Hey, my friends and I attend the same school and have the same I.P address but we can not execute trades because of the I.P address I was wondering if it could be disabled so we can make trades by any chance, the league is already filled up so I doubt cheating will be involved. I assure you we are not trying to do a competitive advantage but something that works best for us that is also fair

Hi Prospect, glad you and your friends are here!

The trade blocking algorithm is something that we had to add due to multiple abuses. I am really unhappy about the side effect that it also means that legitimate users accessing from the same location are blocked from making trades, because I know that is a very engaging aspect of the game, especially when you know your trading partners outside of the game. It is unfortunately what we had to choose as the alternative can cause far greater damage to the integrity of the game, as I'm sure you can understand.

Even without being able to trade amongst your friends, though, I'm sure you will find there is plenty to engage with the competitive nature of this game - especially if you all managed to get in the same division or conference.

Again, I'm sorry for not being able to make an exception at this time, but it is unfortunately the nature of the way the system is set up to prevent abuse.

Thanks again for joining and I hope you have a great time!

Is it possible to make it so if a trade comes up with the same IP address for that trade to be able to have a league vote on it. I have np with trades between the same IP address as long as there is no advantage.

Also, is there a way to maybe put an asteric on teams in leagues that do share the same IP address so it is known by everyone else in the league who these owners are ahead of time?

Its a bad idea to have owners vote on trades.

Good idea to have a mark by which other owners know if there are teams with the same IP address.

Personally, I don't like the idea at all! Could do more damage than anything.

Personally I don't mind if asterics are involved, but I feel as if it should be up to the league manager to decide whether a trade should be processed or not between the same I.P address. Its better than not being able to trade at all.

The other option, and currently the only option, is to trade with partners from different IP addresses.

The thing is you would essentially have to execute a 3-team trade to get the desire player if you couldn't trade with the same I.P address and that I would do if I could get another team involved.

That is trying to get round the rules by finding a loophole. The common name for that is cheating.

Not if all sides are compensated equally, and if the trades are fair. .