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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Fri, 13 May 2011 19:46 |
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m.a@stars | | Commander | Messages: 2765
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nmid wrote on Fri, 13 May 2011 19:05 | in all the duels I played, I have never had ANYONE say no to the minefield dodge.
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That doesn't make it any less a bug, and a cheat. I find your eager disposition to decide some of the finer points by vote highly disturbing.
Quote: | When I pointed it out to you, you agreed that we could play either way.
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Generous of him. I would have said no.
Quote: | On a side note, I also checked the official duel rules, but sadly, that doesn't say anything explicitly about it.
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Blame the rules, then. Also, you'll find many players in the rule-breaker group that will say "something not expressly prohibited is taken for allowed".
But when that something is one of the known cheats abusing game engine bugs, they risk being called cheaters. The hard way.
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Fri, 13 May 2011 19:53 |
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m.a@stars | | Commander | Messages: 2765
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Eagle of Fire wrote on Fri, 13 May 2011 19:22 | I have met many players in my games who used that cheat purposely and profusely... But that was before it was called a "cheat". Before it was documented even.
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The same can be said of the split-fleet-dodge, the repair-after-gating loophole, the N-S minefield immunity and others... that doesn't make them any less bugs or cheats. And once documented and well understood they are to be avoided.
Many hosts fear the hassle of policing things like the split-fleet dodge, the repair-after-gating loophole, and the mine-damage-dodge, so they allow them, while others forbid them. But, ideally, no-one should use them.
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Fri, 13 May 2011 20:15 |
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neilhoward | | Commander | Messages: 1112
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I have made many mistakes as a player, and I am a poor host.
I have on several occasions accidentally broken the rules, but as they were accidents they either gave me no advantage or they were a detriment to my position. In a recent game I accidentally pulled off a reverse cheap starbase exploit
So if I am to be known as a whiner, let me really earn it.
I had a fully loaded SB (designed with full compliment of the best weapons, sheilds, and orbitals) ~90% complete when a random event ruined Planet X. Planet X went from 86% habitable to IIRC -4%!
I put the unfinished SB at the bottom of the queue and the rebuilding and terraforming at the top. Several years later ALL my SB design slots were used and I picked one to edit that read 0/22 (I should have deleted it and created a new one, but was in a rush). So I edited the design to an empty SB hull, and added it to the queue of two recently colonized planets. Some years later I get the message that Planet X built a new suchandsuch. What? Oh Balls. 90% of a 2.5k resource SB for a <400k empty hull!!!
The most expensive cheat evar.
I have also broken in-game rules a few times, like forgetting to set everyone to enemy on the first turn (quick to be corrected though).
I have accidentally broke NAPs when an ally forgot to tell me that he had allied one of my enemies and we both ended at one of my allies planets the same year. I still don't understand why that caused my ships to attack my allies and have not been able to duplicate the circumstance.
I have broken Border agreements on more than one occasion, out of neglect (read laziness).
I should probably be more understanding, but I suppose I am just petty that way.
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Fri, 13 May 2011 21:43 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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Well, Eagle, if it upsets you that much there is:
[ignore all posts by this user]
at the left side, no?
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Fri, 13 May 2011 21:58 |
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neilhoward | | Commander | Messages: 1112
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Alternately, do not take it so to-person. Your liberty ends where another's begins, and contrariwise. It is all part of an exchange of ideas. The exception is the line crossed by fraud, with intent to gain or hinder, in opposition to established order: cheating. That is what this thread is about. If it were a matter of some party being dense, disagreeable, or (due to an unresolvable difference of opinions) altogether unlikable, I would have been excluded from this forum long ago.
I like to think that language and cultural differences present obstacles for all of us (goes away toward excusing some of my behaviour), but we should be thick skinned when it is merely words that threaten our ideas. It is very different from when a party chooses to break the rules and interfere with our justified and lawful of investment of time (as in a game of Stars! spoilt by a cheat).
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Sat, 14 May 2011 00:13 |
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m.a@stars | | Commander | Messages: 2765
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BlueTurbit wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 02:37 | What about 0.2% Minimum Damage. It's listed as a a bug/exploit here. But Jeff McBride said it wasn't a bug and wouldn't be changed in the 2.7K upgrade. He was right. It wasn't.
