Re: POLL: Games ruined by bad players (Player killers, tank rushers etc)

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From: mcg... Joe
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:00

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Martgen <ami...@acp.com.au> wrote:

>* What games do you feel have been affected by this so far?

Interstate 76 net play was utterly ruined by the cheaters. This year's
addon pack was supposed to have some anti-cheating measures, but I
don't know if they ever achieved that or not.

>* What games do you see being affected in future?

All the ones that don't have good security/encryption techniques to
prevent cheating.

>And:
>* What do you do to decrease the chance of this happening? 

I generally avoid multiplay games.

Joe

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Date: 1998/04/21
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