The Main Rule

One BGA account = One person

Playing from the same IP

This is authorized to play at the same table from the same IP (internet address).

The warning message "this player plays from the same internet address than another player" is a simple warning. It is a useful warning, because the other players have the right to know that there are players at their table that are able to discuss out of game.

If you want to play from the same internet address than another person:

• The best option is not to play at the same table, or play at a table where you know everyone.
• If you play with strangers, make them comfortable by the fact you are 2 (or more) different people: don't discuss about the game outside the chatroom, don't collaborate (or do kingmaking) with your partner, and so on.

When some of your opponents are playing from the same IP:

• You may refuse (politely) to play with them.
• You should probably be vigilant and check that they are not collaborating during the game.
• But you don't have to report them until they are doing a concrete kingmaking action. If you report some players saying that "they are playing from the same IP" without any kingmaking proof, we will close your report.

Boosting your ELO by playing against yourself

This is the most stupid and useless thing to do on BGA.

Why? Because this is very easy to detect, and because the penalty is:

• all your secondary account are removed.
• your primary account is reset to 1500 ELO for all games.

Why this is so easy to detect:

• When you start having a very good ELO, all other good players will look at you and your game history. In the game history, this is really easy to see how you manage to have a good ELO.
• In BGA, every game can be replayed. So if a game is suspect, anyone can replay it and check if this is a real game or a fake game.
• In addition to this, we are using some automatic methods and some technical information that allow us to check if "one person = one account".
• Consequently, it happens that some players manage to do ELO boosting, but at the end they are all detected and reset to 1500. This is why this is a waste of time for everyone, and this is why this is useless.

If you have a lot of time to spend, please try to get better at this game and please do not try to cheat.