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Re: does warcraft AI cheat?

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From: dare... GPFault
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 00:00
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gtl@gastops.com@igs.net wrote:
: In <3rvfdq$2...@muss.CIS.McMaster.CA>, shadowfax writes:
: >yo all
: >
: >	did anyone come across this?
: >
: >	i blockaded a gold mine used by the orcs.  i kept on killing peons 
: >and anything else that came my way.  but the village kept on producing 
: >peons and other characters!  i am quite sure that this is the one mine 
: >they are using.
: >
: >	the only answer is that the AI is cheating!
: >
: >		s

: I had a situation where there were only two bridges to my side of the map
: and I had them both barracaded such that nothing could walk accross them.
: Somehow, however, invisible units from the computer repeatedly kept appearing
: inside my town.....  Yes, the AI cheats.....

Ever seen buildings start being rebuilt from nowhere, and also 
Raiders/Knights long before you even had a chance to get a lumber mill?  
I also noticed if in a custom game that you disable units, it only 
disables them for you.

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From: dare...@enterprise.america.com (GPFault)
Subject: Re: does warcraft AI cheat?
Date: 1995/06/19
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