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ELI5: Why is cheating in online games seemingly so prevelant? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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What do these people think they gain?

Whats the point?

Do they really just want to ruin stuff for everyone?

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[-] s_s@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

Well, in some cultures, if you're not cheating to get ahead you're considered a sucker.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I myself don’t cheat, but aside from hacking the actual code, I don’t think it’s cheating to do anything the game’s mechanics call for.

Most notably, I hate when people complain about spawn camping and snipers dominating.

My philosophy is: figure out a strategy to oppose that strategy. And avoid letting your spawn get overrun.

There are assholes I really hate though. Two experiences that really ground my gears were:

Getting my bed surrounded by lava, in Minecraft multiplayer
Getting boarded by a galleon crew who spawn killed us repeatedly on our sloop, without ever sinking our ship, in Sea of Thieves

I don’t mind being beaten, but being tortured is a whole new thing IMO.

[-] Statick@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

Most notably, I hate when people complain about spawn camping and snipers dominating.

There are assholes I really hate though. Getting boarded by a galleon crew who spawn killed us repeatedly on our sloop, without ever sinking our ship, in Sea of Thieves

Is this not contradictory?

Disclaimer: I've never played Sea of Thieves.

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