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Marlo Wrote:

Witty Moderator Wrote:8:25 pm New! w00k attacked Marlo and lost.

i think Marlo sent w00k into retirement.

come back and make things right w00k! dont go out like this!!!!!

Last Action: 2 hours 18 minutes 19 seconds ago

That's w00k. It amazes me that he's gone this long. Conrad..You might be right!

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

*gets out bag pipe and plays taps*

teamhood Wrote:I know what w00k's stats are and there is no way that Marlo should be able to beat him if he was only using his fists, let a lone equipped. If people believe 'randomness' is to blame, well that is total drek. There is no way randomness should even be able to play into such a character difference. I think what we have here is either a tweak by the admin to the character because of Marlo and Co. being in the Hospital or some code that was implemented in order to deter the lashing that w00k was giving out.

I know there is no way to prove this and there is no way that Admin would admit to messing with someones character, but until we get some details, I will remain concerned about what the heck is going on with the code.

That's a pretty lofty accusation. I don't play with other player's stats to make them stronger or make another player weaker. Why would I even do this? Both w00k and Marlo are mature enough to handle their affairs, there is no reason for myself or Err to screw around with them.

When he finally lost to him, I was at the hospital visiting my bf's mom. So it was physically impossible for me to tweak anything at that time.

The attack code is thousands of lines of code, and older versions have been known to pop up by accident (either myself or Err accidentally using an older version of code to make a change). As you can see on the 22nd this happened and I had to remove some old jail code for attacks. w00k does have a legitimate gripe, because obviously an older version of the code was accidentally uploaded to the server that I had to fix on the 22nd.

Sure enough, I noticed the hospitalization code bonus was twice what it should have been, which means it had reverted back to a version from mid 2007. I actually looked earlier today for w00k because he noticed something, but at the time I didn't see where the results he was seeing could have come from.

Hospitalizations make the defender more powerful than normal. This has been in the code for an extremely long time. I'm sure most players who normally win close "leave them" battles can attest to hospitalizations being tougher.

8:25 pm New! w00k attacked Marlo and lost, but apparently should have won.

grabtindy Wrote:8:25 pm New! w00k attacked Marlo and lost.

You're right, Grabtindy.

I had written a long diatribe about how the hospitalization code is taking away from the games ability to self police its problems, but Zen interrupted my long winded rantings with her response.

I'll just point out that innocent people aren't being hospitalized for long periods of time. The people who are getting hospitalized are either directly instigating problems or are affiliated with those who are. As a former 499er who went through numerous hospitalizations I can say that I regret ever having any part in the hospitalization code being implemented.

Take the handcuffs off the powerful players who have earned the right to dish out punishment. If someone can't handle being hospitalized then they need to learn to be diplomatic about things and keep their mouths shut until they themselves are the more powerful player.

FASCISM, YEA!!!!

abysmalpoptart Wrote:FASCISM, YEA!!!!

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