Quote: | Jeff McBride -Oct 4 2000, 2:00 am
This is *not* a bug and will not change for 2.7k. It is part of the architecture of the original Stars! battle engine. If you don't want 500 alpha torpedoes to be able to destroy 30,000 Nubians, don't put your 30,000 Nubians all in one fleet.
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I would chalk that to developer-speak, which could be translated as follows:
No, the game engine is working as intended. The 0.2% roundup "error" was programmed just that way. Ouch. "Fixing" it would require rewriting the best part of all the maths-code from scratch, which can be hardly justified if there's a reasonable workaround for the problem. Tough.
It is still a bug, and it can be exploited. But at least it can be cured by a regen if all else fails. I can forgive the Jeffs for it.
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Sat, 14 May 2011 01:03 |
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[email | m.a@stars[/email] wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 05:09]nmid wrote on Fri, 13 May 2011 18:56 | Rule breaker? Sure.
Intentional? No.
Thus, am I a cheater? No.
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Even by my more restrictive definition that would be considered a borderline-to-dark-gray case. But by yours, yeah, I'd say so, definitely. Middle-level cheater, at least!
Amazing how the high judge can't seem to judge himself!
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Perhaps you are right.
I may not be able to be objective enough, being too close to the case.
I thought I was.
I thought my reasoning pattern was correct and in-tune with my earlier posts.
(I still think it is).
However I see the other view point that I broke a general rule.
(Please note that it was not applicable for a duel, that happened 2 weeks ago.)
[email | m.a@stars[/email] wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 05:32]nmid wrote on Fri, 13 May 2011 19:24 | What mac did wasn't a mistake.
I LET YOU USE THE SAME OPTION. HENCE, I DIDN"T HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER YOU.
I AM A SD. YOU ARE AN IT.
MAC CAUGHT THE MT. OTHERS DIDNT
MAC POP-DROPPED. OTHERS DIDNT
MAC USED MT SHIPS. OTHERS COULDNT/DIDNT.
If you don't get the difference in the 2 cases, I can only shake my head in sadness.
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Well, well, well... so now at long last the ugly truth is revealed!
A bona-fide cheater. Not by mistake, but by design. Adamantly defending his right to cheat. And to break all rules in the process. Intently, no less. So a cheater too in the new sense of the word.
Just trying to muddy other people's names so his is not the only one in the mud pit. That's low. So very low and outright dishonourable that words fail me. Sad. And ugly. And petty. And unforgivable.
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I don't mind and this is exactly what proves my point !!
I agree with your 2nd para (underlined).
Everyone reading this thread now KNOWS that I "cheat" when it comes to "mine-damage-dodge".
No one (so far) has raised any points of my honesty.
What I don't agree and take offence to is your last para.
Please note that my said offence was NOT applicable for a duel, that happened 2 weeks ago.
Thus, I take offence when you say that I'm trying to bring mac down just for company.
That was a troll comment
Also back to the main point, this would mean if you are ever playing a duel against me, talk before the duel starts AND DECIDE whether to allow the dodge or not.
To be clearer -
I have problems with the "mine-damage-dodge-using-chaff" bug.
I have "cheated" using that bug.
None of the duel rules stop it from being used, so it was an unintended mistake that caused confusion.
Now I can't apologise for something that I don't consider cheating, but I do apologise for the confusion.
I do not regret using it, but I will not use it in the future, unless it's specifically agreed to.
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Sat, 14 May 2011 08:07 |
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m.a@stars | | Commander | Messages: 2765
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nmid wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 07:03 | I thought my reasoning pattern was correct and in-tune with my earlier posts.
(I still think it is).
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Oh, the reasoning "pattern" isn't bad per se. It's your intent, your real goal that now becomes suspect.
Quote: | I don't mind and this is exactly what proves my point !!
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Sorry, I think I can't quite pinpoint what you mean by "this" that so exactly proves your point.
Quote: | Thus, I take offence when you say that I'm trying to bring mac down just for company.
That was a troll comment
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No, it wasn't. What is exactly what you're trying to accomplish by adamantly trying to get Mac seen as a far worse "cheater" than yourself?
Quote: | if you are ever playing a duel against me, talk before the duel starts AND DECIDE whether to allow the dodge or not.
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I've already answered to that, and the answer is no.
