[AdamL]

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there is nothing in the rules that says friends can't play on same table (though i wish there were), so nobody is stopping the social aspect you speak of.

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Doesn't have to be a same machine issue. Any number of things can create associate accounts. It was indicated to me via email that chat logs showing that you know one another were enough.

Anything that indicates you know one another, which could make another player uncomfortable, gets you on the associated ban thing.

I dunno guys.

I like the idea of tracking the machines, and if people are regularly playing from the same machine this is totally appropriate. But killing the past-time for friends on such wishy-washy grounds as statements of acknowledgement or a one-time machine association (especially in different parts of the province) seems to be overzealous.