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Well anyway like the topic says I was just taking a peek to see what the status was on 1.3 and what was going on in the community since I've been gone. You know I got a real laugh though seeing that scripting/hacking thread closed right there on the top of the first page...
As many here probably don't remember or even know me let me make a short introduction. Awhile back(I dunno a year or so maybe more? Don't really recall). I was still fairly new at the game and there were generally 3 or more topics about scripting daily...huge huge debate back then. A lot of the time the discussion fell back to "well everyone doesn't have those scripts or know how to make them". So I decided well what the hey I'll make a scripting pack. Well I started work on this and then made a poll on the forums asking if I should finish and release it. While the voting ended up being close near the end it didn't pass so the pack never saw the light of day.
As such I have slight interest in this communities views on scripting and so on...So I decided to read this new topic from top to bottom pretty much. Though in doing so I came to realize something...and I'm surprised I never saw this before. This community is largely very elitist(Well a lot of the people who are left anyway). I mean looking through that all I could see is the basic idea "if you don't play exactly like me you are this and that!!!11!1one" and a couple comments about pride....Pride? This is a game its meant to have fun and relax.
Now want to know a little secret? For the most part scripting is no big advantage. Don't get me wrong there are some instances where it most certainly is, but lets be serious the single most talked about script in this mod is swoop. Now in my script pack I had I think it was 6 different ways to use the swoop script with each reacting differently and of course I had to test each to make sure they worked. Well I decided to be evil at the time and test on public servers.
So after the completion of each type of swoop style would come a couple hours of testing to make sure no bugs were popping up. Though after testing I would default back to nonscripted play just to test something out. This something I was testing? To see if these supposed hawk eyed people in the public servers(and yes I played with those on the forums complaining about scripts) would notice the difference in my play. Not once was I questioned about scripting though and while I will not claim to be one of the best esf players I was easily noticable because I was no newbie. Heck even people I played with daily didn't stop and go "hey you are playing different"...
The conclusion I came to from this? Its mostly a mental thing...This game can be extremely frustrating at times and doubly so when you are getting whooped. So people start blaming things such as scripts, ping, kb, or whatever else they must to feel better about their frustration. Its not uncommon in games...heck it's been going on since I was a kid and before video games(yes I am an adult).
Finally a tip for those who have ignored it....Bind your keys right. Even if you don't wish to script you can easily match that speed with the right bindings. An example...shift and w both bound to forward for a quick way to double tap....I will admit hitting the same key twice is always going to be slower then scripting, but with the right bindings and a little thought(ie. which actions does your style use a lot) you can easily match that slight difference.
PS- Don't bother pm'ing me asking for that script pack its long gone, but everytime I show up on the forums I get many requests for it. It was not and will not be released at all unless the public in general agrees to it...
As many here probably don't remember or even know me let me make a short introduction. Awhile back(I dunno a year or so maybe more? Don't really recall). I was still fairly new at the game and there were generally 3 or more topics about scripting daily...huge huge debate back then. A lot of the time the discussion fell back to "well everyone doesn't have those scripts or know how to make them". So I decided well what the hey I'll make a scripting pack. Well I started work on this and then made a poll on the forums asking if I should finish and release it. While the voting ended up being close near the end it didn't pass so the pack never saw the light of day.
As such I have slight interest in this communities views on scripting and so on...So I decided to read this new topic from top to bottom pretty much. Though in doing so I came to realize something...and I'm surprised I never saw this before. This community is largely very elitist(Well a lot of the people who are left anyway). I mean looking through that all I could see is the basic idea "if you don't play exactly like me you are this and that!!!11!1one" and a couple comments about pride....Pride? This is a game its meant to have fun and relax.
Now want to know a little secret? For the most part scripting is no big advantage. Don't get me wrong there are some instances where it most certainly is, but lets be serious the single most talked about script in this mod is swoop. Now in my script pack I had I think it was 6 different ways to use the swoop script with each reacting differently and of course I had to test each to make sure they worked. Well I decided to be evil at the time and test on public servers.
So after the completion of each type of swoop style would come a couple hours of testing to make sure no bugs were popping up. Though after testing I would default back to nonscripted play just to test something out. This something I was testing? To see if these supposed hawk eyed people in the public servers(and yes I played with those on the forums complaining about scripts) would notice the difference in my play. Not once was I questioned about scripting though and while I will not claim to be one of the best esf players I was easily noticable because I was no newbie. Heck even people I played with daily didn't stop and go "hey you are playing different"...
The conclusion I came to from this? Its mostly a mental thing...This game can be extremely frustrating at times and doubly so when you are getting whooped. So people start blaming things such as scripts, ping, kb, or whatever else they must to feel better about their frustration. Its not uncommon in games...heck it's been going on since I was a kid and before video games(yes I am an adult).
Finally a tip for those who have ignored it....Bind your keys right. Even if you don't wish to script you can easily match that speed with the right bindings. An example...shift and w both bound to forward for a quick way to double tap....I will admit hitting the same key twice is always going to be slower then scripting, but with the right bindings and a little thought(ie. which actions does your style use a lot) you can easily match that slight difference.
PS- Don't bother pm'ing me asking for that script pack its long gone, but everytime I show up on the forums I get many requests for it. It was not and will not be released at all unless the public in general agrees to it...