Bnet - home of the lame pt. 1 4-06-01

If you have played on Bnet for at least a month, you will know that Bnet is home to some of the biggest idiots out there. There are people that log on just for the sole purpose of making your experience on Bnet as least enjoyable as it can be. I have played plenty of online games before, and never have I seen so many idiots online. There are different types of idiots on Bnet, so lets take a look some of them, shall we?

The Hackers-

These people are mostly newbies, and they can only win by cheating. In case you didn't know what a hack was, a hack is a program that lets you see the whole map. Every patch Blizzard has put out, they got rid of the hacks for a short amount of time, but soon enough they return again. There is nothing you can do against hackers, and even if the NoHack worked, (there is some speculation on whether it works or not. Personally it doesn't work for me) it wouldn't make a difference. So what if you know someone is hacking? You can tell if they are hacking most of the time in a game without using any program. No matter what, the person can just deny it. Once the 1.08 patch comes out I suggest that you play as much SC/BW as you can, before the new hacks get out into the public.

Ladder abusers-

This doesn't really affect people directly, but it is something that annoys the hell out of me. Whenever I check the ladder rankings, I always see people with records like 250-0-0, and such. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that these people were cheating in the ladder. Anyone that actually plays the ladder fairly won't get very far thanks to these idiots. And what really pisses me off is that Blizzard actually rewards these people for their "skills". Hell, I'd love to have a big trophy of a marine sittin' on my desk, but instead they are going to the morons who ruin the ladder for everyone. If it weren't for idiots like the Sky brothers and the Sehoon and Sechuls, then the ladder system would be a fun way to put your skills to the test. But I guess until Blizzard fixes this (I got some suggestions...) we will have to settle for regular melee.

Newbies-

No matter for how long the game will be released, there will always be newbies. I know that everyone was a newbie once, but damn, are they annoying... I hate having dud partners where all they do is build sunken colonies and then get taken out with tanks or reavers. Even if you tell them to do something, they won't listen. Another thing that ties in with this are people that just completely suck. I'm talking about people that although they can build a pretty base, they won't do shit for the team. Once you break through the main defense of the enemy, they will bring a marine or two. But other than that they won't do anything. I remember one time me and a friend were playing a 3v3, and we got stuck with some guy named "simpsons". This guy was a joke. He had 4 zealots in the front of his base in a circular formation, with two dragoons behind him, and a scout on each side. Me and my friend still laugh about that to this very day...

Backstabbers-

I can understand why some people would like to backstab their stupid newbie partners, but sometimes people just backstab for the hell of it. I can remember times where I built up a pretty strong force, while my partner did nothing. I then attacked the enemy with my all, and although I killed my enemy, I lost most of my units. Well my dumbass partner still does nothing, and then builds carriers and kills me with them. Most of the time I can take out idiots who pull stupid stunts like that, but other times I can't.

This is just some of the lamers on Bnet, and I will be covering the others in later articles. I have not heard of many abusers and/or idiots on Kali, so I have reason to believe that it's because Bnet is free. I might look a little deeper in the subject later, so look for that later on. Next week, I will be reporting on the 1.08 patch Alpha, and my experience with it. I have some interesting experiences to share, so check back next week.

CreepColony's Opinion: 1.08 just came out and B.net should be hack free so far. Also, I don't think newbies are lamers...we were all newbies at one time.