Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? - How Do Cheats Impact Multiplayer?

Submitted by Christopher Groux; February 20, 2013

Article Index
1. Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating?
2. How Do Cheats Impact Multiplayer?
3. Cheating Can Inspire Creativity
4. Can Cheats Be a Security Blanket?
5. My Opinion

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Cons: Cheats Ruin Multiplayer Gaming

If there's one trend in games that has grabbed our hearts and not let go over the past decade or so, online multiplayer would have to be it. Unlike the days of the classic era, we no longer have to wait for our buddies to be around if we want to tackle some human opponents in a first-person shooter. Instead, we can mix it up with thirty or so players from around the world rather than the four folks in your living room. For those brief moments 98% of the people on those servers are seeking one thing: healthy competition that doesn't involve cheap AI controls that relies purely on the human reflexes.

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The only times that problems tend to come in to play amongst this peace are when cheaters start plaguing the servers. Now instead of winning based on skill, you have players hiding in the shadows with hacks that allow for features like flying, unlimited ammo, or maybe even unlimited health. When it comes to online gaming, in many senses players look for the most real and raw experience that they can find. When people use hacks like that it takes that attention away and burns the entire thought to the ground. In many cases developers would agree with you because such players are usually banned pretty quickly, but sometimes there is nothing more annoying than when a natural kill streak is interrupted by a hacker.

Can cheating really be all bad? Not necessarily. It's time to consider aspects of creativity next!

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Tags: cheats, video game hacks, video game mods

I find cheating a valuable took for replaying games and creaating a new and fun experience. Take Diablo 2 for an example. I have beat the game on the highest difficulty without cheating before. But sometimes I want to have fun without countless hours of grinding, just level up a bit to get off a plateau. Or to try a new build with savegame editing instead of starting a new char from scratch.

+1 # RE: Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? — Aquille 2013-02-20 22:22

Kind of ironic how you say hacking is bad on a hacking site, don't you think?

# RE: Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? — ccfman2004 2013-02-21 01:29

I only approve cheating in single player mode and after I have beaten the game. If you have to cheat online to win, go do something else.

# RE: Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? — 3rr3j 2013-02-21 05:04

The only time I can recall cheating was the infamous U-U-D-D-L-R-L-R-B-A-B-A cheat because the game was too hard for me... And the other time was when I was enjoying those 5 minute starcraft custom games loaded with cheats, but soon enough I no longer find it fun and stopped using cheats for good.

Although I do agree about using cheats when its absolutely necessary (not all gamers can finish Contra without the 30 lives), but I have to respectfully disagree when you say that the Developers dont intend for you to use cheats. Because they wont be coded by the developers themselves in that game if they dont intend to. Perhaps the better term would be, they wouldnt recommend (rather than intend) for gamers to use the cheats, thats why they are called cheats. but to each their own :)

+1 # RE: Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? — NDJ 2013-02-21 05:26

I see mods as a good and bad thing also. It just depends on how you use them. I will admit I love to mod online lobbies on GTA and around 75% of the players in the game love them too! There's nothing players like more than to see you doing something impossible in a game and enjoying the modifications with you.

# RE: Gaming Shades of Grey: How Do You Feel About Cheating? — shrug 2013-02-23 04:54

a cheat is very different to a hack.
a cheat is intended by the developer in order to get out of a tough spot, a hack is usually a 3rd party app/plugin which allows customization beyond what the developer intended.

cheats are fine, and are never enabled in multiplayer without the server's consent. hacks on the other hand are NOT.

i have played on BF1942 servers where hacking was allowed, it was silly but still fun in a twisted way. the big difference was, we all knew the other players were hacking too...

hacks have no place in multiplayer gaming as they ruin the experience for other players who are looking for FAIR competition.

Hacks commonly ruin leaderboards as well, sucking the competitive nature of such games with a high score. whats the point of breaking 100,000 points when the next guy above has 999,999,999,999 points.

# Up Up Down Down... — sleepinglion 2013-02-23 12:31

Great question!
These are the rules I try to follow when it comes to cheat codes and hacks:
1) No cheating during online play. Ever.
2) Play a new game through once the honest to goodness way. After that, cheats are fair game.
3) Cheat codes are totally okay on an old NES title you haven't played in 20 years, though I'm a big fan of unlimited lives only. Unlimited health just takes the satisfaction out of progressing at all.
4) Totally okay to use cheats on a rented game if it's due back soon and you're severely stuck.

# Online Modding can be Good — Jonathan 2013-02-24 15:05

Me Personally my name says it call I am a Modder i Mod Games for my enjoyment, don't get me wrong i play the games Legit first hand but once i sucked the fun out of it its time to pull out the mods, Modding is really fun i mean GTA IV after its done and ur maxed level in multiplayer which of course shows u played enuff then what else is there to do? Thats right! Mod it simple as That i dont go online and ruin games but if there is a douchebag in the Lobby i promise u he is gonna get what he deserves i give them chances but once enuff is enuff they are punished. Just liek the Call of Duty series. dont get me wrong when i 1st starting modding the power over ppl went to my head i would go into Ground War Lobbies of 17 players besides myself then Derank Everyone back to level 1 no prestige. but i have learned sense then that is a fucked up thing to do, now i only do it to those who deserve it. Multiplayer modding is not that and as long as they do not use it for Evil but for good just let people have fun jumping 1000ft in the Air on CoD or running 50Mph or shootig a rocket launcher lika machine gun. In a "Fun" Lobby i say Multiplayer modding is ok but when it comes to intentionally ruining the game for other players then i say its wrong.

# the man — dpan 2013-02-27 09:12

Cheat Offline all you want. Beat the game first otherwise it ruins the experience.

Don't cheat online people. This just ruins the game for those that enjoy it from a standpoint of we get something out of what we put into it. It will ultimately ruin the game online and people will refuse to play (UT:2004, SC:S, etc etc, too many examples)

Not like writing this will change anyones opinion :)

# Gamer — zetuga 2013-03-11 18:50

games ar made for those wo play tham not for thous wo build it thay ar payed to mack a produck that pleases not to complain about wat is donne with wat thay created if thay arent satisfied with the paycheck they shuld build in more cheats in the games that way mor gamers wold buy tham for the get funnyer if one can cheat thy ar lazzy and just make the minimum not to be fired and give porre excuses thats the real reson joda wold say to ignorant and sceard to say trouth thay ar

# Gamer — zetuga 2013-03-11 18:54

Releas gamer's from the dictatur of programmers scripts

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