you would not be easy to avoid, but it could be done. It would be better if your "friend" learned how to use you.

You is a pointer that is often assigned to point to an entity as a reaction to something.

For example, if your player scans an area and finds an entity, that entity is assigned "you." Or if an entity hits another entity during c_move, that entity then becomes "you."

You is a local pointer.


And there is no real reason to avoid player, its just a pointer like any other. I believe it is defined somewhere in acknex.h. You could avoid it by making your own pointers, but it still be the same thing.