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The Main Rule

One person = One BGA account = One person

Playing from the same IP

is okay and good actually

Boosting your ELO by playing against yourself

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

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

  • any secondary accounts are removed.
  • your primary account is reset to 0 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 0. This is why this is a waste of time for everyone, and why it is useless.

If you have a lot of time to spend, please try to get better at this game and do not try to cheat, because it is just a waste for everybody.