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Rockstar Creates 'Cheaters Pool' For Game Hackers

itwbennett writes "Rockstar Games announced yesterday in a newswire post that the company has created a 'cheater's pool' (sort of like the populating of Australia with criminals) where players who have hacked the game to give themselves advantages will only be able to play against other cheaters. Although, Ars Technica points out that players may actually prefer the 'special' world."

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  1. Just like Australia by busyqth · · Score: 5, Funny

    the company has created a 'cheater's pool' (sort of like the populating of Australia with criminals)

    And just like Australia, the cheater's pool will become a lawless hellhole, where might makes right, as biker gangsters fight for supremacy in the irradiated wastelands.

    1. Re:Just like Australia by Oxdeadface · · Score: 5, Funny

      Two bots enter! One bot leaves!

    2. Re:Just like Australia by skuzzlebutt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stay tuned for "Crocodile Leeeerooooooooooooy Jennnnkiiiins"

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    3. Re:Just like Australia by lennier · · Score: 3, Funny

      And just like Australia, the cheater's pool will become a lawless hellhole, where might makes right, as biker gangsters fight for supremacy in the irradiated wastelands.

      Australia does have *some* other places than Canberra's Parliament House, you know.

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  2. hrumph, what what? by Thud457 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll have you know I look quite dashing wearing my monocle while giving some dirty privateer a through spreadsheet-lashing.

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  3. flying to Australia soon? by at10u8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Knowing of previous incidents, I suspect that itwbennett may have an interesting time when next dealing with Australian customs.

  4. Has anyone else noticed? by erroneus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Has anyone else noticed that the water in the cheater's pool is always a bit warmer and greener?

  5. cheaters pool by Cyko_01 · · Score: 1, Funny

    watch out for the first graders. They always pee in the water

  6. Re:WoW by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 3, Funny

    Agreed. I play Battlefield with a mate who's actually very good, but will rage quit out of a game if we're losing because "the other players are cheating". His definition of cheating so far includes:

    Using shotguns
    Sniping
    Being good with helicopters
    Pinning us down and mortaring us
    Being better than us (probably)

    It's a war simulator, there's only one thing I can think of in the game that breaks the Geneva convention, and that's shooting people on parachutes before they hit the ground.

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  7. Re:Interesting by SimonInOz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey - no talking about my family like that!

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