Poll: Is it cheap, if it's in the game?
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I don't have problem with any cheap tactics INTENDED to be used (ex. of non-intended is shywalking in COD or TF2), except the M16 in COD4. 3 bullets from that gun do about as much damage as a Nuke covered in AIDS, Anthrax, and Gasoline.
madbird-valiant said:
"YOU CAN'T USE A SHOTGUN AT CLOSE RANGE, THAT IS SO CHEATING."
That is the most ridiculuos thing i have heard in a long time, LOL!!!!!
Some things I can understand but others are just not cool. Spawn killing for one it's in the game but that doesn't make it fair.
http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win-part-1.html
This article is the absolute authority on this debate.
In short, you either play the game as its written, or you play your own made-up-in-your-head game just between you and your friends. The people in the first category will always beat the people in the second category because they aren't even playing the same game. If you don't use every advantage you can, you are handicapping yourself, and you are not playing to win.
This article is the absolute authority on this debate.
In short, you either play the game as its written, or you play your own made-up-in-your-head game just between you and your friends. The people in the first category will always beat the people in the second category because they aren't even playing the same game. If you don't use every advantage you can, you are handicapping yourself, and you are not playing to win.
If there is a game-breaking glitch that destroys balance and fairness in the game, that is the fault of the developer, not the gamer who was clever enough to identify the glitch and utilise it - presuming this is done only by using the functions developers have provided them with in-game. If the consumers of the game don't like this glitch, then the developer is ethically required to release a patch to fix it, within certain unfortunate financial limits. If you as a gamer see someone else using a glitch to beat you, learn it and how to do it on demand, and show the other guy that you can play with code too. That'll show 'em.
Gamers who copy scripts from the Internet to increase their winning potential in-game are cheating. That's a no-no because it rewards you for something that took no cleverness on your part to do. If you can't win by cleverness in any shape or form then you shouldn't be winning. If you are, then you are cheating. Writing scripts on the other hand does take skill, if you're the original writer of the code, and you're good enough at coding to see an opening to break a game, then I suppose as an engineer you're furthering your talent to try it. I still would call it cheating if you overused it in online matches though, because it's unfair to others who don't have the qualifications to know the code.
Short answer: If it's in the game, use it. If it's a glitch people hate, get it fixed. If it's copied from the Internet then you're being cheap and are compensating for your own lack of brain mass. If you've written a cheating script itself, test it out, but seriously, don't ruin other people's gaming nights. That's fair play.
Gamers who copy scripts from the Internet to increase their winning potential in-game are cheating. That's a no-no because it rewards you for something that took no cleverness on your part to do. If you can't win by cleverness in any shape or form then you shouldn't be winning. If you are, then you are cheating. Writing scripts on the other hand does take skill, if you're the original writer of the code, and you're good enough at coding to see an opening to break a game, then I suppose as an engineer you're furthering your talent to try it. I still would call it cheating if you overused it in online matches though, because it's unfair to others who don't have the qualifications to know the code.
Short answer: If it's in the game, use it. If it's a glitch people hate, get it fixed. If it's copied from the Internet then you're being cheap and are compensating for your own lack of brain mass. If you've written a cheating script itself, test it out, but seriously, don't ruin other people's gaming nights. That's fair play.
It is absolutely ok to use a tactic that some might view as cheap. If they are truly good at the game, they should be able to counter said tactic.
