Aron Figaro
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That's for criminal cases. Civil cases only need 'balance of probablility'. Past behaviour and the video give you that.
Not the point.
Cheaters need to know that they are hated on. One of the great things about Pokemon is that cheats are not tolerated by the players. They find they have no friends and no respect in the game and this helps to get rid of them.
I know there are some TCGs where successful but very shady players are admired right up to the moment they get banned (and sometimes afterwards). That's not how things are done in Pokemon.
Huh? While I'm all for hating on cheaters, not every community is as harsh as we'd like it to be. There are places where I've been asked not to wear my Doc's Machine "I Club (as in cards) Cheaters" shirt, due to it "offending" certain "important persons", whereas other places I've gotten dozens of "where do I buy one of those" questions. Just google Doc's Machine Paintball if you want to get one, cheating sucks.
A few interesting notes, since legality was brought up. Cheating in Pokemon can be a civil issue, because the loss of prizes for other competitors has precedent as damages in most if not all jurisdictions I know. That said, the civil court system is a mess for things like this, and it really isn't worth it.
In some states (Nevada is one, if I recall) as well as in Canada, however, it is legally considered fraud to cheat in a prized event. Up here in the great white north, it is an indictable offence if you defraud the tournament of over $1000! Admittedly in the places where we have our major tournaments, we also have very overtaxed police departments and you'll never seen an investigation for it. One police report for such did get made a couple of years ago, but it turned into a case of jurisdiction hot potato and nobody really knows where that went. I'd just moved here when that whole mess started...TPCi ended up suspending the player in question; I haven't seen him around anymore, so I think he got the message.
I like our culture against cheating, and while I don't believe recorded matches should be scrutinized for every little detail, when it's a huge, obvious case of cheating, with multiple references, TPCi should at least investigate the player's conduct.