Milera
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Posted - 2006.07.09 03:12:00 -
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Edited by: Milera on 09/07/2006 03:13:59
Bah, I don't know enough about the EULA to analyze it myself (Does anyone read those damn things? I try, but usualy loose concentration by paragraph three), but as to the "how do you find a macrominer" point, I have some expertise in this subject.
I used to be a macrominer, not in EVE, but in another game (Runescape, if you want to know). I will make this clear, I was not a sweatshopper, or an ebayer. I programmed my own scripts, and I used these programs for my own benefit. I stopped macroing because it was taking the fun out of the game. I thought that I would have fun getting the benefits without the hard work. Hell, was I wrong.
But that's in the past, and not directly connected. EVE has fairly simplistic anti-macro systems (No offense CCP), and that makes macrominers a lot more comfortable. As such, they stop programming in sa***uards. Best way to tell a macrominer is if you bump them. And they don't message you. Most players will get ****ed. Now because of EVE's overveiw system, moving their can is not very effective, the macro can always use a rightclick command on the can in the overveiw. But, again, usualy the player will yell at you, but make sure to wait at least one mining cycle, because some players won't notice that their can is suddenly sprouting engines and moving untill they see it.
Another way is to open their cans. Almost every player will notice that someone tried to steal their loot. Just take one ore and watch. If they yell at you/shoot you, you know that they are most likely not macroers. No garuntee though, they could just be a really absent minded player.
The surefire way is to look at the server logs, but only CCP has access to those. *shrug* Those are my 2ISK from my previous "life" as a macroer on another game. By the way, before any idiots reading this post get the idea that I'll teach them how to program macros, the answer is no. Macroing takes the fun out of your game, everyone else's game, as well as risking your credit card getting banned from EVE.
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