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ELI5: Why is cheating in online games seemingly so prevelant?
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Yeah I don't get. I mean even single player games. As a kid I learned my lesson with wizmaker. Ruins the game. Ive used some since but it was like after a doom level before I hit the switch I would use the thing to show the whole map to get 100% complete. That was worth it but like infinite ammo or invulnerability would just make the game pointless.
Its a plague in online games. If its anything like real life I assume that people just get a kick out of doing it and getting away with it. Stomping people and being elitist about it. I guess that's the reason why people smurf too.
Like a rich kid feeling better than the rest because dad=rich and your dad is not.
People can do whatever they want in single player games. Run with infinite ammo, god mode, flying, unlock all skills at lvl 1, increase stats/or resources on demand. I dont care. Maybe it takes the edge off or maybe they want to go through the campaign story without all the grinding after a long day at work or school.
I'm not complaining. I won't lose any sleep over it. If it fulfills your power fantasy or whatever. Go for it. You're not hurting anyone.
But the people who cheat in online games can piss right off. They're ruining of for everyone on multiple levels ( kernel AC, online enjoyment, ... ).
I recently saw a documentary clip on how people cheat nowadays with arduinos and PIs to circumvent kernel anti cheat and stuff. It was fucking depressing.
If you get joy from ruining other people their day you need to go outside, touch some grass and contemplate your life's choices.
The same goes for smurfs. If you want to stomp on something then go stomp on very easy bots while they aren't sentient yet.
I can't imagine putting that much effort doing passthroughs. Its like I can get paid to do stuff like that for sensible reasons. Why would I want to do it in my free time to play a game.
Yeah, on the rpi thing. I know someone who uses something like that for EverQuest. The gist is it looks for monster spawns and can display them on a map instead of camping a spot for over an hour, sometimes more, to get an item you need. The amount of people who use it on some of these servers is supposedly pretty high and it is just looking at network packets I believe. This is a case where I can find it acceptable, especially for an old game that is mostly played by people who have jobs.
I can't fathom cheating though in online games and as a woman I have zero desire to play FPS games with a bunch of immature assholes that will torture me if they find out my gender. The only online FPS I played as a kid that was a positive experience was Serious Sam 1 & 2. A lot of German players I remember. Only other online PVP I liked was in Guild Wars 1.
This is the reason why I only play cs2 with 5 or 4 people in the team. I suck, usually, but CBA dealing with salty tryhard teammates. At least the people I play with are just there for a good time.
I swear one of them should be in the 20k rating region if he wasn't constantly dragged down by us losers. :D