Hate Speech: Algol Nudes Surface, Scandal Ensues

... most of us here, that emergent complexity is an interesting, beautiful thing, but I can see how a designer might come to view it as a perversion of his original intent.

That reminds me of an article written about the game Gunz. Here an unintended strategy emerged that was used by pro players only later for it to be patched. The fans were disappointed and later the designers patched the game again to include that exploit glitch and apologized.
 
That reminds me of an article written about the game Gunz. Here an unintended strategy emerged that was used by pro players only later for it to be patched. The fans were disappointed and later the designers patched the game again to include that exploit glitch and apologized.

There was a similar (but very elongated) patching-out-then-in arc for the early MMO Ultima Online. You could "precast" a spell and arm a weapon with the targeting cursor up, smack somebody, then drop a spell on their head. It led to a lot of complex pvp scenarios and strategies.
 
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