It must cost the cheaters a small fortune, as to play the game and have fun you do need to spend some money at some point. So imagine the cost of doing that if you have multiple accounts. I have only put money on once but with all these new clothes I am sorely tempted to add more money.
These clothes are getting soooooooooooo good. 

Will be great also if our pets get new stuff. Ah scrub that, it would mean more money

JamiieLee wrote:

ooh IP
thats the thingy.
like its your computers own address
no other comp will have the same one as you
so if theres 2 accounts with the same IP
youre a cheat.

It's unfortunately not that easy as there's usually not a unique and persistent relation between the computer and the IP address it presents to a website.

Firstly, if several computers are connected to the internet via a router that does NAT (most small routers do) all these computers will appear to the outside internet to have the same IP-address.

Secondly, most home internet connections don't have a fixed IP, as (unless you pay extra to get a fixed IP address) your computer gets handed an IP out of a pool managed by your service provider when you connect to the net. There's absolutely no guarantee that this will always be the same IP-address.

So a simplistic instant ban if more than one account has the same IP address won't necessarily catch all cheaters and also has a very good chance to catch innocent people. The only way to catch high-profile cheaters is to watch for unusual account activity (i.e. unusually high rates for changes in BA and/or Bimbo Cred) and manually check the questionable accounts.

Besides, looking at the top of the "Top Gamers" and "Top Cred Gamers" charts today I don't think that the Missbimbo staff at the moment are trying very hard to catch cheaters anyway...

---Edit---

...ah, hold on a sec! That thing with the Bimbo with the sky high BA that came out of nowhere to be at the top of the charts for the last few days was apparently due to a glitch which has now been fixed. Please ignore the last paragraph of the original post.

Last edited by Ninshka (09-03-2008 16:12)

Ninshka wrote:

JamiieLee wrote:

ooh IP
thats the thingy.
like its your computers own address
no other comp will have the same one as you
so if theres 2 accounts with the same IP
youre a cheat.

It's unfortunately not that easy as there's usually not a unique and persistent relation between the computer and the IP address it presents to a website.

Firstly, if several computers are connected to the internet via a router that does NAT (most small routers do) all these computers will appear to the outside internet to have the same IP-address.

Secondly, most home internet connections don't have a fixed IP, as (unless you pay extra to get a fixed IP address) your computer gets handed an IP out of a pool managed by your service provider when you connect to the net. There's absolutely no guarantee that this will always be the same IP-address.

So a simplistic instant ban if more than one account has the same IP address won't necessarily catch all cheaters and also has a very good chance to catch innocent people. The only way to catch high-profile cheaters is to watch for unusual account activity (i.e. unusually high rates for changes in BA and/or Bimbo Cred) and manually check the questionable accounts.

Besides, looking at the top of the "Top Gamers" and "Top Cred Gamers" charts today I don't think that the Missbimbo staff at the moment is trying very hard to catch cheaters anyway...

Exactly, I have a rotating IP because I use my computer a lot for work and a lot of personal information goes through it, so for security of my information and my client's I have a rotating IP.  It cost me $50 to get one. I mean how big of a loser do you have to be to get one just so you can cheat at a game, but still..they are very common.

OK this sounds *POSSIBLY* a little unfair. What if everyone in a family has a different account but all use the same internet (like my family), what happens if we get accused of cheating and ppl who've looked after they're bimbo and worked hard get it deleted!!! I might be going over the top cos i'm still unsure of how it works!! Can someone please explain??

For some reason I can't pm anyone so I can't tell you this through message.  But:

When I first signed up for Miss Bimbo it was during all the "turmoil" the media made.  I tried to make an account like 8 times and it wouldn't let me and then it would let me half way - it was weird.  Finally I tried a few days later and it made one [the one I use now].  So I don't know if the other ones are still out there somewhere but I can give you email addresses if would like and I can let you know them!  I'm sure they're probably dead by now if the accounts even really activated!? 

Also, you will have to pm me because for some reason I can't pm you?! 

Thanks!

HIIII FELLOW BIMBOS PLASE GIVE ME SUM CRED AND CHALLENGE ME PLEASE THANK YOUU XXXXXX  

I challenged you, and won.

This is great that security is getting better because there should b eno cheaters because it is not fair!

sparkle1470 wrote:

HIIII FELLOW BIMBOS PLASE GIVE ME SUM CRED AND CHALLENGE ME PLEASE THANK YOUU XXXXXX  

Not cool!