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lowfi(
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Germany280 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-03-21 03:55:45
March 21 2004 03:55 GMT
#101
Man I really see no use in that programm. Maybe it's good for total newbs who don't know the basic bo's.

But in my case - I like to decide for myself which bo I use, when I scout (man I hate that feature where it says "scout now" ). Why do you need a programm which notifys you if your mins or gas go above/ below a certain amount? I think that's is just annoying.

Sry JCA but that prog is pretty much useless. Your other programs rule nevertheless
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x[ReaPeR]x
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3447 Posts
March 21 2004 04:50 GMT
#102
A hack is something that messes with StarCraft itself to give you an unfair advantage over your opponent.

BWCoach doesn't mess with StarCraft itself.

If ANYONE gets an unfair advantage over you with BWCoach then you need to improve. It's not like maphack where no matter how good you get he still sees what you are doing. With BWCoach if he beats you because of it then that means you need to improve your own timing and then you will be on a level playing field with him.
ILoveOOv ownZ everyone!!! ~ Lamer List: Mynock, naventus
StaSiS
Profile Joined February 2004
United States147 Posts
March 21 2004 05:08 GMT
#103
So... you're saying we all need to get better just so we can compete with ppl that use BW Coach?
Tricky
Profile Joined September 2003
China752 Posts
March 21 2004 05:19 GMT
#104
LOL wtf u need a coach for a game for?????????????
fuckin nerd u r an idoit YES IDIOT!

u r ignoring the point of playing game which is for fun uhhh WAT A JOKEee
the one
MadduX
Profile Joined June 2003
United States515 Posts
March 21 2004 05:51 GMT
#105
Yes statsis, thats what he is saying.
Team LighT
Yang
Profile Joined October 2003
Lithuania231 Posts
March 21 2004 06:01 GMT
#106
one good thing - bw coach report, when supply limit needs to be extended. But I take it as a cheat.
Ppl, who play with bwcoach in wgt or other 'not training' games, are cheaters.

next jca release - undetectibale map hack. 'kiddin'
dfgh
Ceril
Profile Joined April 2003
Sweden1343 Posts
March 21 2004 19:59 GMT
#107
I kinda like my own "third-party program" that tells me that I got almost full in the top left corner and "should you not do something with thoose minerals and gas?". It is called: my dear friend that watches my games. Very neat program that. And so Hack.
Just because you can now store where everyone was and is, what they like, what they fear who they talk to and who they love. It does not mean we should so spy upon our fellow man in a dystopia far worse then 1984
MannerLess_
Profile Joined November 2003
Brazil535 Posts
March 21 2004 20:05 GMT
#108
On March 22 2004 04:59 Ceril wrote:
I kinda like my own "third-party program" that tells me that I got almost full in the top left corner and "should you not do something with thoose minerals and gas?". It is called: my dear friend that watches my games. Very neat program that. And so Hack.


Isn't that a bit different from an automated SOFTWARE?
ur hed got smashed by ur moms dik lololol
koehli
Profile Joined January 2004
Germany350 Posts
March 21 2004 22:14 GMT
#109
On March 22 2004 05:05 MannerLess_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2004 04:59 Ceril wrote:
I kinda like my own "third-party program" that tells me that I got almost full in the top left corner and "should you not do something with thoose minerals and gas?". It is called: my dear friend that watches my games. Very neat program that. And so Hack.


Isn't that a bit different from an automated SOFTWARE?


Actually there is a difference between hardware and software. It is a useful term, but in another area, not to decide if something is hack.

- Mouse drivers are 3rd party addons which directly effect your plaing capability. Ban non Blizzard / non Microsoft mouse drivers ?
- So above point was ridiculous, eh ? Then what about a programmable mouse ? Mind you, there are some with 5 Buttons ;-)
- What about WinAmp in the background playing techno music which will make me react faster? Forbidden because its software? How about the good old ghettoblaster ? Allowed because it's hardware ?
- That ghettoblaster can play a tape with a build I recorded watching a nada replay. Hardware/Software ? Forbidden / allowed ?

All that crap about "its software" is so "my father style". And thats an insult if it comes to technical terms ;-) . In my oppinion there's a really easy way to decide if something is cheat. Consider Starcraft to be a black box. Will a program give you any information, that you cannot have using the blackbox interface? If so it's hack. If not, it's a legal help. BWCoach only reminds you of information you already have.
So no hack, gg, thanks to JCA.
You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
koehli
Profile Joined January 2004
Germany350 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-03-21 22:17:55
March 21 2004 22:17 GMT
#110
Time for a highly oppinioned rant about the actors in this debate ;-)

There are the "advanced players" like Physician. They don't need BWCoach because they don't forget to build depots. I don't do either and I regularly agree to restart a game if my opponent claims he fucked up his build ;-) Now these people would "suffer" the most because players not able to pulloff a straight build will be coached to compete. We greet this and are happy to get more of a challenge out of our opponents.

On the other hand there are the "Maddoxxes". These players are not newbies but they are certainly not good. They still forget pylons and don't know which build counters what when playing against a competent opponent. Likely, despite thousands of games played, the "Maddoxxes" will never improve. It's not because they are stupid (Well maybe they are). It's because they don't take their joy out of challenging their mind but winning agains weaker opponents (Their carreer started with xvc compbashes btw). Loosing closely against someone they will more likely claim the other guy hacks then ask for a regame. If their opponent has someone giving hints to him they will be angry "because he cheats" not happy to have better competition. Now this is the party that wants BWCoach to be considered hack allthough they themselves would be the EXACT target group which could use bwcoach the most.

