06-19-2003, 04:46 PM
Hi,
The whole point of the Realms is to have a level playing field where everyone is playing with the same conditions.
Right. And if Buzzard included some of the features of maphack into the game, we would all be using then and the field would still be level.
So, again, maphack is a cheat *only* because Buzzard says it is a cheat. Their game, their rules and that's fair enough. The people defending maphack need to understand that it *is* cheating because Buzzard says so. The people opposed to maphack need to realize that it is cheating *only* because Buzzard says so. Buzzard could just as easily put a link to maphack on their site and say "go for it" as many other game companies have done with 3rd party programs. So, demonizing maphack is illogical.
If, OTOH, you wish to argue that many of the maphack "improvements" are cheesy in the extreme, then you have a valid argument. One that, however, I would have to stay out of, since I have no personal experience with maphack at all.
--Pete
The whole point of the Realms is to have a level playing field where everyone is playing with the same conditions.
Right. And if Buzzard included some of the features of maphack into the game, we would all be using then and the field would still be level.
So, again, maphack is a cheat *only* because Buzzard says it is a cheat. Their game, their rules and that's fair enough. The people defending maphack need to understand that it *is* cheating because Buzzard says so. The people opposed to maphack need to realize that it is cheating *only* because Buzzard says so. Buzzard could just as easily put a link to maphack on their site and say "go for it" as many other game companies have done with 3rd party programs. So, demonizing maphack is illogical.
If, OTOH, you wish to argue that many of the maphack "improvements" are cheesy in the extreme, then you have a valid argument. One that, however, I would have to stay out of, since I have no personal experience with maphack at all.
--Pete
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