[stefanhendriks]

In the past few (5) years, since the coming of Half-Life and especially Counter-Strike. Bots have made their entry (thanks to Botman for his template), they extended the life of Counter-Strike for sure, and if possible even extended its popularity because it became playable for those with no internet connection at the time.

After several years, bot developers joined and Bots-United was born. It is almost a year ago that Bots-United was born. Perhaps an article about the bots, in history , the creators, the official bot and such would be a nice addition to the site. Kind of like:

AI in Half-Life

Bots in CS

The official bot in CS

The AI in HL 2

Bots for HL 2? The future?

Chronoligal seen, the bots in CS made by 3rd party programmers have been cut out of attention ever since any official bot (CS CZ) joined. Even though some bots are still in development.

Perhaps an idea.

-Stefan

Bots-United Council member

We have our comfy place on the internet, where we can meet, greet, etc. We have our own share of fans and people who make this place even better to visit. One thing is missing in my opinion, regocnition to all those who put effort in the past years to make HL (and its mods) more fun to play with. I am thinking off:

- bot coders
- bot testers
- waypointers
- those who PLAY with the bots

Ever since Valve came up with their 'official Bot', i have the feeling we at Bots-United ar somesort of 'cut off' this entire scene. The new HL2 SDK comes, and what now? Wait till the official CS bot comes and makes our work useless? Look at Q3. The official bots in there, killed most (if not all) 3rd party bots written for it.

All the mods get their attention, but those who keep the mods alive.... nope.

Anyway, do you think this is a good idea? Do you think i am right? Or am i over-reacting?