03-07-2003, 09:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-07-2003, 09:40 AM by the Langolier.)
>scanner is a must for people who want "legit" games
(nit) Scanners will not give you a legit game. They simply look in memory to see everything about another character (cheaters can STILL join a legit game). In fact, you don't really need a scanner to find legits/cheaters or to play a legit game. Scanners aren't much good for detecting much of anything. They can't detect when someone is using hacks such as God Mode and when someone comes up with tons of hacked gear, you will easily be able to tell they cheat right in the game anyways.
I suggest you get rid of it until you are more experienced with the game, if not completely. If you use it all the time you will eventually become dependant on it, and you will spend half your game-time alt_tab'ing out to "scan" someone. Also, scanners can be faulty - not to mention that the information they present can be misinterpreted. The game itself can create duplicates of items (most often potions). When using a scanner you will find yourself trusting anyone who shows clean, and denying anyone where something very small comes up. Anyways, the gap between cheating and being legit is usually very large, and so differentiating between the two in not difficult at all in a game (with some common sense and experience).
>you actually need to have your game called something like "Legits only" to be able to find any legit players at all...
You can find legits in ANY game. In fact, "legit only" tends to attract cheaters, especially when half of them don't even know what it means. The trick is just to find legits, then play with them. I find that passworded games similiar to "Legits only // legits only" attract more legits than cheaters, just due to the fact that they don't appear in the game list. Some people think they are not better, but agian, you don't know where you will find a new legit, and I know I personally have found many there.
(nit) Scanners will not give you a legit game. They simply look in memory to see everything about another character (cheaters can STILL join a legit game). In fact, you don't really need a scanner to find legits/cheaters or to play a legit game. Scanners aren't much good for detecting much of anything. They can't detect when someone is using hacks such as God Mode and when someone comes up with tons of hacked gear, you will easily be able to tell they cheat right in the game anyways.
I suggest you get rid of it until you are more experienced with the game, if not completely. If you use it all the time you will eventually become dependant on it, and you will spend half your game-time alt_tab'ing out to "scan" someone. Also, scanners can be faulty - not to mention that the information they present can be misinterpreted. The game itself can create duplicates of items (most often potions). When using a scanner you will find yourself trusting anyone who shows clean, and denying anyone where something very small comes up. Anyways, the gap between cheating and being legit is usually very large, and so differentiating between the two in not difficult at all in a game (with some common sense and experience).
>you actually need to have your game called something like "Legits only" to be able to find any legit players at all...
You can find legits in ANY game. In fact, "legit only" tends to attract cheaters, especially when half of them don't even know what it means. The trick is just to find legits, then play with them. I find that passworded games similiar to "Legits only // legits only" attract more legits than cheaters, just due to the fact that they don't appear in the game list. Some people think they are not better, but agian, you don't know where you will find a new legit, and I know I personally have found many there.