by barrywilkins Tue May 14, 2013 4:57 pm
Also, if the people who dislike MM ever used a gameshark or other,
what makes them any different than the ones using MM. They both are
considered as cheating. Not trying to fight with anyone but cheating is
cheating lol.
I sure did do cheats in games. I have fond memories of "How do you turn this on" or "Furious the Monkey Boy" and "I love the Monkey Head" and running around the map destroying A.I. opponents. I cheated in Age of Empires, Starcraft, and Warcraft all the time when I was ALONE. Thats the key difference here. Those cheats didn't affect other people because I was the only human present for it. Every party consented to its use beforehand.
However, when PvP comes into the mix, cheats are off. No one considers cheats to be a legitimate part of the game: just something to do when screwing around with A.I. or if you and your friends feel like having a hackoff in which case it usually boils down to: who types in black death first. If anything remotely competitive is happening, players must recognize One of Two things:
1. The rules set by the players participating. Anyone who deviates from these set rules is no longer recognized as taking part in the competition. Example: a tournament forbids the use of Tranquil Walk of Peace for whatever reason. A player proceeds to use it and wins a match. The offending player is then disqualified and his opponent moves onto the next round. He is no longer recognized as a player.
2. The rules set by the game itself. This is covered under everything we do in-game and these rules cannot be broken beyond hacking. If you have been invaded/are invading, you fall under these rules: there ARE no rules. Backstabbing someone is considered fair game and does not count as a breaking of any set rules. These rules are impossible to break without the use of external influences such as hacking. Breaking these rules gives players advantages, no matter how slight, that other players cannot possibly make use of without hacking themselves. Things that involve this are: infinite health, Karmic Justice explosion on command, and Mega Mule. Mega Mule is a pretty minor hack, but a hack nontheless.
If we start allowing even the slightest hacks be accepted by the community, then this opens up a huge can of worms that eventually turns into: either you hack, or you don't stand a chance. Thats my take on this. If you don't think the games rules are good enough for you, you aren't worth competing against.
