Is there something fishy going on around?

Day 5,195, 10:19 • Published in USA Cuba • by Dracule Mihawk.

Dear citizens,

I wanted to write an article about concerning events that has been going on in eRepublik. I have, in the past few months, noticed a group of pilots fighting together in every air battle in Real wars(not TW). I have reported them several times to the admins, but there was not much done from their side, as usual. After few tickets sent, admins awarded me with a forfeit point and a threat that if I don't stop "spamming" the ticketing system, a further penalty will be reconsidered. Therefore, I apologized to them for sending tickets so often, but the actual problem was, that the accounts were fighting together too often.

The accounts I'm talking about are the following:
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/5562341
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/1908680
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/5325549
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/8825325

I'll include just a few screenshots here, recorded in just a few days.

https://prnt.sc/20z5b0u
https://prnt.sc/1xbggn1
https://prnt.sc/1wxslip
https://prnt.sc/1x80krn
https://prnt.sc/1qgvaaa
same battle, same round, similar dmg
https://prnt.sc/1wxso6l
https://prnt.sc/1wxspl2


They even fight in the same time in ground battles when needed
https://prnt.sc/1v0e9gk
https://prnt.sc/1v0e5dy

There are many more screenshots that I can include, but I'm sure that more proofs are not needed, since this is not something that happens once in a blue moon, but happens daily.

I went and further investigated the case and I found something very fishy about these accounts.
The accounts have:
1) Same military unit;
2) Same political party;
3) Similar number of completed Daily orders;
4) Similar number of medals won on weekly basis;
5) Similar weekly damage in both ground and air (check in their MU);
6) Same active packs(seen on the bottom of their profile). - I've been tracking their active packs in last couple of months(or years) and I can confirm that they have the same active packs over the time. There hasn't been a single month where exception has been made(one account had a pack and others didn't).

Further into this case, I took data from erepublik.tools, which is a site that collects information from eRepublik.com, and found that the accounts have close to identical military activity in the past 30 days!


***click on the images for higher resolution***





This chart shows the experience points gained by the 4 accounts in the past 30 days.

Further, looking into the past activity of the accounts, I saw that the accounts changed Military unit in the exact same day, hour and similar minute:



All 4 accounts left military unit "Spetsnaz" and joined military unit "El comandante" in the same day, hour and identical minute.


From this picture we can see that 3 of them even took a break from work together and went on a vacation together, while Josx stayed home to keep an eye on the battles and made sure everything was fine.




Vacations are more fun when you are with your friends, aren't they?


I am not an expert in detecting multiple accounts, so I need your help in reviewing this case. What do you guys think is happening behind these 4 suspicious accounts? Is it a classic unpunished case of multiple accounts, or just a group of best friends who are so close that eat, sleep and fight together?

Stay safe and enjoy your game!