Gankis Khan - Latest Comments

Re: Can’t Escape

GankisKhan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:32:59 -0000

That's very true. We're gonna fix it all up in August so I can chauffeur the dogs around as they deserve. ;)

Re: Can’t Escape

Jeff — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:05:38 -0000

Sad about the Corvette; but you still have that awesome VW Jetta!

Re: An Important Question

YoMma — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:20:20 -0000

Mind... Blown....

Re: How To: Turn A Nerd Girl On

YoMma — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:41:52 -0000

"Female Logic™" - Haha! Love it!

Re: Busy Bee

annamay — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:32:25 -0000

nice i just peed my pants last night it was so gross and im going to see new moom!<3

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

GankisKhan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:23:34 -0000

*HIGHFIVE*

68 arbitrary cool points awarded

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

Rath — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:50:49 -0000

Junkhead by Alice in Chains ftw

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

GankisKhan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:52:30 -0000

Game developers don't have to accept anything, especially something as detrimental to the game they designed as botting.

I agree that the line between what's fair and isn't has been BLURRED by keyboards that provide macroing functions, however, that's why there are provisions for those circumstances written in TOSes.

You may not accept that breaking a rule makes what you did wrong but that's just the reality. It's not my job to convince you to follow the rules.

The bottom line is that no matter the manner in which you choose to do it, you are doing something that wasn't meant to be possible: playing your character when you're not playing the game.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

bomb — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:38:57 -0000

One last comment;
Rules and morals are different things. I will not, on its face, accept an argument that says that if the TOS says you can't do something, that it is then "wrong".

You will have to convince me that macroing is wrong. And atm I am not. It does not enable me to do something that was not meant to be possible.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

bomb — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:36:23 -0000

Technically your example of the toothpick is right. It is not a macro. But they have specifically ruled out using the autorun function unattended. So not a macro, but still against the rules.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

bomb — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:28:01 -0000

Lurby; They have said that unattended macroing is against the rules. Which implies that attended macroing is. But to my knowledge they have not approved any third party tools. So their definition of the rules is muddy at best.

Add to that;
With the proliferation of the different Gxx's keyboards and the like, the line between macro tool and keyboard has been washed away.

They should just accept macroing - which they MUST have known would be a thing that people would do from the moment they decided on their design of the skilling system.

I think it is reasonable that they rule it out in the absolute safe havens of NPC cities, but apart from that, they have to accept it as a part of how people play the game.

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

stef — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:45:59 -0000

cool story bro girl, liked it. remainded me of my firsts months in DF!..

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

Roby LoD — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:28 -0000

Welcome to darkfall, excellent story. And DAMN YOU for finding a house deed, I have been playing since launch and never found one yet.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

ISVRaDa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:15:45 -0000

All this things are Darkfall, we have to live with it :)

Re: Boy, Was My Face RED.

NoxAngst — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:24:10 -0000

Rule number 1 on mounts. No matter where you are or what your are doing always take that 10s to put your mount up. You never know what baka is going to come and steal it or hit it.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

NoxAngst — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:22:58 -0000

I agree that it is wrong. I have never and will never use a 3rd party or macro program. I started playing darkfall only a month ago and I have no problem rolling people who have been playing before that and are macroing.

So don't tell me all this need to macro to keep up. If you play and get skills the right way then you'll own just as well. Sure the fights may be longer. But isn't the point to have some epic battle that you can talk about and leaves you all awesome feeling afterwards win or loose?

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

NoxAngst — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:15:10 -0000

Welcome to Darkfall. /tell Garug Blackhunter if you need any help or a good Clan. :)

Re: I’m back! …but not ringing the bell.

Hate WMD — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:20:59 -0000

Pretty accurate of what goes on in our world.

Welcome to darkfall.

This world is cruel, dark and uncaring...and i havn't stopped playing since launch :P

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

GankisKhan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:40:34 -0000

I am talking specifically about using an unauthorized third-party program to run macros and automate your gameplay. One use is swimming in circles in the ocean. Another is gathering resources or skilling up magic and melee.

You can accept and reject certain types of cheating all day long. It doesn't make one cheat right because you approve it.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

GankisKhan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:38:12 -0000

It is NOT difficult to determine what running an unauthorized third-party program to macro your character means.

Your first example, if using an unauthorized third-party program (as explicitly stated in the TOS) IS wrong. Your second, while arguably gray, does not violate the TOS unless you're not sitting at your computer. Your third and fourth examples cover options provided by the game that, again, are not violations unless you're AFK.

EVE's offline skill training is a feature of the game. Darkfall offers no such feature.

Players can decide to ignore rules and do whatever they choose but it doesn't make it right and general acceptance doesn't make such behaviour magically legit.

And FYI, most autolooting is done with the same type of macro used to perform all of the other points you brought up as acceptable.

Careful on that slope, it's fucking slippery.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

Halli — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:14:29 -0000

You only see black and white, there is no gray for you. People put 1k regs on and start a macro, city gets raided and somebody gets alot of loot. There are two sides of the macroing, It's risk/reward. And you are talking about swimming macros, just run to the sea and push numlock and you will swim in there all day. Thats not a macro, you are just using auto run. And what about my mouse ? I got macros on it that draw up sword and shield when I push 1 button. Is that cheating ? I support macroing becuse other ppl can gain alot from macroers, but I despise hacking.
You need to take your sunglasses off and see the world in a brighter light.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

BillyHicks — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:27:49 -0000

Macroing in DF has been going on for so long that I think most of the populations has decided that its pretty standard. More like using a Addon in wow.

The main reason that people overlook it is because its really hard to decide what a macro really is and where to draw the line. A few examples

1/ a macro that auto presses a key every 5 seconds to cast a spell. I am sure you would say that this is wrong.

2/ a piece of tape of a toothpick to hold down an arrow to let you swim in circles. No 3rd party program here, is it still wrong?

3/ Pressing numberlock. Numberlock makes you auto run. If I leave my char running into a wall to level up the run skill, is that wrong?

4/ Standing by a wall and being hit. If I leave my char standing by a wall and my clan mates hit me to level up there skills (and level my defense skills at the same time) is that wrong?

Is it wrong that in Eve your skills level up even when your not online?

I think that the DF players have pretty much decided that as long as your not doing anything you couldn't do while at the keyboard and that your doing it away from protected NPC towns then its OK. You may not like it, I may not like it, but thats how it is.

Speed hacks, auto looting, flying hiding underground, radars etc. are pretty much hated by everyone as they do things that you can't do without altering the game files.

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

GankisKhan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:24:28 -0000

Fail troll fails.

Find a real game? 'Cause this one's ...fake?

Do share your thoughts on "real games."

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

Romans DeMalum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:12:01 -0000

Seriously? If you were a horse I would have shot you by now. Stop crying. Find a real game.

/tissue

Re: Seriously, WTF?!

GankisKhan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:32:08 -0000

Anyone can use a speed hack or a bot. Just because they are available doesn't make their use justifiable. The TOS clearly states that unauthorized third-party programs are not allowed.

Whether Aventurine currently has the resources or technology in place to deal with the issue is another matter. If you're running a program to automate your gameplay, you're cheating.