I've had to defend bots alot throughout my bot coding, and no doubt some of you guys have had to do the same.
This weekend when I checked the Foxbot forum as I occasionally do I was first surprised, then a little pissed at a poster who claimed that the downfall of TFC was in large part a result of bots, specifically Foxbot, and very heavily aimed at me personally, as if I single handedly killed TFC.
I was tempted at first to just delete the post and move on, but I've defended bots from these types of bullshit attacks many times before, so I figured I'd take the opportunity to rant heavily on the side of bots.
I figured I would post a link to the thread here and maybe get some discussion going about how we all approach people like this, and the the strong hatred of bots from a small but vocal group of people. A hatred taken so far as to be blamed for ruining an entire game, etc...
Anyways, here's the link to the thread.
http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~foxbot/forum/index.php?showtopic=4208&st=0&#entry36897