----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Mielke" <mark at mark.mielke.cc> To: <vanilla-list at us.netrek.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [Vanilla List] the rules of netrek > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:51:58PM -0800, Daniel Damouth wrote: > > Well, sure, if you're going to change the rules, or find a server god > > willing to do so, then the bots won't be cheating. But why not play the > > same game the humans are playing? I.e. use INL rules. Not only is it a > > more interesting challenge, but it also would make human vs. bot games > > meaningful. > > No 'rules' have been changed. 'Rules' will be exploited. If no rules have been changed, then my client should be able to tell other clients everything it is seeing, and vice-versa. Why do you think that feature is not allowed in any blessed clients? (Because it's a rule). > I'm not certain that exploitation of a ruleset is synanymous with > cheating, or changing the rules. Is butt-torping illegal in the INL? Butt torping is allowed, but socket communication between clients is not. That's what rules are; they allow some things, but not others. Dan Damouth