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In article <slrn70vnd1.ok2.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org>
           homer_j_simpson@my-dejanews.com "Thandor" writes:
> David James Spillett <DJSpillett@bigfoot.com> spake thusly:
> >In article <slrn70v219.ok2.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org>, Thandor
> ><homer_j_simpson@my-dejanews.com> writes
> >>>Perhaps I am trying to write a bot to play the game for me.
> >>
> >>All the more reason not to allow your game to be scripted, imo ;)
> >
> >I don't know - it could be an interesting [dare I say educational]
> >exersize in artificial intellegence programming. 
> 
> It's bad enough that people's coding skills are better than my quake
> playing skills - allowing me to have bots that kick my arse on my own
> computer. I'm not real keen in repeating that experience where people are
> running bots on their computer and thrashing me when I play online. ;)
> 
> It would be interesting, yes, but in reality if you release a bot people
> are just going to use it to cheat. :(

Bots have a big advantage over humans in real-time games like Quake
because they have better reaction times. However, computer opponents
don't have this advantage in more cerebral games.

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