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Re: Network cheats in Descent

#1388
From: hard... - Hardball -
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 20:19
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Joev Dubach (dub...@fas.harvard.edu) wrote:
: It is my understanding that there is a patch to the registered Descent
: executable that allows one to use the normal gabbagabbahey cheat codes
: during network play.  Also, though I don't have concrete evidence, I
: believe there is a cheat sequence that works on the unmodified
: registered Descent, causing one to become invulnerable for an
: arbitrary amount of time.

	What the hell is so fun about using cheat codes to beat your 
opponents?  I for one know that if I ever discovered my opponent was 
using cheat codes to try and get an advantage over me, I'd never play him 
again and I'd make sure I told as many people as possible that he uses them.
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