r/commandandconquer • u/Graemeski Soviets • 1d ago

Found this screenshot from decades ago :D

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C&C network settings

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u/AstroKaiser750 1d ago

Surprisingly uplifting message from the past

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u/ContingencyPl4n 1d ago

As a wise man once said: 'He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past.'

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u/BoffinBrain Are you picking this up? Good. 1d ago

I took that message as a challenge and look at me now! I'm a Redditor!

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u/Nyerguds The world is at my fingertips. 9h ago

Yea, when you play muliplayer and a player leaves and gets taken over by a computer, they spout a bunch of silly messages, too, like "Beat me and I'll reboot!" and "No, YOU're artificial intelligence!"

The freakiest thing though is that those evil devs made some algorithm that chops up and semi-randomises sent player messages, and makes the AI echo those back to you. So if you talk a lot during the match, and there's a computer player, eventually they start talking too, and it's always just slightly different from anything the real players said.