Be aware, too, that most players take the "standard cheats disclaimer" for granted, even in duels. True cheating is forbidden except when explicitly allowed. Period.
Quote: | it was an unintended mistake that caused confusion.
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You mean the mistake was in not asking beforehand if your favourite cheat was allowed? Because everything else you did to use it couldn't have been done by mistake.
Luring the other player into cheating himself so you both would be on the same level was kind of underhanded too. So you broke the rules, and instead of paying the penalty kept the marbles and still think you're right. Oh, my...
Quote: | I will not use it in the future, unless it's specifically agreed to.
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That's good. You might yet be saved!
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Re: lol Mac cheats |
Sat, 14 May 2011 10:01 |
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For one..
I'll quote myself, just to be clear.
nmid wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 10:48 |
m.a@stars wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 09:33 |
Unless you, who seem unable to forgive the already-punished smartass who met a forbidden MT, mean to side with the self-confessed cheater (by both definitions of the term, the old and the new)
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Fine. Shorter post.
I cheated.
I apologised.
I just hope that ppl read the entire post or ask me about it.
If not, balls to them.
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Moving on..
ma.stars on Sat, 14 May 2011 17:37 |
nmid wrote on Sat, 14 May 2011 07:03 | I thought my reasoning pattern was correct and in-tune with my earlier posts.
(I still think it is).
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Oh, the reasoning "pattern" isn't bad per se. It's your intent, your real goal that now becomes suspect.
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What goal? Calling mac a cheater?
I never started. Someone else did. I agreed. As do plenty of other ppl.
PLEASE USE THIS AS A WHOLE QUOTE, not a line by line
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Again repeating myself:
Did I break rules? Sure. (A rule that wasn't mentioned).
Intentionally, with a point of breaking rules? No.
Can I be called a cheater? As per MY definition No. The same definition I have been trying to get through to you.
If you do want to call me a cheater, I'm FINE with that too, as long as future players realise it was UNINTENTIONAL and I ADMITTED to AND APOLOGISED for.
Things that are NOT common with mac. In detail:
Did mac break rules? Yes.
Intentionally, with a point of breaking rules? Arguable, but done 2 times, perhaps 3.
Can mac be called a cheater? Yes.
PLEASE USE THIS AS A WHOLE QUOTE, not a line by line
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Oh best of all, when I started playing the duel, it was clearly stated that standard championship thread rules will apply.
Show me the rule that I broke.
I considered mine-dodge a standard game rule, like chaff and over-gating heal and fleet dodge.
Does that mean using the last 3 in a duel = cheating as well?
PLEASE USE THIS AS A WHOLE QUOTE, not a line by line
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ma.stars on Sat, 14 May 2011 17:37 |
Nmid | I don't mind and this is exactly what proves my point !!
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Sorry, I think I can't quite pinpoint what you mean by "this" that so exactly proves your point.
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this = being called a cheater.
Intent, regret, apology, continued breaking of rules... are all factors that SHOULD be looked at.
PLEASE USE THIS AS A WHOLE QUOTE, not a line by line
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ma.stars on Sat, 14 May 2011 17:37 |
Quote: | Thus, I take offence when you say that I'm trying to bring mac down just for company.
That was a troll comment
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No, it wasn't. What is exactly what you're trying to accomplish by adamantly trying to get Mac seen as a far worse "cheater" than yourself?
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Your emote shows as <shame>. That offends.
I am not ashamed of what I'm doing.
Calling mac a cheater or a WORSE cheater is me saying black is black and white is white.
It's based on facts.
I'm not TRYING to accomplish anything for an ulterior motive.
I have nothing to gain and you are PUSHING a motive for my actions.
You are being deliberately obtuse in understanding me.
/sad /sorrow /worried for you
Also if you haven't realised, I'm least bothered about Mac. I'm not playing with him nor ever plan on.
However I give due to your vast game experience and plan on playing against you someday.
WHICH is why I'm putting all this effort to try to get you to understand the basic concept of cheating.
PLEASE USE THIS AS A WHOLE QUOTE, not a line by line
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ma.stars on Sat, 14 May 2011 17:37 |
Quote: | if you are ever playing a duel against me, talk before the duel starts AND DECIDE whether to allow the dodge or not.
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I've already answered to that, and the answer is no.
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