Anyone playing the pool game by Miniclip?
A friend recommended it so we can play against each other a few times.
Compared to the 3D versions is looks quite simple and the physics for the spinning are not really 100% but it makes playing fun as you don't have to spin the table around, zoom in and our or anything like that.
But after playing it now for about a week I realised there is a big problem with the game: Cheaters!
Several times now I lost my hard earned coin against players that winning percentage of over 90% - with sometimes more than 200 games played.
At first I thought it could be someone good that started again with a new account until I noticed the difference in aiming for the balls.
While the computer generated players always look a bit confused in their decisions, a normal human player selects a ball, takes aim and adjusts this aim until satisfied.
The cheaters only take a fraction of that time and usually make no corrections for the aim either - it is a simple matter of selecting the ball and locking in to the target.
Even the longest and most diffcult shots hit the hole without even touching the walls of the pocket.
Complaints to Miniclip are fruitless as so far I only got computer generated responses back.
Checking the net shows available cheats for basically all platforms, except Android.
Even complete tutorials on Fiddler and the setup of a patched shockwave system.
What drives those idiots into cheating?
In a pool game I fail to see the point as you neither improove your skills no have any real gain.
But worst of all is that those idiots also flood you with chat messages as soon as it is your turn.
An otherwise good game ruined by people that obvously don't have enough brain cells left to learn how to play pool
But even without cheating players the selection of players is not something a beginner will like.
Constantly you encounter players with a ranking of 80 to 120 higher than your own.
The good player is bored and the beginner know right away the chance of winning is next to nil.
Once you have certain experience it is ok though, still the cheaters annoy the (censored) out of me...
Bookmarks