Sounds like internal forum with restricted access. Maybe for Shrapnel staff only. Shouldn't show up in the "Who's online page", though.
One fix could be - you become tester for Shrapnel, or staff member
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As for AI the most effective work around to this problem so far is to simply use an American instead, they tend to put up a bit more of a fight than your average Artificial Idiot. ... James McGuigan on rec.games.computer.stars somewhen back in 1998 ...