Lord WarATron
Amarr
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.04.22 06:51:00 -
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Edited by: Lord WarATron on 22/04/2008 06:52:58
 Originally by: Trix Rabbit
An alliance wants to try and find War Targets that enter a system. They have a Voice Chat server but they don't want just anyone talking on it. To help with their search for Yarr! they force one of their corp mates to sit in the system of choice and constantly scan local. While technically possible to error in reporting War Targets this particular individual never has. They have been doing this duty for years and not once have they made a single mistake. When they see a War Target they press a button that creates a "beep" noise over their Voice Chat system. No one ever talks to this person and this person in turn never talks to anyone else. They just sit there and press a button to make a beep. Because they have been doing this for years the time it takes for them to send out the beep after a War Target enters local is slightly under half a second.
Now I ask you, is this corporation a bunch of cheaters who should be banned?
Yes the situation is extreme, but I wanted a hypothetical that would address the argument you have avoided. What is the difference between a corp that uses a person who does not error in reporting War Targets and a program that does not error in reporting war targets? I'll tell you: not everyone has a person that does not error. You say that this unbalances the game. I say it introduces something that is much harder for small corps to obtain then large corps. Accurate intelligence.
Any corp is free to have a hundred people, each sitting alone in a system reporting local status. Just like the redneck patroling the borders of his land in case aliens have landed. It is subject to human error, and also subject to human management, as telling people to sit in local 24/7 is not a realistic prospect for hundreds of people.
However, a corp can fund, via GTC's from profits from a single moon, dozens of accounts that sit afk in systems giving real time data via a Browser app for example. A player can look in the browser app and see real time local in the other side of the gate. Or perhaps they are running a mining op, and can spot enemies 5 jumps away heading in their direcition, giving them plenty of time to finish up.
Basically, humans can do the same thing, however, humans are not able to respond instantly like this program does. And humans need RL management as well, unlike this program which can run on dozens of alts that afk cloaked in systems.
Think Robotics. Robots can do humans job, and it is this that is the issue, since no human is as good at reporting as a instant logserver parser.
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