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Call of Duty bans more than 14,000 cheaters in 24 hours::undefined

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[–] dinckelman 87 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

No matter how I think about it, I just can't understand why anyone would waste time doing this

[–] yumpoopsoup 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just the feeling of superiority without actually having to be superior.

[–] Robertej92 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh hey, that's why so many of them are also white supremacists and mysogynists

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the words of a friend who used to cheat (and now regrets it), it felt nice to actually be able to win at something when life tends to hand you so many losses.

[–] madcaesar 10 points 1 year ago

A lot of shitty things done by shitty people seems to stem from people feeling shitty about themselves 🙁

Can't get a job, can't get laid, can't find a friend breeds resentment but instead of bettering themselves they want to make other people feel shitty too.

As a semi edge lord in my teen years I remember that feeling. And I remember how "good" it felt to watch FOX News because they were the one place that told me that everything shitty in the world was someone else's fault, not mine.

It takes self reflection and growing up to get out of that shitty mindset that a lot of people don't seem capable of doing 😕

[–] wildcardology 8 points 1 year ago

But is it really a win?

[–] ram 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Have you ever used cheats on single player games when that was still a thing developers put in games? I did, it was fun. That's why.

[–] Giooschi 16 points 1 year ago

I did that a couple of times, but it was more like "I don't want to grind all of this stuff, I want to skip to the fun part". Also, it's morally different because it impacts nobody else.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, I did it. But back at the time you had to wait months to finally have the cheatcode published on some magazine. And you just cheat on yourself, not other players.

BTW, nice times... 😀

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who is ashamed to admit that I used to hack in StarCraft: Brood War when I was 12, this is the answer. It's fun.

Also I was absolute garbage at the game no matter how much I played, so I was trying to level the playing field a bit. Still got my ass handed to me over and over. Hacks can't replace skill.

[–] NewNewAccount 6 points 1 year ago

Hacks can’t replace skill.

They absolutely can.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

There are some people who really have nothing else going on in their lives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hacked Zelda to because I'm not great at games but enjoy the story and I can progress the game at a reasonable pace without being overly frustrated. Also it doesn't affect anyone else so it makes it ok.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Single-player games are a whole different thing. People should be able to play single-player in whatever way they prefer as it doesn't impact anybody but themselves. Some games even come with "story-mode" difficulties and such for people just looking to enjoy the story and not looking for a challenge and that's fine. Games used to come with cheat codes for the same purpose (well, for testing purposes initially but eventually for "play it whatever way you want").

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it still allowed when it's a Nintendo game though?

[–] Draconic_NEO 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Indeed it is, no one has to listen to the salty chuds at Nintendo, just make sure you're blocking Nintendo domains on Atmosphere's hosts file. Else they'll put you in gay baby jail.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I have put into the jail too. I can't access any of my switch games that I purchased in the past :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I made like 20 of my own amibos and used them with fast forwarding time on my switch to enjoy botw. I'm just shit at games and it made for a more fun experience.

[–] Axiomatose 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure he means the cheating,

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Some people just want to spread their pain onto others.