by dyn » Mon Feb 26, 2018 21:46 UTC
Yes, some still need to cheat in order to "win". Some will activate cheats after it is obvious they are losing, so that may be the case in your case.
No, the servers are never imposing any lag for any reason, even more, everything is optimized to reduce any delay or lag, from connecting to playing. You may notice our servers always let you in immediately, without delays or timeouts. Also, there is no power balancing active. We did experiment with this long time ago, say 10 years ago, and in general it is not worth pursuing. Even more, often quadfly or similar stuff is enabled, which gives a lot of power to someone for a bit of time.