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iMob hack for a constant stream of new mobbers

I got semi-addicted to iMob.  It's a very fun MORPG for iPhone.  

It's also rife with embarrassing software defects, the server experiences frequent downtime, and it's heavily cheated by jailbroken players editing client-side stats in .plist files.  What's worse: the devs are off creating their next app "Vampires" instead of fixing it or adding server validations to inhibit cheating.  And they solicit feedback but everyone complains they never listen. I agree. </bitch>

One thing that helps you win fights is having people "join your mob".  Lovely UI - you have to enter a 9 digit code for each person you add, so there's tons of code posting sites like imobcodes.com to facilitate code sharing.  You can also try adding people physically near you via geolocation, but this never works for most people.

I got tired of this.  Here's my simple solution, which I'm sharing because I have too many mobbers now. On *nix or mac, load a shell. Run crontab -e, and add this line, replacing YOURCODE with your 9 digit invite code.

0 1-24/2 * * * curl -d code=YOURCODE http://imobcodes.com/add.php 1> /dev/null

(PS: crontab -e usually opens the crontab file in vi[m].  You'll need to press 'i' to insert, paste the line, then <esc>:wq to write and exit)

There. ~10 new mobbers every 2 hours, and THEY (imobcodes.com visitors) do the annoying job of typing in your code for you.