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I had been receiving emails of complaints from our officers sporadically over the last six months. The nature of the complaints were always the same, an opponent of theirs was defeating them by the Victory Points gained through unbelievably accurate counter battery fire. At 6 VPs per gun, it does not take too many gun kills to accumulate quite a good score. As this was occurring in the 2012 SON Tournament, I asked to see the BTE files so that I could watch the Battle Replays for myself. Being the experienced player that I am, what I saw made me immediately suspicious. Unfortunately, the method being used to achieve these gun kills was very good, and it took me quite some time to accumulate sufficient evidence for me to be certain of what was happening to the point that I could present the evidence I had collected to the officer’s Army Commander.
About two weeks ago, I solicited the assistance of six senior officers in the club who I knew were experts concerning the game mechanics of the HPS/JTS system. Whereas I was so close to finding the answer on my own, and had even narrowed it down to the very parameter that it turned out to be, it was Marechal Jeff Bardon that came through in the end and absolutely nailed the source of the matter. It was the parameter that I suspected, I just had not manipulated it in the right way to achieve the gun kill results we were seeing. As soon as Jeff threw his idea upon the table, I knew that he was absolutely correct. I extend my sincere thanks to Marechal Bardon and his five companions that helped me over the hump.
About a week and a half ago, I laid a rather onerous task at the feet of our LGA Army Commander, Marechal John Corbin. I informed him of our findings, and asked him to confront the officer in question. Out of respect for his position, I told him that I would fully support any disciplinary action that he thought appropriate, so long as the action was confined to LGA itself. I reserved the right for any action involving the club to be handled by the Cabinet. After reviewing the facts, and communicating with the officer in question, John deemed that the officer’s actions were contrary to the desired code of conduct for an LGA Commander, and decided to permanently discharge the officer from LGA.
The officer, as was his right, appealed John’s decision to the Cabinet, and requested an objective review of the facts. The Cabinet deliberated on the matter for a few days before reaching the unanimous vote to uphold the ruling made by John Corbin on behalf of LGA, and to further permanently discharge the officer from the NWC. As of today, I have informed Lt. Colonel Giovanni Boffi that he is no longer a member of our club.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all of the members of LGA’s Command Staff, as well as the members of the Cabinet for working exceedingly well together to help resolve an extremely delicate matter in a very calm fashion. The entire matter is most unfortunate, but it also serves as a warning to any officers in our club who think that cheating to win is more important than upholding an honorable respect for your opponents.
I wish to express my sincere apologies to the officers that were ‘defeated’ by Giovanni in the tournament due to the gun kills he accumulated. I should have been smart enough to figure it out long ago, but as I said, the method was very well concealed and hard to prove. There was an unfortunate learning curve on my part that delayed the resolution of this issue, and I knew that I could not raise the suspicion to others without having the necessary proof to substantiate the claim. Had I done so prematurely, based on my experiences in the past, I am sure the outrage would have been epic.
We are a band of gaming brothers. Let us always conduct ourselves with honor so that our compatriots will view us as the gentlemen officers that we should all strive to be.
As always, I would welcome any questions or comments that the members of our club may have.
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(and it seems he is Italian too, if so double disappointment!)
