http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/ Engadget Comments for xBot dictates Xbox 360 controller, racks up gamer points http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/
Very nice though betting the system on xbox live.]]>Feb 18th 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/
But it does remind me of those old SNES/PS1 controllers where you could program movements in, used for people primarily wanting to level up in RPGs and folks who couldn't do the fireball motion is street fighter.]]>Feb 18th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/
If this guy had any brains, he would have wired a mcu or similar directly to the buttons and interfaces them electronically.

This is a pinnacle of inefficiency, especially as a hack. It's almost a joke-a rube goldberg machine.

A mechanical interface, under no circumstances be considered reliable. This hack could be infinitely more elegant, intelligent, and practical if it were wired directly to the controller's innards. Not to mention the fact that it would certainly be more responsive (and this can be dumbed down in software if its too much of a problem in-game), easier to build, and logically a ton more practically.

The excuse of "saving an x360 controller" simple won't fly. I would trade 10 hours for 2, and maybe $30-35 dollars of equipment shipped for a single $5 attiny2313 and some passives interfaced directly to the x360 controller. Chances are you won't have to salvage the controller either, if its built clean enough to be modular/not-permanent.

I don't understand how people can be so stupid these days. How come the above never crossed this dude's mind? I'm sure it's not a question of experience, this guy has demonstrated a substantial grasp of electronics (including digital) to implement the above.

]]>Feb 18th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 18th 2007 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/I find it sad he had nothing better to do.]]>Feb 18th 2007 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/---
http://www.macfilmmaking.blogspot.com]]>Feb 18th 2007 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 19th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/clever none the less.

"grr, i hate people who do this on AA. They take up a valuable spot and do sod all"
well, he's playing with bots, and probably hosting, so if you enter a game thats obviously set up like this, leave.
Besides, who plays PD anymore anyways?

And he has now become one of 5 people who actually played 1000 matches of any type in PD.]]>Feb 18th 2007 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/
I'm talking about people who are at the spawn and just rack up the points if he's on the winning team. Just some servers won't let you start a kick vote and some only kick afk's after a few rounds.

Bit like stat-padding in BF2]]>Feb 19th 2007 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/
Fortunately, however, I do have a life. ]]>Feb 19th 2007 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 21st 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/xbot-dictates-xbox-360-controller-racks-up-gamer-points/Feb 21st 2007 10:32PM