Clone

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Clones are vampire accounts created by the same player as means to cheat, explicitly.

Vampires! A Dark Alleyway FAQ

What is cloning and why is it considered cheating?

There are two acts which are referred to as cloning.

The first is siring other vampires without actually inviting additional players, by simply signing up several vampires oneself, or getting one friend to sign up several vampires. If one does this for the blood bonus, this is cloning, and will be penalised.

The other form of cloning is when a single player controls several vampires, and uses them as a team in any way. "Acting as a team" includes, but is not limited to, occupying a square to capacity, pooling resources, ganging up on other players and 'combined robbing' (where if one vampire finds a rich target for thievery, the clones also immediately rob the same target).

Clones (multiple vampires controlled by a single player) are allowed, provided they do not act as a team.

The penalties for disallowed cloning activities vary based on the severity of the offense and how clearly the evidence points to clones being in use. If the evidence strongly indicates clones then all of the vampires involved will be deleted. Deleted vampires can each be reinstated for 10 donation credits (more if they have been caught cheating before), but will still lose, at an absolute minimum, any items, blood or coin gained from the cloning activities.

Note, if several people are playing from the same computer they may be detected as clones, thus it is best if players sharing a computer also avoid acting as a team.