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Cheaters Under The Microscope

Posted by Zonk on from the give-a-hoot-don't-cheat dept.

1up.com has a piece up examining the reasons and rationale behind the online gaming cheater. From personal pride to pure cynicism, the realm of the cheater has many ways in. From the article: "Using grenades and jumping on friends' shoulders can help you get ridiculously high and reach far-off boundaries in Halo 2. Players like Joe32 call it creative thinking. Victims of sniper fire that seems to come from another world call it cheating."

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  1. Re:One Advantage of Consoles by scolby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Plus, if you're on a console and you see your opponent cheating, just reach over and yank his control out of the socket. Revenge is sweet.

  2. Re:Its not cheating if its in the game. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Legitimate Strategy!

    See how easy that is?