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Mon 25/06/01 at 17:11
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If you're into online gaming hardcore style, and fancy getting your name on the top 10 rankings for any browser based game, don't bother.

Take Diablo II as an example. They have ladder tournaments, and this is how you get your name to number one spot:

1. Enter Tournament
2. Play whatever game you like on your console for a few weeks.
3. The night before the final standings are decided, hack into the mainframe and insert your name in the number one spot with a nice winning margin.
4. Failing this, hack into the game, and delete everyone's hard fought for stats.

Take Planetarion as an example:

1. Enter Tournament
2. Offer your services to the game's organisers as a member of their crew
2. Everybody with a higher score than you, freeze their gaming accounts, and move up another notch until you are number one.

Take Phantasy Star Online as an example:

1. Enter Tournament
2. Team up with your mates to bash everyone higher up than you in rank, nicking all their good weapons and armour.
3. If you've no mates, just hack your name onto the leaderboard.

Take Starcraft as an example:

1. Enter Tournament
2. Hack it
3. Enter your name in the number one position

Take Unreal Tournament as an example:

1. Enter Tournament
2. 'Modify' your character so that everytime he so much as looks at another player, that player is fragged, the 'looks can kill' hack
3. 'Modify' your character so that if he gets hit by a 300 trillion warhead nuclear weapon, head on, with no protection, all he has to worry about is whether or not a hair has been moved out of place
4. Win tournament.

The point here is, you CANNOT win online tournaments by sheer skill in gameplay alone. The internet doesn't allow it, because of the number of people out there that live to break the rules, not play by them.

All of the above methods have actually being documented as having been used in their respective tourneys, Diablo II just a few months ago, Planetarion is still ongoing, Starcraft last week, and Unreal Tournament and PSO all the time.

So, if you're going to play online games, do it for fun, and fun alone. Remember, if you're in a competitive environment online, sooner or later your fun is going to end, abruptly.
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:59
Posts: 0
Your Honour wrote:
> The_Vottanator wrote:
> Aparently, Bomberman is not being
> released in Europe. Only in Japan.
> At least that is what it
> says in the recent issue of ODM.

Nnnoooooooo!!!!!!!!

Damn! Now
> i'm not impressed. I was kind of expecting now online multiplayer in
> the European release, but thats ok as i have some frieds.

For it
> not to be released at all is well out of order. Whats their excuse?
> They can hardly say that it won't sell well!!!

AHHHHH MY dreams!!!!! my dreammms to play bomberman online...........
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:50
Regular
Posts: 16,558
FM believe me they don't ask Reaper.
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:40
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Posts: 14,117
The_Vottanator wrote:
> Aparently, Bomberman is not being released in Europe. Only in Japan.
> At least that is what it says in the recent issue of ODM.

Nnnoooooooo!!!!!!!!

Damn! Now i'm not impressed. I was kind of expecting now online multiplayer in the European release, but thats ok as i have some frieds.

For it not to be released at all is well out of order. Whats their excuse? They can hardly say that it won't sell well!!!
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:32
Regular
"Rong Xion Tong"
Posts: 5,237
Aparently, Bomberman is not being released in Europe. Only in Japan. At least that is what it says in the recent issue of ODM.
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:18
Posts: 0
Your Honour wrote:
> I'm waiting for Online bomberman on the DC.

Me too! I have had to please my self with lake arena? dunno it's not very good... Bomberman!
Mon 25/06/01 at 18:00
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"Copyright: FM Inc."
Posts: 10,338
Sniper wrote:
NO ONE EVER hacks a clan ladder because they want to win
> fair and square.

"Take Unreal Tournament as an example:

1. Enter Tournament
2. 'Modify' your character so that everytime he so much as looks at another player, that player is fragged, the 'looks can kill' hack
3. 'Modify' your character so that if he gets hit by a 300 trillion warhead nuclear weapon, head on, with no protection, all he has to worry about is whether or not a hair has been moved out of place
4. Win tournament."

This happens, how do you explain the contradiction?
Mon 25/06/01 at 17:50
Regular
Posts: 14,117
I'm waiting for Online bomberman on the DC.
Mon 25/06/01 at 17:43
Regular
Posts: 16,558
FM your wrong there. IF you are good enough you wouldn't even bother hacking, but no clans ever do that.
The UT mod i've got is Team based and my clan DO NOT CHEAT in any why, we win by pure skill.
If we want to win in Planetarion we need to know when to do stuff at the right time, or in your case stay up and watch the galaxy at 2.00am in the morning.

Tournaments are called Clan ladders in UT they battle each clan a few times until god knows when, but through clan matches we improve a whole lot better as a player.
Planetarion is a team based game if you didn't think about it because who would save your butt when you have 100000 ships coming to attack you.

NO ONE EVER hacks a clan ladder because they want to win fair and square.
Mon 25/06/01 at 17:39
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"Fishing For Reddies"
Posts: 4,986
Grix Thraves wrote:

Joke here to be made envolving you, hacking, and a GAD, but I better not.

************

Involving.... ^_^
Mon 25/06/01 at 17:22
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"Copyright: FM Inc."
Posts: 10,338
VenomByte wrote:
> Ph33r the 1337 h4cker5!!!111222

Bash teh n00bi35!!!!!1123445

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