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

#224713
From: SCWizard
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:00
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Heh....

Phil Benton wrote:

> My team [Suicide Squad: http://www.surfnetinc.com/spectre/[ss] ] rarely uses
> teamplay unless:
>
> There's more than a "few" of the other guys wearing tags.

Not a reason for Teamplay on a FFA server.

>
> The same guys above start teaming up.

If this is the case then challenge them and take it to a teamplay server, it
doesn't belong on a FFA server.

>
> There's more than a few of the guys talking smack.

Oh puhhhlease.  talking smack is part of the game, no reason to team up on some
poor defenseless soul, who probably has a higher ping that your clan
anyhow...LAME

>
> There's the possibility that one [or more] of the guys are bots.

If you think they're a bot, call them on it and see what they say.  If they
still won't leave, try and beat it yourself.  There's nothing more satisfying
than beating an autoaim proxy bot with your own skills.

>
> That we're asked to play in a match.

This is the only one where teamplay is appropriate, but still should not be
condoned on a FFA server.  FFA is just for that, FFA, so if you wanna play
teams, go to a GXMod or Tourney or Battleground mod server where you're supposed
to play in teams.

>
>
> Otherwise, it's usually "FFA"
>
> As for whether we were intentionally teaming up on him, I'd be a lair if I
> said we weren't. And as for him getting the best of us or finding someone
> better, I find that unlikely, even though I'd be more than willing to
> believe that. Guys that play Q2 on a regular basis run a regular performance
> in regards to their gameplay. I have yet to find anyone who's game is off
> one min and on the next, only to be back off again 20 min later, then come
> back unstoppable shortly there after. That kind of inconsistancy is what's
> gotten my attention, nothing more.

So you have this guy that you've played on this server before.  Everytime he
jumps on this server and decides to play you guys team up on him.  That's plain
and simple...LAME.  I'd hate to be a part of your clan and have you out here
posting this rubbish on the newsgroup.  To me it's a disgrace to clans
everywhere.  If I was the guy that you were teaming up on, I'd change skins to
match you guys, run past you, then turn around and shoot you in the back.  I
posted a demo of a clan that did this to me a few months ago on a Rail only
server.  It was 5 against 1, and I kept changing my skin to meet theirs.  They
got pissed off that I realized what they were doing, so they kept changing
skins, and I just kept changing with them.  Team play on a FFA server is LAME,
end of story.

>
>
> But hey, the conversation has been good for making aquaintences. =)

No offense, but I don't want to have acquaintances like you if you team up on
FFA.  Nope.

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Date: 1999/08/18
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