Lurker Lounge now a hack site

[Occhidiangela]

I trolled their PvP forums a little while back, after I had looked at the 'legit' PvP rules and at such considerations as whether or not map hack was a legit tool in a duel. Valoren Gunsling, who I always thought was a decent enough chap and a proponent of legit duelling, had posted the rules.

I pointed out a huge number of holes in the rules, and got plenty of flames, as expected. (Hi Grumpy, I very much appreciated your friendly input to that thread!) But funnily enough, no one answered up when I reminded one of the folks there that a legit set of rules that included maphack . . . was completely broken.

I then went and had some fun with a nice angry young legit and modder called Apocalypse Demon, who I really think means well, about twinking, and then got into some other fun in some completely insipid map hack debates. It was mainly because the Lounge was down and the opportunity presented itself and plus I was in the mood to be a pain in the arse. I sent Elly an email thanking her and her fellow mods for their hard work, and asked her that my account be deleted.

Gaile and the Gang do pretty good work, in general, and have a good site. Their problem is that bnet is full of folks who know their URL and is also peopled with idiots, and the two sets of people all too often overlap.

Dii.net is what it is, The Lounge is what it is, and I see goodness in both.

I just like the lower idiot count here at the Lounge sooooooooooo much better. :) Gaile and Elly and Flux don't want to attract idiots, but their popularity simply draws them like a flame draws moths.

Sort of like The Lounge back in Dii's heyday . . . and during the LoD Beta.