Jeremy R. wrote: "that the defendant could have hacked into the TD's system and stolen the questions = sounds implausible, and in any case, there appears to be no evidence for this accusation." As the person who made this suggestion, I should mention that I intended it more as a speculation than an "accusation." If it came across otherwise, I apologize. Maybe I shouldn't have described this scenario explicitly, but I thought it was important that people realize that an accusation that a player cheated in some undetermined fashion does not necessarily constitute an accusation against a TD, because at least in principle there are means (such as the one I suggested) by which a player could cheat without the TD's cooperation or knowledge. As far as it being implausible, well, as an MIT student I know there have been recent incidents here of students breaking into each other's e-mail accounts, and I imagine the same is true at other schools (especially schools like HMC which, like MIT, have a high concentration of computer experts). Of course, though I've played against him a couple of times (while representing Berkeley teams), I don't know Cam personally, and as such can't make any statements (either positive or negative) regarding either his computer savvy or his moral rectitude. At this point, I'm pretty willing to accept his own testimony and that of those who know him, which indicates that he wouldn't and probably couldn't have done this. "If this were a criminal case, I'd say I could not find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If it were a civil case, I would say there is not even a preponderance of evidence against him." I tend to agree with this, at least at this point in time. His defense of course rests on the statement that he's just vastly better at ACF than at other formats, which is plausible as long as there's not really any evidence to the contrary. It will be somewhat easier to evaluate this claim after ACF Regionals in February, which isn't being held in the Claremont complex. -Mike
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