I would probably play if my corp didnt mind botting me most weekends...laff

If you're botted, then YOU're not playing. LOL

Edit: Please stick to the topic - Helix

My appologies, didn't notice the game type "BYOC dupe chess game".

still.
you better get used to the bot.
whether you're they type who thinks that being a bot is actually playing or not..
its here to stay..
nothing you can do..

best thing you can do is learn to use it.

I use some Mombot scripts - buy, mega & neg

And yes, there is something I can do, I can play games with settings that more closely suit the style I prefer to play, just as you can.

This forcing a way of playing on people has got to come to a stop.

And you wonder why players leave...

I always find this distaste of bots interesting. I mean I can understand not wanting to play against a program instead of a person, but if you can get beat by a bunch of unmanned bots you weren't going to win the game anyway. At least one player must be online to make bots an effective tool, otherwise you are almost as good as offline.

The bots today are essentially helpers, with the ability to bot as a side benefit. You have the ability to turn off botting access to corpies if you would like. In fact, I am sure most people who are playing solo games still fire up their bots as a quick way to access scripts and macros.

I guess what my point is (though I realize I am rambling a bit) is that people are treating bots as if they are an automated player. Like it's true AI taking over the place of a person being at the keys. It is just another tool; one that can be used for good or ill at the discretion of the user.

The only point that has been brought up that I agree with (probably by Promethius) is using bots as a way to dupe. If you just pull in people just to be botted so you can have a numbers advantage over someone in a game, that's a scummy tactic IMO.

Obviously it's not a big surprise what stance I take on bots which I why I don't normally bother talking about it. But that's my 2 cents.

MD

Ty. Bots are an essential tool for a corp comprised of adults that have families and different schedules. I cant play monday - friday from 7 am till 6 pm because I am working, spending time with the family, etc.... Some of my corpies can only play late at night/early in the morning. You form your corp well, and a human can be at keys through out the day.

dont forget pdrop.

And yes, there is something I can do, I can play games with settings that more closely suit the style I prefer to play, just as you can.

if you like to play alone, why dont you start your own server?

This forcing a way of playing on people has got to come to a stop.

ahh, but you want to force others to play without using aggressive scripts by adapting the game so they wont work? how hypocritical is that?

And you wonder why players leave...

no, I dont wonder. laff. I am glad to see JP has figured out what you are really about and has unwound himself from your pinkie.

But, I guess you don’t read the beta thread, he’s going to make a change that will break most every aggressive script there is right now by changing the way the game displayed a course plot. I’ve you’ve not visited the sector yet, you won’t be able to see the sector number, only (*).

But, I guess you don’t read the beta thread, he’s going to make a change that will break most every aggressive script there is right now by changing the way the game displayed a course plot. I’ve you’ve not visited the sector yet, you won’t be able to see the sector number, only (*).