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This is why LetterPress needs a Lighting Press mode, where games have to be completed in five minutes, for instance. The ability to outright cheat, or troll aro
by pwthornton 14y ago
This is why LetterPress needs a Lighting Press mode, where games have to be completed in five minutes, for instance. The ability to outright cheat, or troll around dictionaries and the Internet for words is not possible if you need to complete a move in 20 seconds.
- baddox 14y agoA timer alone wouldn't help much. One could still take a screenshot of the game board during the first turn, upload it here, then have a list of good words to use for the rest of the game.
- pwthornton 14y agoWould there be a way for these lightning rounds to disqualify someone if they put the app into a background process? You would have to be locked into the app in the foreground for the entire match.
- baddox 14y agoI've never done iPhone development, but activities in Android have an onPause method that can be overridden and gets called whenever the activity gets temporarily hidden. There would probably be problems with getting disqualified for getting a phone call, etc. but I'm certain that something can be done in iPhone.
- gojomo 14y agoThat might help, or other techniques used by some apps ('SnapChat'?) that purport to prevent the taking of screengrabs. But, it's also not that hard to type in 25 letters manually, to a nearby computer. Cheaters gonna cheat... you ultimately have to play with people you trust, or choose to trust.