In my opinion, unless it changes the games coding, it is not a cheat, or hack. It is an exploit.
In my opinion, its no worse than those people who play Call Of Duty and have a controller with a "Turbo" button. (a button that repeats a keystroke really quickly).
Im not supporting its use. I dont use it, and would rather people didnt use it, but no need to go slaughtering people who do want to use it.
There are a few ways to look at it. Im not going to fall on either side, because either side i fall onto, i get thrashed by the other. I will not hide the fact that for nearly 1 year, i was a member of TC, and for 7 months, was the leader of TC. But that was over 1 year ago now, and i am now part of a Racing team. I still occationally play on the cruise servers, but no-where near as often as I used to.
This isnt meant to offend any party in particular, but, part of the reason some players turn to "cruising" is us. The community. You see alot of new players on servers, and you also see alot of this keybind.
"BLUE FLAG BLUE FLAG MOVE OUT OF MY F***ING WAY N00B".
I dont know about you, but this would be demoralising. This isnt a championship where you are earning $xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx? Why shout at the newbie. Why not educate them rather than "punish" them. It can be annoying, but if you put up with it for a few days, then he will soon pickup the idea and learn.
The reason i turned to cruising was this very thing. In my first race, i was about 10 seconds a lap slower, but i wouldnt have said my driving was dangerous. I was able to stay on track reasonably well, and from previous driving games, i was reasonably aware of the basic rules of racing. If it came up with "BLUE FLAG" i would move to the side and wait for the message to go away.
It was blackwood, and i was driving the XRT. 10 laps if i remember correctly, and due to a pitstop the leaders were coming around to lap me. And, all of a sudden on T2 (the chicane) an FXO comes flying up behind me (the blue flag message didnt come up till it was too late to yeild), and i see the Message "BLUE FLAG BLUE FLAG MOVE OUT MY WAY NOOB" on the screen, followed by a bang and lots of spinning. I then spectate and start typing my appology, saying that i was new and that i couldnt exactly move mid corner without causing a bigger accident. To which i am told; "**** OFF AND LEARN TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE DONT NEED JACKASSES LIKE YOU RUINING OUR RACE".
This is the reason i turned to crusing in the first place, not because i wanted to, but because i was driven to it by the community, and one player in particular.
On the other hand ;
Too many cruising servers mean that there is always space for anyone who wants to play on it, meaning that first time players who join a cruise server, and get hooked, are never forced to play on a racing server because there are no spaces, meaning that the combined amount of players from the above scenario, and 1st time players getting hooked is nearly equal, if not more than the number of players who actually race.
The people who start up more cruise servers, which are exactly the same as the 3 established ones we already have, arent doing it to add anything to the community, they are doing it so they dont need to spend time earning the money to drive the cars they want. One thing to say to them. Single Player.
Basically, what im trying to say, whilst i see the problem of there being too many cruise servers, its also partially the communities fault for not having the time of day to see out new players. Its not a league, and its not real life racing. Its not a life or death situation, so why get angry with the new racer.
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I would like to point out there are some good players out there who do try to help the new players, and those players deserve a virtual round of applause for helping the new players learn how to race properly.
Well, because Scawen hopes that Y32 is the last test patch, and 90% of the time, the new "official" patch comes on the friday after the last test patch.
Its not a case of who is best, its a case of what you like.
There cannot be a best of all time. That is like saying, who was better, Fangio, Senna or Schmacher. Its not possible to tell, as they were all different eras.
But, if you really really really must ask my opinion, then i would say Alex Lifeson (rush). He may not be the fastest guitarist, he may not be the most complex, but in my opinion he is the most well rounded.
Just whilst we are on a MSN topic, does anyone get this weird thing when they are kicked off msn at 12midnight UTC (1am BST)? If so, does anyone know how i can fix it, kinda annoying when im on voice chat to people, and they dont realise you are gone.
It depends. When my band is writing lyrics we tend to try and make the lyrics on a topic relevent to a majority of people today, but it doesnt necessarily mean the lyrics are clear, or easy to understand.
But any death metal bands you talk to will say that it doesnt matter, although, their lyrics tend to be "GRR UHHH AHH" or whatever.
May i ask what the furthest left pedal does. I know my school bus (a manual) has one, but our driver never uses it... always presumed it was a valve to release built up air pressure or something.
Uh, nope. Cant say i ever shiver whilst having a pee...
If its not normal for you, you may have a urinary track infection or an infected urethra, and the pee is making the infected area feel as if its burning, causing a shivering....
If it keeps happening go see a doctor.
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Im not a medical expert, i just have standard grade (gcse) biology, and my knowledge of how a bladder works...
Did honda take their cars on a visit to the zoo during the break, and hit some elephants... cos that nose is the WORST nose i have seen since the Walrus thing williams did.