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I thought about flipping your comment into one that encourages people to not comment online to prove a point, but to find someone outside and do the real thing, but that'd be rude.

Now- I don't disagree that going outside is more desirable to me than this. Through the lens of playing a video game, cheating sucks. People that cheat suck and sour the experience for others. If it makes him happy to ruin these people's game like they've ruined his-- I'm good with it. If he's doing this to make his own experience more enjoyable-- I'm good with it. Either way, this was an interesting article. It was well written, and it gave me a window into something I will probably never choose to enjoy.



Yes cheating sucks but becoming a policeman to enforce ones image of perfection onto an imperfect world is when the obsession becomes unhealthy.

Either work to improve your own stats and accept that people will cheat.

Or pick up your ball and go play elsewhere - in this case a real life outdoor activity where cheating isn't as easy as hooking a motor inside.


Or maybe have fun being a policeman and enforcing your image of perfection if thats what you want. If cheating is acceptable, surely that is too.




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