[Script] Am I missing something or does Overwatch not work well?

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  1. TheNerdyAnarchist

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    I have four different searches set up in Overwatch, and while 5 HITs from one of the requesters I've included came up on my MTS HIT finder, they did not show up in Overwatch at all. I tend to have good success with the MTS HIT catcher, but unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to set it to catch by Requester ID - only by specific HITs.

    Am I missing something / using Overwatch incorrectly?

    EDIT: Crap...should I have posted this in Script Discussions, instead? Sorry - Admins, please feel free to move, if so!
     
  2. Ornac

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    Overwatch isn't supported by anyone anymore and my understanding is there are some possible security issues so it's probably best not to use it for that reason beyond it being out of date.

    I'm not sure for MTS hit catcher, but I know you can set up Pandas that go by requester ID in Panda Crazy. It's also has a few other things going for it that Hit catcher doesn't. If you do try it out I would recommend switching to Hitforker for your scraper. It took me a while to switch over when I was newer, but I was happy after I did. It's probably worth checking out on a slow Saturday or something.
     
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    That explains it. Thanks for clarifying!
     
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    >possible security issues
    Just out of curiosity, what happened? I don't use it any more but I used to like it and always wondered what happened to it.
     
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    My understanding is it's vulnerable to the putting shenanigans in the hit titles thing that was going on a little while back. All the stuff people maintain got a fix for that quick, but older stuff is still vulnerable to that sort of thing. Someone else can probably tell you more on that though.
     
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