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Article #224706Re: If it smells like a bot... is it?
From: SC Mr.Blonde
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:00
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Do you guys really get a kick out of beating a guy with a 28.8 connection while you both have cable? How fair is that? Maybe he had a really good game. Or maybe he got a friend who is really good to play using his name. But one thing is for sure, you two are pretty poor sports teaming up on a HPB like that. Phil Benton wrote: > 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 -- SC|Mr.Blonde Remove CLOTHES to reply ICQ: 534009 "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - In the August 1993 issue, page 9, of PS magazine, the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
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