Comments on: New Speedometer and Improved Cheat Protection http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/ Latest news and discussion about TypeRacer, the first online typing arena. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2429 Anonymous Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:07:20 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2429 this is good....... very good. this is good……. very good.

]]> By: Nesal http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2423 Nesal Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:42:08 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2423 So funny, while I was reading this page( by clicking "Why" in anti-cheat dialog ), and then press button "Begin Test" , it's expired lol . I don't know when I would 102 wpm again, it's so hard for me :( So funny, while I was reading this page( by clicking “Why” in anti-cheat dialog ), and then press button “Begin Test” , it’s expired lol . I don’t know when I would 102 wpm again, it’s so hard for me :(

]]> By: Nesal http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2422 Nesal Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:36:52 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2422 Yeah, and I agree with Trail of Miss that it's great if we divide levels competition into groups like beginner(<40), immediate(40<x<50), pro(50<x<60), TypeMaster(60<x 100 ) Yeah, and I agree with Trail of Miss that it’s great if we divide levels competition into groups like beginner(<40), immediate(40<x<50), pro(50<x<60), TypeMaster(60<x 100 )

]]> By: Nesal http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2421 Nesal Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:27:30 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2421 Thanks, but I 'm 102 today, but typing this CAPTCHA at 50 wpm for me is still hard :( Thanks, but I ‘m 102 today, but typing this CAPTCHA at 50 wpm for me is still hard :(

]]> By: deathsaura http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2213 deathsaura Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:45:26 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2213 NO! I do not like this. I have gotten over 100 wpm a few times, but I can never get past the typing challenge. It's still too hard, and I never cheat. I don't even care about the cheaters. I just want to improve my typing speed. It's gone up from 40 to 80ish wpm from this game. NO! I do not like this. I have gotten over 100 wpm a few times, but I can never get past the typing challenge. It’s still too hard, and I never cheat. I don’t even care about the cheaters. I just want to improve my typing speed. It’s gone up from 40 to 80ish wpm from this game.

]]> By: Satan http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2120 Satan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:33:01 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2120 Oh, and here's the cheat script for reference purposes (compile with autohotkey): ;when pressing alt+ctrl+5 start auto-typing !^5:: ;take the text to auto-type from clipboard text := clipboard i := 0 oldrand := 0 Loop, parse, text { ;this presses a key at a time Send, %A_LoopField% ;this puts a little randomness wait between the pressings so arrythmia doesn't drop near to 0 values and the speed isn't too high like 400 wpm Random, rand, 1, 100 if (mod(i,5) = 0) { temp := (oldrand + 25) rand = mod(temp, 25) } i := i + 1 sleeptime := rand+19 Sleep, sleeptime } Oh, and here’s the cheat script for reference purposes (compile with autohotkey):

;when pressing alt+ctrl+5 start auto-typing
!^5::
;take the text to auto-type from clipboard
text := clipboard
i := 0
oldrand := 0
Loop, parse, text
{
;this presses a key at a time
Send, %A_LoopField%
;this puts a little randomness wait between the pressings so arrythmia doesn’t drop near to 0 values and the speed isn’t too high like 400 wpm
Random, rand, 1, 100
if (mod(i,5) = 0)
{
temp := (oldrand + 25)
rand = mod(temp, 25)
}
i := i + 1
sleeptime := rand+19
Sleep, sleeptime
}

]]> By: Satan http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2118 Satan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:00:35 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2118 It's still possible to cheat. I personally find the 25% allowed way too much and the 92% accuracy required on cheat test way too low. From my experience as a cheater I can say that I my regular speed is 90-100 wpm with top speed in 115-125 wpm area. Yet with a small in-house cheat script written in autohotkey I can type up 180 wpm. I only have to type ~140 wpm with ~92% accuracy on cheat test which is doable for me - an average 90-100 wpm typist. What I'm saying is that because of the low accuracy required on the cheat test my speed on the cheat test is with ~30-40% higher than normally and with the added 25% I get to reach speeds of up to 55-65% higher than I could possibly reach which is absurd. You should take this in consideration and lower the allowed cheat interval to 10-15% require an accuracy of about 95-97% area on cheat tests. It’s still possible to cheat. I personally find the 25% allowed way too much and the 92% accuracy required on cheat test way too low. From my experience as a cheater I can say that I my regular speed is 90-100 wpm with top speed in 115-125 wpm area. Yet with a small in-house cheat script written in autohotkey I can type up 180 wpm. I only have to type ~140 wpm with ~92% accuracy on cheat test which is doable for me – an average 90-100 wpm typist. What I’m saying is that because of the low accuracy required on the cheat test my speed on the cheat test is with ~30-40% higher than normally and with the added 25% I get to reach speeds of up to 55-65% higher than I could possibly reach which is absurd. You should take this in consideration and lower the allowed cheat interval to 10-15% require an accuracy of about 95-97% area on cheat tests.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-2015 Jessica Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:58 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-2015 I think it's a great idea, but unfortunately I hardly pass them or get anywhere near the WPM score I had for me to get the cheat test in the first place. Some of the quotes that I type really fast on are the ones that I have seen fairly often and get used to the flow. I think that if you can use the same quotes for the cheat test, it would make things much easier, but I don't know if that would make sense because a cheater would already know what to type. What a finicky issue. I think it’s a great idea, but unfortunately I hardly pass them or get anywhere near the WPM score I had for me to get the cheat test in the first place.

Some of the quotes that I type really fast on are the ones that I have seen fairly often and get used to the flow.

I think that if you can use the same quotes for the cheat test, it would make things much easier, but I don’t know if that would make sense because a cheater would already know what to type.

What a finicky issue.

]]> By: noname http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-1892 noname Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:05:23 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-1892 Why do you keep make concessions with this Anonymous? You can eliminate him anytime. :)) Why do you keep make concessions with this Anonymous? You can eliminate him anytime. :) )

]]> By: guest http://blog.typeracer.com/2008/05/19/new-speedometer-and-improved-cheat-protection/#comment-1891 guest Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://typeracer.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-1891 Why do you keep make concessions with this Anonymous? You can eliminate him anytime. :)) Why do you keep make concessions with this Anonymous? You can eliminate him anytime. :) )

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