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Cheating in online gaming is prevalent. I think there's a lot of people that find the enjoyment of it so there's a captive market for people to sell cheats. Bu

by Jonnax 6y ago

Cheating in online gaming is prevalent. I think there's a lot of people that find the enjoyment of it so there's a captive market for people to sell cheats. But I also wonder about competitiveness when it comes to people playing with others with better than average hardware. Like someone who has a 240hz monitor and the performance to back it up versus someone with a low power slim laptop. Then consoles could be considered a level playing field. Except for Pro variants of the console. And also there seems to be fancier controllers with extra buttons on the rear side. Of course adding cheating to the mix. Personally I have no interest in playing online multiplayer games. But that's just me.

kroltan 6y ago
Not really, just like a beginner painter using the finest unicorn-hair brushes or whatever would not be able to paint the Mona Lisa, "gaming" hardware gives a very marginal benefit, that is better taken advantage of when you actually have the game skill. For all but the highest ranks, it does not make much of an actual difference. Most games have some sort of skill ceiling, or at least narrow bands of clustered players. Hardware will put you slightly above competitors of the same cluster, but will not by itself enable you to climb to the next cluster. This is evident in cross-platform games, where in casual or non-professional competitive play, a good console player can still beat a slightly less good fully-geared PC player, despite the 30fps and controller "handicaps".
spery 6y ago
People playing with better than average HW is not such a big issue. It could mean a bit for the absolute top tier competitors, but that's under 0.01% player-base and for certain genres (FPS primarily). Cheating however affects anyone and is much more frustrating to play against than vs really good players. Being outplayed have its merits (you can learn something), but being killed by cheaters feels, well, cheated. It's just waste of time and energy.

by Jonnax 6y ago

kroltan 6y ago

Not really, just like a beginner painter using the finest unicorn-hair brushes or whatever would not be able to paint the Mona Lisa, "gaming" hardware gives a very marginal benefit, that is better taken advantage of when you actually have the game skill. For all but the highest ranks, it does not make much of an actual difference. Most games have some sort of skill ceiling, or at least narrow bands of clustered players. Hardware will put you slightly above competitors of the same cluster, but will not by itself enable you to climb to the next cluster. This is evident in cross-platform games, where in casual or non-professional competitive play, a good console player can still beat a slightly less good fully-geared PC player, despite the 30fps and controller "handicaps".

spery 6y ago

People playing with better than average HW is not such a big issue. It could mean a bit for the absolute top tier competitors, but that's under 0.01% player-base and for certain genres (FPS primarily). Cheating however affects anyone and is much more frustrating to play against than vs really good players. Being outplayed have its merits (you can learn something), but being killed by cheaters feels, well, cheated. It's just waste of time and energy.