Hrqls: Oh, you can still ban them. But we cant delete the account - this would mess up everybody else's account. So their artifically high rating would still show even if they were banned. Thats where a indication that this is a "cheater" comes in - "cheaters" would keep their account and ratings, but would be visible as cheaters and not show up in the overall ratings. This would mean that we would keep the regular rating system without any modifications (allowing everyone to play as they want now), but still "remove" those who cheat the system.

As for identifying cheaters - that's the rub. How can you conclusively identify if someone is cheating 100%? In essence, the final authority has to be Fencer (or another admin maybe). When Fencer says you are cheating, he can remove you or punish you.

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