Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:53 am by GutterClown
the lockpickkid, what gives?
KeyPicking's moto is "anything and everything about locksport". I don't see "SPP only" in the title anywhere.
Pick guns are a perfectly valid method of opening locks. This person finds the same joy in using a pickgun, that you do in using hand picks.
The question is simple, Can the lock be opened with a pick gun, or electric pick gun.
The answer is not as simple.
Theoretically, yes. Practically, Probably. Realistically, I couldn't say.
Each lock is unique. Just because you can pick your zenith padlock, does not mean Joe Bloggs can. But it doesn't mean you can automatically pick his zenith padlock either.
Manufacturing defects, enviromential attributes, weather conditions, personal skill level. These all play a role in a successful attempt or not.
Secondly, your skill level may not be adequate. To use your terminology, just because it's a godmode cheat, does not mean that you don't need to finish the level.
You still need to learn to use the pickgun, and master it's abilities and usage.
Thirdly, Pick guns work. But each pick gun is unique, some are hard, some are slow. Some people can only use cheap ones, some stand by their costly ones. If you have something that works, great. but don't be afraid to try something different, at least you will have some idea of what works and what works better.
Fouth, your lock will open without a key. The mechanism can be bypassed.
What you have to attain, as a lockpicker, is what method suits you, and what method is best suited to the lock.
If any one single lockpicking method worked on every single lock, there would be no such thing as bumpkeys, or pick guns, or rapping.
The reality is, every lock needs to be observed, investigated, and tested.
This is why as a lockpicker, you need a broad range of knowledge on many different types of manipulation, because training one particular aspect will never open 100% of locks.