furbster: They both realized that cautious play is objectively the best strategy. As long as they're both healthy and feel capable of playing on for many years, there's no need to start playing more recklessly.
cookie monster: I don't think anybody suspects cheating or anything remotely close to that. People get away with things that are much, much worse (and btw., it's obvious that a professional translator could have done a better job with the different versions of those rules).
I had to say though, that if I had a choice I'd rather play against happy hermit than cookie monster. I know I'm a bit strange that way, but I do care about my ratings ;-)
(esconder) Se procura um jogador com um nível de jogo idêntico ao seu, procure nas páginas de Classificações pelo tipo de jogo pretendido e descubra um jogador com BKR semelhante ao seu. (pauloaguia) (mostrar todas as dicas)