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Re: If it smells like a bot... is it?

#224703
From: SCWizard
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00
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Glad to see you finally post something man.  Welcome to AGQ2!!!!!!!!


GDX wrote:

> Phack u.  LPBs teaming up on an HPB.  Damn, I hope he was using a bot,
> you deserve it.  Hmm..
>
> Post the IP of that server.  I'll round up some HPBs to teach you one
> about teaming up.
>
> Note: This post influence by just playing a game where I was 1st place,
> until I lagged out and couldn't even finish the game, though I do know
> that an LPB won :(
>
> PS. I have nothing against LPBs.  I hope to be one someday (according to
> my cable co, in 2001).  But teaming up in general is lame unless you're
> on a team server.
>
> --
> -GDX
> UIN: 39503186
> apreygel at hotmail dot com
> "To be confused is to fully understand."
>
> Phil Benton <Ed_H...@evilnet.net> wrote in message
> news:7pc9el$69m$1@hyperion.nitco.com...
> > Here's a scenario that happened last night:
> >
> > Me and one of my teammates [both on cable]  were slamming this guy
> [28.8] on
> > our regular server. He got his head handed to him and left before
> fraglimit
> > hit. This is a reguar occurance as this fella is rather annoying and
> when he
> > pops on we beat him down. It' stradition.
> >
> > Later in the evening, he pops back on, and persuant to tradition, we
> > commence on assaulting him.
> > End result of this later attack is *we* get whumped. furthermore, he's
> > nearly untouchable and has unerring accuracy the remainder of the
> evening. I
> > had noticed on occasion as he was being persued that he would spin
> around
> > and fire w/o error, nailing us as though we were standing still.
> >
> > Wanting to test the "ratbot" theory, I immedaitely typed ratbot at the
> > console and got no response. [aside of the irritable reply of our
> opponent,
> > who was rather PO'd that we'd accuse him of using a bot]
> >
> > I'm still kind of suprised that he killed us as easily as he did. He
> > refrained form using the railgun ans was more apt to use rockets or
> sshotgun
> > w/ strength rune. furthermore, I have a *hard* time hitting him with
> the
> > railgun, even though I have no problem slamming a slug home on some of
> the
> > usually tougher opponents.
> >
> > Something just don't add up. Any suggestions, recommendations, or
> theories
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Phil Benton
> > aka Ed Hunter[SS]
> > eddi...@home.com
> >
> >

--
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Subject: Re: If it smells like a bot... is it?
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