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Re: Cheating on SimCity Buildit

50K scores within the start of the contest seems a bit fishy, but 100K+ by the end of the contest are perfectly normal.

Played Megalopolis for the 1st time last week, and ended up with 105K in 2nd place. And that was without doing all the maximum point assignments available. Made the mistake of picking a few quick and easy 1K or 1.4K tasks at the start, which probably cost me 1st place overall, as I was only about 3 to 4K points behind the eventual winner.

Now, I’m a tad paranoid about getting mistakenly reported and banned for cheating for hitting 100K+, that I screenshotted every assignment I completed this week (just in case).

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PinnacleValley
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8 years ago
Hi Invisiblez9,
I don’t think 100k+ will warrant an accusation of cheating...unless of course you put 30k up in the last 15 minutes. The problem is cheating will continue to be rampant until EA steps up and defines the rules. My best estimate is 40% of the participants are cheating and 90% of those don’t even realize it. Good luck.
an9999999999
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7 years ago
I don’t know whether there is a way to cheat but I just finished a contest in which I got 112k ( no cheat, I don’t know how) placed 12th. The guy who won it had 135k, the second guy 134k, and there were several other had more than 120k. It’s very frustrating. I have more than 2k of platinum and golden key which are honestly earned. I hope they didn’t put me in so called cheater server because I can’t compete with those score.
roccodonovan8
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7 years ago
There most definitely is cheating in some cases. Some hackers have an unlimited supply of cash and items that allow them to breeze through tasks very easily. If all other aspects of your game seem normal you probably aren’t on a cheat server, you may have got grouped in with a competitive league based on your past performance.
an9999999999
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7 years ago
Thanks ROccodonavan8. I’m definitely not a cheater. My highest score in a challenge was 118k but ..134k it seems impossible in a challenge which most of assignments are given 1.6 thru 2k, sometimes 3k but rarely. How did they get more than 130k, it’s beyond me.