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Many strategies will be impossible to cite, so use judgment. The best strategy entries will apply universally and will not require enemy players to be stupid, inexperienced or foolish. For example, strategies requiring deception are poor advice because they will never work against excellent players. Success in general can be a poor measuring stick, since any strategy will work against sufficiently poor enemies. Give advice that would succeed against the best possible foes.--> | Many strategies will be impossible to cite, so use judgment. The best strategy entries will apply universally and will not require enemy players to be stupid, inexperienced or foolish. For example, strategies requiring deception are poor advice because they will never work against excellent players. Success in general can be a poor measuring stick, since any strategy will work against sufficiently poor enemies. Give advice that would succeed against the best possible foes.--> | ||
=== [[Co-op]] bots === | |||
[[Atlas]] and [[P-body]] are designed to appear masculine and feminine, respectively; these are traits and not an identification of gender. As such, when referring to the bots the terms ''he'', ''she'' and variants thereof should be avoided. | |||
===Unique cases=== | ===Unique cases=== | ||
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*'''"Binds":''' Many players don't play on PC, and even those that do often times don't use default key assignments. References to commands should refer to those commands in simple, bind-neutral terms, including default key assignments only as extra information (possibly added in parentheses, and not repeated at additional mentions of the same command within the article). For example, "hit mouse1 to fire a blue portal" would be more appropriately phrased "fire a blue portal (default key mouse1 on PC, left trigger on XBox 360, L2 on PS3)" or, if recently described with key bindings already, simply "fire a blue portal." | *'''"Binds":''' Many players don't play on PC, and even those that do often times don't use default key assignments. References to commands should refer to those commands in simple, bind-neutral terms, including default key assignments only as extra information (possibly added in parentheses, and not repeated at additional mentions of the same command within the article). For example, "hit mouse1 to fire a blue portal" would be more appropriately phrased "fire a blue portal (default key mouse1 on PC, left trigger on XBox 360, L2 on PS3)" or, if recently described with key bindings already, simply "fire a blue portal." | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||