who dat be?

I wasn't here a few years ago :P

"so be very careful about joining games with anyone you do not have any information about. "
Do you mean look at the history of players in the game?

Do whatever you can to check on players...

Mr Smart Jason used many different accounts - not all of which were identified and/or banned. His using of his friends to open accounts and feed them moves even though they have no idea what is going on is I believe his preferred technique for getting around the anti-cheating controls.

He came out with a confession at one point - promising never to do these things again. He was soon caught out though because he tended to keep his acivities rather open at his school and, well, it leaked out.

My take on this is that he has had about ten strikes already and should be consigned to the bin every time he is identified until he withers away. I have no sympathy whatsoever with someone who cheated as freely and repeatedly as he did. It is an insult to all of us who actually put time and effort into games.

Burn him!

Oh, and I do not care one jot about posting this openly: he ruined a lot of games for a lot of people. He ruined decent players stats too.

One other thing to watch out for was his excessive 'game-starting but not finishing': a truly ridiculous number of CDs. Another way in which time was wasted for decent folks who were, effectively, drawn into spoiled games.

@Flash - I'll email you

Would it be that the Bearnstein has returned? OH NOES!!

nope, flashman is talking about smart jason.

No Ursa.
To put this into LOTR terms, if Bearnstien was Sauron, SJ would be like Morgoth.
In Transformers terms, Megatron -> The Fallen.

My point is, its not the same person no.
Saying that before he left he played for a bit and didn't seem to be cheating (he was getting quite good) so hopefully it's this side of him that has returned.

@all - It doesn't look to me that he's cheating, so maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt - certainly for now. I seem to remember him apologising for his actions (and making a promise to you Flash) and starting a new account.