Well, to briefly clarify, I did quite a bit of research when I discovered a few critical exploits related to stats some time ago. So, I know how to trigger desyncs (and submitted all of that information to stardock) but do not use that exploit. A few other folks know how to do it as well. I very much doubt you will see a post indicating how to cheat on these forums (that lasts for long, anyway), but just be aware that the exploit does exist and can be triggered. But again, there are still some circumstances where invalid game states can occur without a player intentionally trying to cause them (eg its a coding problem and not a user maliciously trying to cause stats to vanish). So, if you see an invalid game state, you don't necessarily know it happened because a user intentionally triggered it; however, there are some fairly obvious signs that indicate possible exploitation. For instance, does the invalid game state happen when a player is about to lose and there is little chance of victory, etc? Logically, there is little reason to trigger an exploit removing stats if you are going to win. But again, there is no guarantee that someone is using an exploit even if that is the case... now, if I play an individual several times, am about to beat him and the invalid game state happens over and over at roughly the same time, then I become a bit more confident that the user is an exploiter. All of that said, folks that use the exploit, for some insane reason, often indicate that they are going to use the exploit in chat. In that case, take a screen shot and they will likely be banned on that evidence alone.
