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Good idea, since you can't even keep the stupid thing online. Worst bot ever.

I think you would agree that everyone would benefit if the bank had more uptime than not. You've misread my tone. I'm trying to give legitimate suggestions to the HS community, not complaining. Rather, your sarcastic tone is far from helpful. I am suggesting that even a free game can strive for professional standards. I consider this game and the services provided by HS and its staff as privileges, so I am not demanding better treatment as if they were my rights. I am just offering my two cents, and again, you're misreading my tone, !@#$%^&*uming that I'm coming from a hostile position, which I'm not. Where have I implied that the idea was not considered and that it would be simple and quick to make? Perhaps you're the one making the false !@#$%^&*umption? I'm suggesting ethical standards. If ethics is not your concern, just say it. It would be helpful if you consider the legitimate points I've made. Instead you turn to argument and distort my original intention to offer helpful suggestions. I don't think that's helpful, and if you're going to reply like this again, I simply won't reply.

6. "Thors are easily spammed, Hence the higher prices." Re: Reps can be spammed too. (In the new system, reps are cheaper and also as easy to spam as thors.) Sorry for the double post. Accidentally hit reply..

1. "Even real life banks have to close on the weekends." Re: Not ATM machines. 2. "And Hs players aren't nice to mods." Re: Doesn't mean mods shouldn't be. If one side is constantly friendly, then the overall friendly atmosphere would improve. And the side which you can control are the HS staff/mods, not the players. 5. "But, I did it because I could. Bot are made to make the owners money, and if you play, you play at your own risk." "They're all rigged at least a little bit, and you will lose money." Re: My point is that they are not rigged "a little bit" but A LOT. It's very easy to lose ALL the money you bet. That is far from being ethical. Yes, you play at your own risk, but no casino would implement the odds such as seen in the HS bots because they are simply too unethical and unfair. Thanks for the positive replies guys.

I don't see thors being a problem. It is NOT EXPENSIVE to make a ship that can double rep thors. In the same way thorers spam thors by thoring, dying out, then reattaching or thoring, warping, restocking, and thoring again, a rep ship could rep, die out/warp, restock, and rep again. The defense is just as strong as the offense. May I say that reps spamming are even more powerful, since they also help fend off the nme ships attacking in front. Think of TrenchWars; sharks reship just to rep jav bombs. By the same token, players can make rep ships for the same purpose. It's just that people are not used to the idea of reshipping for defense (but only on the offensive) so they complain. Also, please compare the cost of a thor and a rep. Just imagine two or three players spamming reps for their team; that is a very strong defense that even thors can't defeat. Whoever started this thread is a complete idiot for not considering what I just said about. End of story and enjoy my triple thors.

I am going to make reasonable arguments here and back up my claims: 1. ZB-Bank is not open 24/7. If players deposit their money, they should be able to get their money back whenever they want, like an ATM machine. It is extremely frustrating when a player needs money and ZB-Bank is not online. If you can't get it online as often, then please don't have a bank at all. 2. Mods are far from being professional and friendly. I have seen on numerous occasions when a player complains or suggests something and a mod just slaps them down, usually something rude as well. Despite the players' poor at!@#$%^&*udes at time, the mod should still be professional and friendly. Believe it or not, this helps the zone grow and keeps the players coming back. 3. Lack of updates on F1 and server news. I raised in pub that the new ?Attach should be included in some do!@#$%^&*ent so that a beginner could access them. As in the previous point made, I was met with negative responses from the mods. They simply said that newbs wouldn't read f1 or server news. I would argue that some do and that a zone which keeps its do!@#$%^&*entation updated is a better zone than one which does not. At least say something like "ok we'll add in the near future" instead of "no we don't need it", in other words, "your suggestion is useless". Again, I would feel more at home if the mods were more professional. These are things that need to be trained. Someone on the higher rung of the HS staff needs to train the lower-level staff certain codes of conduct--is there even one in place? I don't think so. 4. If Dr. Brain has to abuse to help an uneven freq to come back, then that means the frequency system is not working well. Too often we see "stacked freqs". Is there a way to install a freq evener which factors in player's EXP? The equation could be something like... if one freq has more players than the other OR if one freq's total exp is XXX more than the other freq, then switch however many players so that the total exp of each freq is about the same, making the minimal amount of player changes... 5. Too many scamming bots. There needs to be regulation and limit on the number of bots that can blatantly cheat players' moneys. The odds of winning are not even close to that of a real casino. Since you can easily lose all the money you ?give, it makes the bots highly unfair. There's a point where a casino becomes unethical instead of playing on gambler's greed and desire to risk within reasonable, ethical boundaries. 6. Consumables do not promote fast-paced flagging. Before consumables were introduced, there was a lot more rushing because players could afford to do so. I hope that some of these points will be taken seriously by the HS staff. I'm writing all of this in the hope that HS can be a better zone, so it is not my intention to flame or bash HS or the HS staff. There are many positive things that can be said about HS and its staff.