Well, we seem to be in agreement on most of my major points, maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to jump in on the conversation if the original topic was about player-like bots. And I am sorry if it seems like I am being condescending. And for that I apologize. But still a few things: FloPS are the...

You guys don't know how to make a coherent argument. In one sentence you're saying that AI can be used for much broader things than a player-replacement, with you assume is what I'm proposing. And then in the other sentence you basically say the same thing I fear the AI will try to do (replace play...

We need AI controllers/pawns for that first.

Preferably ones that can be controlled via maniascript and map editor actions/boundaries.

I think he is using the argument "humans are better" as a knock down for the AI in general. And it's not working very well because AI is used for more than just emulating players. Which seems to be what his entire argument is based on. But if you need them to do complex things over a whol...

Would like to see an environment like Stadium in the game (because why not).

Maybe another closed-in environment might be useful. Like a Colosseum.

I like the idea, but it would be insanely risky.

How would hitboxes be calculated if you had, say, a really, really tiny character?

Items are the kind of thing that the map maker should decide.

So your only argument against it is "humans are better". I'm sorry, that's a non-argument that doesn't even begin to address the question. You're dodging the core issue and acting as if you're some kind of expert on the inner workings of a game when you and I both have zero idea how it eve...

...and it's also been done by every other FPS out there. EDIT: You know what? Forget it I had a long half-page rant typed and posted up until I realized something: I just made this exact same post in another thread in the suggestions board, which is where this conversation belongs. Let's get back to...

That didn't happen in the prime time of TMN ESWC, and I merely contested that the strong protection on that game was a factor in preventing or at least delaying that. I argue that the two have nothing in common with one another. Starforce has been cracked for who-knows-how-long. Putting it on anoth...