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An Interview with a Cheater
Dan writes to mention a post at the Aeropause site. Author Richard was recently given the rare opportunity to interview a cheater, shining a light into the dark recesses of a conflicted mind. The article explores why the cheater cheats, and the great excuses they use to be able to look themselves in the mirror. From the article: "Aeropause: What made you decide to mod your Xbox to gain an unfair advantage in games like Halo 2? Schmuck5000: Modding is not an unfair advantage. There is just as much chance that there will be a modder on the other team. I am there to even things out. Halo 2 is beginning to get old, us modders are just making it more funner."
It hurt me to read your posting - not to be a huge *hole (more of a medium *hole), but here is an edited version of your post:
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Cheaters on Online games piss me off the most.
It is not about if you win or lose(loose). But when cheaters are in the game then it is about you just losing(loosing), without a chance to win.
I consider his observations all wrong.(His observations I would consider all wrong.) Too much Yoda
People are jealous(jelious) at the cheater because they don't know how to cheat. Maybe a couple of people but most of the Pissed off people can do it if they wanted to. It doesn't take that much skill to copy what is on the internet.
Second, assuming other people are cheating means you have to cheat too. This is saying other people are breaking laws so I should too.
Third, calling people who complain about cheaters whiners(winers). The people who report cheaters and get them banned are heros in gaming (And gaming companies should give them a month of(a) free service for each cheater they succesfully report). These are people who want to play and enjoy the game. If they lose(loose) fairly they may be annoyed but it is the nature of the game. But having a cheater beat you is just a waste of your(correct use of 'your') time. When going against a cheater your skills will not improve because no matter what you do you fail.
I have been called a cheater before but that was just because I was playing a team game (StarCraft) and I worked will with my team and the other side didn't so the other side lose a painful death while my team won. (Of course after we won(one) the kid said he will get us banned off the internet because his dad owns the internet)
God, why did I do this? I wasted a lot of people's time here. Can't
No, I don't trust in god. He'll have to pay up front, like everybody else.
an't you just key cars in parking lots, put superglue in ATM cardslots, go mailbox-bashing, or otherwise engage in petty destruction and random vandalism?
I never really did such things, even when I was young. I wouldn't screw up anyones real-life experence or anything that costs real money. How much is someones online gaming time worth really? Not much. All of the things you listed above would take time and money to fix, what I did would take disconnecting from a server and going to another one to fix. It's not even close to the same thing.
Or is it a particular thrill to you, to fuck up other people's life experience at random, if you do it in a really nerdy way? And before you go claiming that there's a difference between vandalizing a mailbox and cheating in online Halo games... recognize that others have paid money to play Xbox online.
I don't play x-box online, as for your line with cheating in video games...If someone camps they are fucking up your life experence so isn't it the same thing? If someone plays really well, you could argue they are fucking up your game so is that the same thing? When someone threw you at street fighter 10 years ago in the arcade, was that the same thing? Really it's no different, and easy to agitate people like you are the ones who make it so much fun. You act like an aimbotter is the reincarnation of Hitler. Your emphasis on how much the game matters is what makes you an attractive target.