Hack78

Hack78

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Reply to Idlebot in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Hmm - Craig and Blair in on this together??? Idlebot and Idlebot2??? What are the chances of that??? And who was it who sent the message from the ICO Server???

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Reply to Idlebot in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

So I was just talking to Blair in ICO lobby. Idlebot was there. I put my latest conspiracy theory to him. "Idlebot is something to do with testing of entrechment". He laughed and said no. And then suggested it was an alien AI invasion or something.... Or some weird virus even.... But since he didn't worry about it - what does that mean. ICO cannot be used to infect anything, so he is not worried - just laughing at the aliens. Or he knows the truth about it, but

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Turbo Start in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Has anyone noticed that since upgrading to 1.11, the first 5-10 minutes of Sins seems to go REALLY quick until people start to slow it down... Maybe this is how fast fast was originally intended to be, but I never saw this in 1.05...

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Reply to Pause in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Pause should not be something you use to get an advantage - you are just cheating yourself - pause it to allow you to walk away from your machine for a break. And you can't use this tactic online.

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Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Can't give you any examples as I haven't played mp, but stuff always comes up in games so I'm sure there's gotta' be something (if not done yet, to be done later).[/quote] So you ASSUME that because people can cheat in OTHER games, people are cheating in Sins, but cannot back it up. And you haven't even played MP? The only cheating is that I know occurs is when on Unfair - the AI gets a bonus to income etc... vs Hard. But most unfair settings for RTS does this - it allows them

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Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I'm just worried about what everyone else is: people who don't play FAIR! Yes, I know it's a game and I shouldn't take it seriously, but is it any fun when after playing the game and going through a replay you realize there was no way you could have won anyway? Cheating can't actually be that much fun... I just don't get it I guess.[/quote] How are people cheating??? I have yet to see anyone actually cheat in a game. Employ superior tactics/strategies yes. Cheat No. I'm

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Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I played a game last night with someone who has been playing online for a bit - I was screaming at him an hour and a half plus in to build a new fleet (he had lost his and wasn't helping me vs the 3 opposition who all came for a go at me - my other ally was on other side of the map rebuilding after the guy who was pounding on me came to try and kill my fleet). His response was - no money. I was like WTF - you haven't expanded to a new planet or built anything, you MUST have uber resou

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Reply to Can't login :( in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

It means you cannot connect to ICO. Make sure you have port 7000 open in your firewall for version 1.1(1.11/1.12 when it comes out). iirc it is 6000 for 1.05 etc... You also need to have 6112 to host without alloy enabled and whatever port is configured for your game.... See the FAQ

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Reply to Pause in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

You set game speed, pirates on/off etc... on the setup screen (where you set AI difficulty) - Game Options button at the bottom!!! Don't forget the Karma!!!! :D

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Reply to Can't login :( in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

What error do you get? What version are you on? Did you ever manager a prior version? Some info would be useful to be able to advise you on your options!!!

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Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Now in I did find it their lag was self induced. They would host the match then upload and download a few files at the same time to give them selfs that edge. So for me when I see top ranked people I wonder how they got their. [/quote] MP sins pauses (and gives the host an option to drop the player - replaced by an AI) if the lag is too high. The game picks up again once all games have caught up. So that tactic cannot be used. As for how they got so good - t

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Reply to Please fix: AI dont destroy the phase inhibitors before running away. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]And if they did, this problem would still be there. Your attempted derailing of at least a third thread with whining about how people should go play MP is still irrelevant. The AI is a big part of the game. This is something that should be looked at and fixed if possible.[/quote] All that is being suggested is that you can at least come online and try a comp stomp - humans vs AI. You don't know how NICE it is to have an ally (assuming they aren't a @$$) who will work

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Reply to re : Capital Ships in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]I hereby put forward a motion to make the position official. It's just the coolest sounding title. You have to submit a picture of yourself with pom poms, though. You know, for authenticity and all that good stuff.[/quote] I like the suggestion - don't like the idea of him with pom poms :( [quote]I didn't know people were playing human vs AI games, actually. I may do that when I'm not playing WoW.[/quote] its called a comp stomp... A lot of the "pros" don't like

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Reply to Star Wars Mod in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[e digicons]:cylon:[/e] - shhh. Secret Eville business at work... [e digicons]:cylon:[/e]

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Reply to Idlebot in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

[quote]Now that is funny I just went on to ICO and there is idlebot and idlebot2[/quote] So it this a copycat user, or really SD or IC playing with us (even though they HAVE denied it...) Surely same person can't be logged in twice (unless they got 2 CD keys and 2 comps....) The mystery deepens... I want to dedicate the following to Idlebot (apologies to Elizabeth Browning) How do I love thee (Idlebot)? Let me count the way

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Reply to Common Courtesy in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

How about you PM the peple who are interested??? ;) Centurion and I were discussing this in the lobby last night while we waited for a game / Idlebot to talk... We had a guess at who we thought it could be, but..... :)

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Reply to Please fix: AI dont destroy the phase inhibitors before running away. in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]problem with online play is it isnt actually casual enough. you pretty much have to commit an afternoon or an entire evening to play out a game of sins. whereas offline I can play the same game on and off for a week as the mood takes me. which is usually only for about an hour at a time[/quote] Not true - most online games only for for 2 hours give or take... [quote]This is NOT a good idea. If the Ai is prioritized to destroy the inhibitors first they will always be des

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