Posted by
timothy
on from the please-give-me-a-driving-simulator dept.
PokeBlor writes: "Arena.net has an article by Patrick Wyatt, a Blizzard ex, that goes into depth about the creation of multiplayer games, ranging from replayability to lag. He uses good examples from Starcraft and Warcraft 2, two games that Wyatt was a designer on."
I disagree. A lot of people complain about cheaters online; I think this is because they don't understand that they're thinking inside the box. A computer game is a construct; a player is someone attempting to defeat that construct. You are supposed to win by any means necessary. I mean, this is what "The Matrix" was all about! It was about breaking through the Construct, The Maxtrix, THE GAME, whatever you want to call it, and grasping true power. Not the power to move your player out of the way of bullets, but the power to delete the other players. To be invincible. To command the Universe.
I've been hacking games for years now, and the lesser computer game players never fail to see. My Q3 bot is nearly undetectable, and I can walk into nearly any deathmatch in the world and win with nearly no effort at all. Like Neo. Like God!
I never get sick of people stuck in the Matrix, unable to see the light. I try to help them, but like Neo knew, sometimes the best solution is just to kill them as many times as you can.
Ask Patrick Wyatt; he knows that hacking games is the ultimate form of combat.
-- If guns kill people, then CmdrTaco's keyboard misspells words.
LAGADELIC
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: -1, Troll
I play Tribes2. It is so lagalicious. My booty says, "Make the lagaterria give it to me, round and round." That shit is so tight.
Nigga wanna get with dis tribe? I think nada.
Killing page wideners
by
aderusha
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· Score: -1, Troll
Sick of ACs spamming/. w/ page widening scripts?
If you're a windows user, try the Proxomitron. It's a free (as in beer) local web proxy that lets you use a regular-expression-like matching syntax to make your web experience a happier one.
f you took the field in Football and the other team's coach shoots you with a sniper rifle, that would be winning by any means necessary.
Exactly. This already happens. Look at Ohio State Buckeyes coach John Cooper, who was fired because the NCAA was investigating him for ordering his defensive players to damage/maim the opposing quarterback in a bowl game. Sure, he got busted by the NCAA, but for years he did the same thing with a great deal of success; in fact, training to damage and maim oppsing players was a key to his success. He is an example of a man who knew how to break through and think outside the box.
Try it, you may have something that you've been missing -- real fun.
Trust me, every time I get to play a deathmatch against you "level playing field" people I have LOTS of fun splattering you up against the wall.
-- If guns kill people, then CmdrTaco's keyboard misspells words.
Slashdot Mirror
One of the greater challenges is making sure to provide support. This is often lacking in games today, and should work to be rectified.
Multiplayer games? Most people on Slashdot can't even write Hello World in C, let alone a Multiplayer Game.
Please prove me wrong. Go on. Write Hello World.
Check this link out!
i claim this fp in the memory of those brave firefighters and poliecemen who died in the WTC disaster
I disagree. A lot of people complain about cheaters online; I think this is because they don't understand that they're thinking inside the box. A computer game is a construct; a player is someone attempting to defeat that construct. You are supposed to win by any means necessary. I mean, this is what "The Matrix" was all about! It was about breaking through the Construct, The Maxtrix, THE GAME, whatever you want to call it, and grasping true power. Not the power to move your player out of the way of bullets, but the power to delete the other players. To be invincible. To command the Universe.
I've been hacking games for years now, and the lesser computer game players never fail to see. My Q3 bot is nearly undetectable, and I can walk into nearly any deathmatch in the world and win with nearly no effort at all. Like Neo. Like God!
I never get sick of people stuck in the Matrix, unable to see the light. I try to help them, but like Neo knew, sometimes the best solution is just to kill them as many times as you can.
Ask Patrick Wyatt; he knows that hacking games is the ultimate form of combat.
If guns kill people, then CmdrTaco's keyboard misspells words.
I play Tribes2. It is so lagalicious. My booty says, "Make the lagaterria give it to me, round and round." That shit is so tight.
Nigga wanna get with dis tribe? I think nada.
Sick of ACs spamming /. w/ page widening scripts?
If you're a windows user, try the Proxomitron. It's a free (as in beer) local web proxy that lets you use a regular-expression-like matching syntax to make your web experience a happier one.
The program
and then get the slashdot anti-page-widener code from:
The filter
f you took the field in Football and the other team's coach shoots you with a sniper rifle, that would be winning by any means necessary.
Exactly. This already happens. Look at Ohio State Buckeyes coach John Cooper, who was fired because the NCAA was investigating him for ordering his defensive players to damage/maim the opposing quarterback in a bowl game. Sure, he got busted by the NCAA, but for years he did the same thing with a great deal of success; in fact, training to damage and maim oppsing players was a key to his success. He is an example of a man who knew how to break through and think outside the box.
Try it, you may have something that you've been missing -- real fun.
Trust me, every time I get to play a deathmatch against you "level playing field" people I have LOTS of fun splattering you up against the wall.
If guns kill people, then CmdrTaco's keyboard misspells words.
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