🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 17:32:00 GMT, sci...@ustrust.com (Jeff) wrote:

>"Joseph L. Scally" <jose...@iconn.net> wrote:
>
>>I have to laugh at some of the postings here and some of the comments on
>>Battle.net about townkill.
>>
>>[samples]
>>
>>"PLEASE I HAVE TO HAVE TOWNKILL!!!!!!!!!"
>>
>>"ANYBODY !!!! , TELL ME WHERE TO GET TOWNKILL !!!! , I HAVE TO DEFEND
>>MYSELF !!!!!!
>>
>>[end samples]
>>
>>You would think they were asking for a spare kidney. There are so many ways
>>to play this game and minimize other's ability to affect you character that
>>I think the efforts would be better spent simply enjoying the game rather
>>than worrying about TownKill.
>>
>>It is obvious that until some sort of patch comes out to at least make this
>>harder to hack, you are in danger playing with strangers. If you simply
>>accept the fact that if you wander into a game with people you don't know ,
>>you are probably gonna get wasted by some 10 year old in Iowa with 200,000
>>hit points and level 142 spells , you can move on from there.
>>
>>No , it is not fair for honest players to lose hard earned items to
>>cheaters and people of ill intent. That is a shame and they have ruined the
>>game for those who simply wanted to play and have some honest enjoyment.
>>The ball is in Blizzard's court now and more is at stake then just Diablo.
>>
>>Is online gaming in general going to become a cheater's paradise where
>>hacking skills outweigh gaming skills in importance ? I think everyone is
>>waiting to see what problems the Ultima Online paradyme will or will not
>>have. 
>>
>>Comments ?
>>
>>-jls
>
>There is a solution for ultima online.  If they catch you cheating
>they can terminate your account.

That's good, I wish that Diablo was more like that