> I don't understand why someone would waste their time on a quixotic quest to end cheating in a video game.

Are you sure you are on the right forum? :P For me it sounds like ~hacker news~ fun. Dig down into a deep hole and explore it. Find out all the technical ways to exploit something, try to find whys to fix it and blog about it.

I can understand why you might not enjoy it, but do you really not see the appeal for other people in it?