Nexus cheat with AegisBots!

http://youtu.be/j-EFAzaDKOo

[kaen]

That's not really a cheat. You're farming flags from defenseless bots. You could do less work by making a bot that just blows itself up with mines (if that API were exposed).

That's not really a cheat. You're farming flags from defenseless bots. You could do less work by making a bot that just blows itself up with mines (if that API were exposed).

Farming = cheating

[kaen]

You are not violating any rules of the game, therefore you are not cheating. Go do something more interesting, Lamp.

[bobdaduck]

Our game has rules?

[kaen]

  Code:

bitfighter.exe -rules

See? I told ya Bitfighter rules!

[watusimoto]

In my opinion farming is bad form, but not really cheating.

Can someone enlighten me on why this isn't considered cheating? He is using a script to manipulate bots and gain an unfair advantage. Those without the script cannot gain flags as fast as he can. Therefore, it would seem to be cheating in my opinion.

Are you suggesting that to cheat the players must hack or exploit the game? He's not exploiting the game per se, but he's still doing something that other players physically cannot do without "cheating" themselves. He's using an external aid.

[kaen]

I think you're misunderstanding what's happening.

He's adding 100 AegisBots (a bot script that ships with bitfighter, and is available on all stock servers), which all spawn on top of each other. Shooting a bouncer triggers the bots (which are programmed to only shoot projectiles) to fire at the bouncer shot. Since they are all stacked on top of each other (because they have never moved) they all quickly kill each other.

What he's doing uses only components shipped with bitfighter. If you were playing with him, you would be just as able to pick up the flags as he is. Furthermore, if you were more skilled, you'd get more flags. Everything that happens is an intended consequence of mechanisms that were intentionally put into the game.

If a server allows anonymous players to add 100 bots, then the server is simply misconfigured.

Can we please drop this stupid topic?

[bobdaduck]

Also the level would have to have one spawn point. Like.... Really?

Can someone enlighten me on why this isn't considered cheating? He is using a script to manipulate bots and gain an unfair advantage. Those without the script cannot gain flags as fast as he can. Therefore, it would seem to be cheating in my opinion.

Are you suggesting that to cheat the players must hack or exploit the game? He's not exploiting the game per se, but he's still doing something that other players physically cannot do without "cheating" themselves. He's using an external aid.

Who me? I'm not using an external aid. The bots shoot at projectiles, right? When you have 50 Aegisbots stacked in the same place, they kill each other when trying to shoot the burst.

Also the level would have to have one spawn point. Like.... Really?

Many levels have one spawn point... including Cheap ones at least...

[bobdaduck]

Also the level would have to have one spawn point. Like.... Really?

Many levels have one spawn point... including Cheap ones at least...

Right. So, this is no more cheating than dungeons.

Also the level would have to have one spawn point. Like.... Really?

Many levels have one spawn point... including Cheap ones at least...

Right. So, this is no more cheating than dungeons.

Many match maps that aren't the best quality have one spawn point.

[Quartz]

This thread is painfully illogical. kaen, my hat is off to you for trying.

Sorry, I didn't realize AegisBot came with Bitfighter. I thought Lamp had downloaded a script and used it in addition to the game. If he is using non-exclusive materials to "beat the system," then I agree his actions are more about using wit and less about actually cheating.