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... are people who have high stats due to exploitation of broken combos, glitches, or loopholes. Now that the recent updates have dealt with many of these problems, it's fair to have everyone start over from a new, level playing field, instead of waiting for the false ratings to drop down through the ranks to their true level.
The point of the ratings is to have everyone play people close to their skill level. Yes, resetting the stats screws this up, but only for a short time. There are already players up to level 20 on the leaderboards.
I hope the prospect of prizes draws the cheaters out of the woodwork. Then we can just give them the feedback they deserve and have a much nicer environment after the dust settles.
One of the main reasons they made up this language is so that they didn't have to pay different actors to speak every single line of dialog for every piddling NPC. They just have a few different tracks of gibberish for different moods, genders, races, etc. and loop those depending on the character and the way the conversation is going. Drove me nuts in KOTOR, and was well on its way to doing so during the time I played Jade Empire.
So instead of a beehive, it's an ant colony. Instead of the magic number being 7, the magic number is 8. I love alternate reality games, but this one seems to be taking a few too many clues from ilovebees.com.
I'm not familiar with WoW, but isn't there a thief class? I can imagine that there might be ways actual shopkeepers could prevent thieves from making off with their stock, but how are these two guys going to deal with the problem? Seems like a bunch of thieves could team up and take turns sneaking over to them and pilfering a few of the items, until they have too few remaining to turn a profit. What am I missing?
Maybe we never were better than them in this regard. Maybe all that stuff you were told as a kid about how bad it is to have to show your papers was propaganda.
You can also mark people you think were cheating. Again, if they're good at it it might be hard to tell. However, if you're suspicious it would be worth tagging them, since Bungie claims to have ways to investigate the situation. I wonder if they have a way to go and look at past games in detail.
In Halo 2 on Xbox Live, I can give feedback about cheaters and other jerks. I think it's actually a feature of Live, but Bungie actually uses the data to kick people off Halo 2 for being jerky. In recent weeks I've noticed some improvement in the kind of opponents I face. It's nice.
My favorite is when she shrugs in response to someone asking whether some gimmick is really going to work? She's like "Hell if I know, I've never done this before."
Unfortunately, that particular episode suffered from its technobabble solution. Seems like the Enterprise was extending its warp-bubble every other week. Perhaps that's just the aspect of the episode that stands out more strongly for me.
Instructional video games are quite useful. I used one to develop my leadership skills, in the area of large-scale ship-to-ship space combat. It was tough and I almost had a complete breakdown during my training, but I finally beat the game. Fortunately, I figured out the trick to beating the final level, and wiped out the opposition completely.
One thing that made the game so challenging was the enemy AI. It learned from its own mistakes and my tactics almost as if it were a real intelli... gence.
Well, I suggest you write bungie about it. The addresses I find seem to have to do with either bungie.net problems or Xbox Live problems and this is neither. If you can figure out what address to write to about this failing, I'll write a letter about it too.
Good advice on building a friend list. Accepting a clan invite is a good idea too, if you're given one. I have yet to find a clan that as many active members, but if you're looking for people to join a custom game it's another big list of people to spam.
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... are people who have high stats due to exploitation of broken combos, glitches, or loopholes. Now that the recent updates have dealt with many of these problems, it's fair to have everyone start over from a new, level playing field, instead of waiting for the false ratings to drop down through the ranks to their true level.
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The point of the ratings is to have everyone play people close to their skill level. Yes, resetting the stats screws this up, but only for a short time. There are already players up to level 20 on the leaderboards.
Read the actual release from Bungie.net: http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=statho
"Terrorists." Enabling "terrorists."
Thus enabling to take out a large number of stones with one bird.
Nothing. Despite the lessons of the first two movies, the third showed us that the future clearly IS set. There is fate, despite what we try to make.
I hope the prospect of prizes draws the cheaters out of the woodwork. Then we can just give them the feedback they deserve and have a much nicer environment after the dust settles.
But imagine a pen drawing lines only 40 nanometers in width. Now, it can be done...
Jeez, it took them long enough. I've been wanting to do that since the end of that previous sentence.
One of the main reasons they made up this language is so that they didn't have to pay different actors to speak every single line of dialog for every piddling NPC. They just have a few different tracks of gibberish for different moods, genders, races, etc. and loop those depending on the character and the way the conversation is going. Drove me nuts in KOTOR, and was well on its way to doing so during the time I played Jade Empire.
You think you're sad now, wait until I introduce you to Mars' only - surviving - indigenous lifeform....
So instead of a beehive, it's an ant colony. Instead of the magic number being 7, the magic number is 8. I love alternate reality games, but this one seems to be taking a few too many clues from ilovebees.com.
I'm not familiar with WoW, but isn't there a thief class? I can imagine that there might be ways actual shopkeepers could prevent thieves from making off with their stock, but how are these two guys going to deal with the problem? Seems like a bunch of thieves could team up and take turns sneaking over to them and pilfering a few of the items, until they have too few remaining to turn a profit. What am I missing?
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Maybe we never were better than them in this regard. Maybe all that stuff you were told as a kid about how bad it is to have to show your papers was propaganda.
Certainly, Dr. Brandes. Welcome to Playtronics. We hope you had a good date last night.
You can also mark people you think were cheating. Again, if they're good at it it might be hard to tell. However, if you're suspicious it would be worth tagging them, since Bungie claims to have ways to investigate the situation. I wonder if they have a way to go and look at past games in detail.
In Halo 2 on Xbox Live, I can give feedback about cheaters and other jerks. I think it's actually a feature of Live, but Bungie actually uses the data to kick people off Halo 2 for being jerky. In recent weeks I've noticed some improvement in the kind of opponents I face. It's nice.
This is a bit rushed because I'm in a hurry
Now whose priorities are out of whack?
Splinter Cell: Post Season?
C'mon, there's no way it will be as good as the graphic novel!
Yeah, that's something new.
I KNEW it. Big Brother IS watching us!
My favorite is when she shrugs in response to someone asking whether some gimmick is really going to work? She's like "Hell if I know, I've never done this before."
Unfortunately, that particular episode suffered from its technobabble solution. Seems like the Enterprise was extending its warp-bubble every other week. Perhaps that's just the aspect of the episode that stands out more strongly for me.
Preach it, my brothers!
Instructional video games are quite useful. I used one to develop my leadership skills, in the area of large-scale ship-to-ship space combat. It was tough and I almost had a complete breakdown during my training, but I finally beat the game. Fortunately, I figured out the trick to beating the final level, and wiped out the opposition completely.
One thing that made the game so challenging was the enemy AI. It learned from its own mistakes and my tactics almost as if it were a real intelli... gence.
Oh, my God.
Well, I suggest you write bungie about it. The addresses I find seem to have to do with either bungie.net problems or Xbox Live problems and this is neither. If you can figure out what address to write to about this failing, I'll write a letter about it too.
Good advice on building a friend list. Accepting a clan invite is a good idea too, if you're given one. I have yet to find a clan that as many active members, but if you're looking for people to join a custom game it's another big list of people to spam.