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Who would use robots for evil?

2:24 PM on 02.20.2007, Dale North 18 comments

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Well, David Harr (gamertag Diego Knyte) would -- that is, if you consider automatic gamerscore point-building via advanced robotics evil*.

David's robot, dubbed xBot, completes a simple task: it restarts a match after the current one ends in Perfect Dark: Zero, allowing him to gain the "Played 1000 Dark Ops Games" and "Played 1000 Deathmatch Games" achievements. If gamerscores weren't worthless before, they definitely are now.

And this also leaves his hands free to do, well ... whatever

One has to admire his dedication to a higher gamerscore. It's reported that this device took ten hours to build. That my seem excessive, but the time (and wrist pain) saved allows cheaters clever gamers like David to do more evil things in life. 

 (* Destructoid does not condone the use of robots for cheating or other evils)

[Via Gamesdog]

 


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beer baron's Avatar
beer baron at 02/20/2007 14:24
Brilliant! Its not like this is the first time people have cheated to get a high gamerscore
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Civnerd at 02/20/2007 14:26
About all this points to is just how lame some of the achievements are..... bravo for him to actually waste 10 hours of his life getting 2 achievements.... and who the hell owns perfect dark anyway?
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CannibalCalvin at 02/20/2007 14:27
This is the solution to not having bots in certain games. Now all you need to do is work up some controls for the thumb sticks, and program a visual recognition program and quicker then you can say frag, you've got yourself an opponent.
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BluDesign at 02/20/2007 14:31
(* Destructoid does not condone the use of robots for cheating or other evils)

So what was that humping robot video about on Friday then huh? That robot sure looked like he was forcing himself on that lamp.
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Rockvillian at 02/20/2007 14:33
Pshhhh if I had robot skills I'd make one that cooks breakfast for me. there has to be a live chicken in it somewhere dropping the eggs, and toast continually popping up and down all burnt.
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Rainbowblack at 02/20/2007 14:36
I've had my 360 since launch day. and in one year I have only collected a paltry 7000 Gamerscore. im proud of every damn point. every single one of them were earned and I never bought a single EA game for a quick 1K points. It's hard to hate them when I don't compete in the pointless pissing match that is gamerscore cred
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Necros at 02/20/2007 14:40
Is it that hard to get it up there? I remember Super Smash Bros. Melee had some unlockable option after 5000 matches, and I had no problem playing the games with friends and enjoying myself in the process.
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Toneman at 02/20/2007 14:47
Everyone knows it's implossible for any human to actually sit through more than 2 games of Perfect Dark Zero. The game is just that bad.
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Brandon Undead at 02/20/2007 15:00
I would hate him if there was actually any possibility of anyone ACTUALLY playing 2000 matches of Perfect Dark. What a piece of crap.
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 02/20/2007 15:28
Do as we say, not as we do

masterledz's Avatar
masterledz at 02/20/2007 15:48
You can say that again.
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digiwalsh at 02/20/2007 17:03
Surely playing Perfect Dark Zero should REDUCE your Gamerscore?
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RayCharles at 02/20/2007 20:02
Wow has this guy ever heard of a 2k sports game
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bleep at 02/20/2007 21:45
well I was gonna comment on the, "(* Destructoid does not condone the use of robots for cheating or other evils), thing but I see that Niero has already put that one to bed....NOW BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
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Paul Soth at 02/20/2007 21:47
It's the [url=http://www.lamerkatz.com/features/q3aimbot4.shtml}L-Aim Bot![/url]
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PetiePalo at 02/21/2007 09:10
I think I only used the Final Fantasy cheat on the river once, where you could keep going in a circle and only for a night since I didn't have the time to grind. Generally I'm against cheating.
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