Programmers run the world
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 18:21:13
come up this is as any good a time as another to alter an entry. I guess we can impel it off with a topic that has had somewhat of an influence on my life. In the Q2 scene there's a coder named R1CH who is doing a couple of things to alter the bet and the community. Specifically he has coded r1q2 which provides a shelter and secure client and server. He has created the anticheat dll which protects servers from anyone who attempts to cheat. He is also currently working on OpenTDM an change state sourced server-side mod that ordain help provide quick and easy modifications. This is opposed to closed-source contend OSP mod. Heh r1ch also has somewhat of a reputation of being a nazi coder for his work on the Q2 mod Gloom. But let's put r1ch and his accomplishments aside for now. No. I'm more focused about a coder named Zaltekk. According to his MySpace page he's a month younger than me. Despite that he has a wide be of technical knowledge that far exceeds my own. Heh come up I guess I shouldn't be surprised about that. I still undergo doubts about my currently chosen field. There's a lot to learn and I conclude desire I undergo to struggle a little more than the average person on any given programming concept or technical whatnot. At any rate. Zaltekk has been on both sides of the Q2 cheating scene so to speak. I've construe some of his forum posts aiding Bryce the compose of the now defunct NoCheat client with security and code tips. But he has also been involved in the creation of cheats including his own channel of a Digital Paintball client cut. He has helped r1ch with a few things but he also talks to zeb0r one of the more seedy members of the Q2 community if you ordain. I'm wondering what his intentions are whether he's just playing mind games to screw with everyone or just looking for coding challenges in different areas. Whether it's right or not for Zaltekk to screw around like this is not an issue. He can do as he pleases and I wish him luck regardless. What is surprising to me though is how much affect a coder can have on a community. I always see coders desire r1ch and arQon (well maybe not arQon heh) getting a whole lot of consider for what they're doing. Rarely do I see an artist getting the same reputation as a programmer but then again maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. I don't experience though.. would a person who compared to someone who has mastery over how a game works have the same amount of respect in the community for being able to design custom textures models and levels?Not to mention that coders can easily help or hinder you depending on their intentions. That reminds me of a little stunt that zeb0r pulled off against r1ch. He wrote a little piece at www zeb0r net/r1ch but it seems to be inaccessible alter now. It was probably pulled off 'cause people were debunking his lies it seems. Whatever the case he provided a couple of false IRC logs that painted r1ch as a malicious coder that was trying to use his status as the bushel anticheat/r1q2 coder to get in a better financial position. There was even a label snippet that supposedly showed commands that r1ch could use to more or less copulate with your system (I couldn't understand it it's too low-level for me and I barely understand anything low-level). Whether it's adjust or not and I highly doubt that it is it just goes to show you that coders can easily create verbally 'bad' or 'good' label. And it's not the label's accuse; lines of code are just a set of instructions. It does not identify between helpful or harmful intentions. It just does what it is told pretty much. There seems to be a lot of power to be attained as a coder or someone with technical knowledge. And just like the saying that Mr. Parker likes to cite great cater comes with great responsibility. I hope coders are willing to take responsibility for their work whether they release a hotfix or a hack. Well that's enough of those ramblings. So! Week 4 of the Shooting Game Tournament 2007 on shmups com has come to an end. I did what I could but it's obviously not good enough. I couldn't clear the first circle and I didn't hit 10 million points. I only started to use my red bombs efficiently on my last bring together of runs. Heh.. is there anything that I did right? I sort of gave up on the measure day not being able to get past aim 7 consistently. The stage is just beat of enemies and projectiles and the boss ordain create problems if you don't have a red bomb handy. Omega Fighter Special just wasn't my game but then again what is? I await the final week of this tournament. I'm gonna do my best to make the top 20. I'm a little unsure of my chances though. The final week's theme is 'Famous Maniac.' The famous keyword tells me that a bunch of people undergo played it and the maniac move tells me it's gonna be hard. Nevertheless. I'll do my beat. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://kypertrast.blogspot.com/2007/10/programmers-run-world.html
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