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I for one do tap and have no problem with doing so. The aim of the game is to kill your opponent and if not attempting a pot yourself is a way of doing that then so be it.

Every now and again I get "cheat" etc etc - usually from long standing well respected players on the site - and I think it is completely uncalled for.

I accept that some people would not choose to tap themselves but to accuse someone of cheating is going too far

What do others think? (in agreement or otherwise)

Tapping is a completely allowed tactic, it's up to you to make your choice.

Its advantage is that when you have more lives than your opponent, you can afford to lose one to give him/her a much more difficult shot than if you didn't tap.
However if after tapping your opponent still manages to fluke it, you lose your advantage because tapping cost you a life.

In any case, it's definitely not cheating.

Glad i'm not the only one!

I choose not to tap out of good sportsmanship aswell.

I can't really see the good sportsmanship angle to be honest. Everyone plays the game with the hope or intention of winning and to do that you must kill your opponents.

There isn't a great deal of difference between tapping in killer and laying a snooker in arcade or orig where the only alternative is a tough pot.

Would you call the latter bad sportsmanship aswell?

to be fair it depends who im playing,

if its some newbie id prob tap, but if it was a player i knew id have respect for them and try to pot,

however, rules are rules and there is no rule so tap away,

lol nice spoiler
i never even considered tapping (tho im usually losing)
however this has inspired me and i now am going to be as mean as possible

ill never tap because im a good sportsman and i think its wrong to tap.

I completely understand every aspect of what your saying about tapping and why so many players do it.

I myself find tapping boring even in the other games as most players who know me will tell you. Tapping is not only boringly tiresome its just so dull.

Wether it be about sportsmanship or not don't tap, makes the game much more entertaining.

And would you say it would be the act of a good sportsman to call someone a cheat?

lol, were talking about killer tapping the ball to lose a life but to kill your opponent, ,