Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Issue: 90   Editor: NYX2000


Hard Kick-- a Bug?! CharlesLucianoIX
In an exclusive interview with Sabin, the hard kick feature turned out to be bugged and doing things it's was not created to do. "The Hard Kick feature is meant to act exactly like the Leave Crew button. I recently became aware that the Hard Kick was bugged; that it was reducing Health and on-hand Cash more than anticipated," he said.

Players have been bashing this update every time crews get wiped with 2000 bullets and an insider account. The update wasn't meant to be a take over device as it has been so far. "Upon investigation, it seems that people thought the Hard Kick was working exactly as it was intended; that is, removing all on-hand cash and reducing health to 1% (the total Gun and Protection removal has always been correct). People believed that the Hard Kick was meant to be an unusually harsh and cruel option available to crew bosses, which is why it was never reported as a bug. People just thought it was how I intended it." Sabin added.

The hard kick feature has been under fixing by Sabin, "Immediately upon discovery that the Hard Kick was pwning victims too harshly, I began a series of fixes. I will be testing these fixes during the week. By the time this article is published, the feature should be working properly. Readers are encouraged to report any further bugs."

Although the fix is under way, players are still mourning losing their home crews over the past week. It's worth mentioning this week was one of the most full insider "new school" takeovers.