gar
January 13 2005 2:13 PM EST
Hi. I just have a quick question about the bot-checking system. It's got only one thing rong with it, leading me to the question. If you are a blind player, and you're wanting to go and buy something, but you get bot-checked, how do you overcome this? Screen readers don't read things like that...therefore, i can't go buy weapons at the store, or anything else that a bot-check will come up on. Thanks.
AdminJonathan
January 13 2005 2:56 PM EST
Sorry dude, I'm afraid CB isn't for you.
Todd
January 13 2005 2:56 PM EST
Is everything else on Carnage Blender compatable to these screen readers (everything except the bot check images)?
This game could easily be played by a bot (a program) 24 hours a day, so. Jon needs to ensure that people are not doing that. He needs to verify that a real person is playing since it has been determined that bots are cheating here. These checks cannot easily be read by a bot (and these readers of yours).
LumpBot
January 13 2005 3:02 PM EST
Kinda ironic, a blind person playing a text based online game
a20sidedninja
January 13 2005 3:29 PM EST
What a huge bummer that because a few people cheat, you have to alienate an entire section of the population. I understand why, but that doesn't mean I like it.
Gar, while it's a little more expensive, you could always just buy your items from the auctions. Then you'd only have to deal with the fight bot checks. It's not a perfect solution, but it should at least help a little.
vendo
January 13 2005 5:12 PM EST
Even buying from auctions will not help for long.
Bot checks during fights will kick in soon. No way around it.
Undertow
January 13 2005 5:25 PM EST
Jon said it best. "Sorry dude, CB isn't for you."
Harik
January 13 2005 9:52 PM EST
There IS always the option of asking Jonathan how much it would cost to implement optional audio botchecks. But yes, the few cheaters ruin it for everyone else.
Maelstrom
January 13 2005 10:18 PM EST
"What a huge bummer that because a few people cheat, you have to alienate an entire section of the population."
Unfortunetely, I imagine that the population of cheaters is greater than the population of the blind...
gar
January 14 2005 8:52 PM EST
Well. That sucks :( Oh well i guess...sorry to kind of ask this on a game form, but...sense the bot-checks wills stop me from playing, does anyone know of another game similar to cb? Email me privately at:
tjsquires@velocitus.net if so...it was fun while it lasted, heh.
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