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An Interview with a Cheater

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the live-and-learn dept.

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."

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  1. That old idiom. by Kirin+Fenrir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cheaters never win. Okay, well, they always win, but that's what makes them losers.

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    1. Re:That old idiom. by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Cheaters never lose, and losers never win.

      But cheaters are losers.

      Ergo, there are no cheaters!

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  2. I know what he means by svunt · · Score: 5, Funny
    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.


    Exactly. This is why I carry $1000 in Monopoly money in my underpants at all times.

    1. Re:I know what he means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You wear underpants? I've been hiding it in bodily cavities until people wanted to stop playing because of the smell. Then I declare myself winner by default.

    2. Re:I know what he means by svunt · · Score: 2, Funny
      $1000? What's that worth? 2 hotels?

      Naw, dog. I'm from the ghetto, that stretch of slum land from Go to Jail. A grand will buy you crack, a lap dance, a few forty ounce bottles of malt liquor, and your own chain of Flag Inns.
  3. New for XBox 360 by Siberwulf · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Speak Easy 2: Haxxing"



    You to can make ur games much more funner then before! Plug in yer haxx and away yous go! Cal Now!

  4. Weeeoooeeeoooeeooo... by SocialEngineer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here come the Slashdot Spelling and Grammar Police..

    "I am there to even things out. Halo 2 is beginning to get old, us modders are just making it more funner."

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    1. Re:Weeeoooeeeoooeeooo... by revlayle · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, I bet those were the words of THE CHEATER.

      See kids: IF YOU cheat at Halo 2 OR become a Slashdot Editor, your grammar skills *will* slip.

      (There's a moral here, but damned if I could figure it out!)

  5. Cheat or cheater by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought a person who acts unsportingly was a cheat. Whereas a cheater's sort of like a leopard.

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    1. Re:Cheat or cheater by PeeAitchPee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Whereas a cheater's sort of like a leopard.

      Correct. It's very similar to the other Southern Appalachian big cat, the lyin'.

  6. The subject was then told that by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    he cannot "mod" the English language as easily as he can his XBox.

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  7. Bad grammar, imaturity, poor spelling..... by Prien715 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    Bad grammar, immaturity, poor spelling...Quick Taco! You've found a new Slashdot editor!

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  8. Re:Note to Self by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    People who say "recursive" are more funner.

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  9. In related news... by autophile · · Score: 2, Funny
    In related news, AeroFLOT interviewed The Cheat:

    Aeroflot: In Soviet Russia, interviewEE interviews interviewER!
    The Cheat: Mrr, rrr, m! Mm mrr mrah mreah!

    --Rob

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  10. I sense a disturbance in the force... by musicon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... as if millions of grammar nazies cried out in terror, and were silenced.

    "more funner" indeed.

    1. Re:I sense a disturbance in the force... by BadMrMojo · · Score: 2, Funny

      .... naziEs ...?

      * My head a'splode! *

  11. Re:Ladies and Gentlemen: by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rarely is the question asked: Is our players modding?

  12. Re:athletes use same excuse by edxwelch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you suggesting that taking anabolic steroids can increase your performance in a Halo2 death match?
    interesting

  13. Obligatory Simpsons quote by SCO_Shill · · Score: 1, Funny

    [2F05] Lisa on Ice

    Skinner: All right, first academic alert: Wiggum, Ralph.
    Ralph: I won, I won! [walks on stage]
    Skinner: No no, Ralph, this means you're failing English.
    Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible!

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  14. Wait? by ad0gg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're comparing cheating to twinking? Cheating involves breaking the rules, twinking involves playing within the rules to gain the best advantage. What next? Ferrari F1 team is cheating because they have a better car than the Williams-Coswort team?

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  15. Re:Ladies and Gentlemen: by CortoMaltese · · Score: 2, Funny
    That's the only part of the interview that truely [sic!] surprised me (when he said he was 24). Either he's much younger or the educational system is clearly failing.
    Duh. He cheated in the exams.