It's up to you, but I'd rather play a newbie that tries to improve using bwcoach than play a whining "Maddoxx" who will call me hacker in the likely case he will loose. So good work JCA, help the newbies and don't listen to the "Maddoxxes"

Peace, koehli
You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
JudasT
Profile Joined January 2003
Spain2226 Posts
March 21 2004 22:28 GMT
#111
THANKS JCA
Taking the time to have simple fun everyday is a must for a happy life.
error
Profile Joined September 2003
Germany36 Posts
March 21 2004 22:56 GMT
#112
On March 21 2004 13:50 x[ReaPeR]x wrote:
A hack is something that messes with StarCraft itself to give you an unfair advantage over your opponent.

BWCoach doesn't mess with StarCraft itself.

If ANYONE gets an unfair advantage over you with BWCoach then you need to improve. It's not like maphack where no matter how good you get he still sees what you are doing. With BWCoach if he beats you because of it then that means you need to improve your own timing and then you will be on a level playing field with him.


so its just a hack if u re not good enough o.O
very nice

following szenario
noob plays vs noob

the one noob make a nearly perfekt 9/10 gate zealot rush

so who wins?

ah i forgot noobs dont count and just need to get better so thats not a hack anymore t.t
roses re red--violets re blue--all my base--are belong to u
Taguchi
Profile Joined February 2003
Greece1575 Posts
March 21 2004 23:27 GMT
#113
<3 koehli~
Great minds might think alike, but fastest hands rule the day~
HurtnTime
Profile Joined September 2002
United States296 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-03-22 01:20:47
March 21 2004 23:44 GMT
#114
It's all a consipracy to get more terrans to use my metal vs zerg build order. haha j/k.

I need to make some training files.

FYI - the posted training file does not include the most important part which is the spider mines after machine shop. Place spider mines to defend the early expansion.

Update: JCA added the spider mines.
MPXMX
Profile Joined December 2002
Canada4309 Posts
March 22 2004 08:56 GMT
#115
On March 21 2004 10:01 Pacifist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2004 09:23 MPXMX wrote:
Ok, dudes, let me try to settle your dispute





I have had this idea to put "post-it" (C) notes on the side of my monitor that would attract my attention once in a while. Something like this

BUILD SUPPLY, FUCKING IDIOT!
WTF NO SCOUTING?
YO FASTER PLZ, OK?
LOOK AT MINIMAP MORE OFTEN, LOSER!?


Ok, would you consider this hacking? Because that is essentially exactly what BWChart does, only a tiny little bit easier.


post it notes aren't third party program

also, its not like BWCoach where when your minerals are high it says "high minerals," when your APM is low it says "play faster," when u need supply it says "build supply." Post it notes lack the perfect timing of BWCoach, the one quality which makes BWCoach such an unfair hack




What the hell does it matter if it's a program? You seem to think it's a hack just because it's SOFTWARE (oooooooo!!) that makes reminders. You know some people have better mouse drivers than others. They have an unfair advantage. Are they hacking? Some people have better hardware than others. They have an advantage. Are they hacking? Should good mice be banned?

Seriuosly, bwcoach is intended to help people to get better. If you still forget supplies regularly, can't spend money, and need reminders to play fast, you are hardly playing broodwar on an enjoyable level. Once you get past those barriers, you don't need bw coach and people who use bw coach will not have an advantage over you. Just my $0.02 CAD
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
March 22 2004 09:50 GMT
#116
<3 koehli~
and Thanks JCA!!
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
LumberJack
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3355 Posts
March 22 2004 13:00 GMT
#117
guess they aught to ban microphones in player's helmets in the NFL, too. They dont talk about it, but what's to stop the offensive cordinator from telling the QB who's open and who's not?, or to better describe, from a better point of view, the defense formations, and spacing...

Quake has programs, that you run, that tell you the spawning times of all the items, like an apmlive or something, a timer that runs at the corner of the screen. Granted u cant use them at offline events, but its not really a cheat is it? Its already something you 'know', it just helps make it more effeceint
Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.
Pob
Profile Joined February 2004
880 Posts
March 22 2004 13:23 GMT
#118
ok scenario - im terran i enter the metal vs zerg order , i get 6 pooled and use scvs to fight , so when it tells me to build anything my timing is now out of time.or if it says scout which it does if i have read this thread correctly so say i scout and his spawning pool is about half finished would i continue with a crazy metal build strategy or get a few marines and a bunker or something? , seems sorta rigid..

but the feature export build order from replay looks very good i have to say , ill download it when that feature works properly
Hautamaki
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Canada1311 Posts
March 22 2004 14:03 GMT
#119
how about when version 2 of this program comes out... now version 2 is different because it has algorithms programmed into it. Whenever you 'learn' something by having vision of it, it takes that information into account and automatically readjusts your build order for it. If zerg is going mutas instead of the standard lurks say, it will instruct you to cancel your ramp cannon and instead put up 3 around your nexus, then immediately start producing high templar and morphing archons.

Is it a hack now? Where do you draw the line? It's a slippery slope guys.
True learning is not the memorization of knowledge; it is the internalization of patterns.
IcarusFalls
Profile Joined October 2003
Canada94 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-03-22 20:32:11
March 22 2004 20:27 GMT
#120
map hack = cheat. disobeying the rules of the game. map hack is a cheat because fog of war is a rule of the game.

bwcoach = tutor. getting an advantage for yourself within the rules of the game. it's just like someone whispering over your shoulder in a game (build a depot now)

therefore bwcoach is not a cheat even if it does give an advantage meaning it's deamed ok

and it does not effect my level of play in game so i really dont care :D it will make lesser players better so hf !

edit: how this will effect the game is only by allowing people to rip build orders off with ease. good and bad players alike. therefore the skill will go up but i mean it's not like it matters. hardly anyone i know is good and there are still very few really good players out there. so many people have played this game for 5 years and if they arnt already gosu this isnt going to help that much.
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