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> Schmooey's actions are explainable purely as a way for an otherwise amazing competitor to get their "edge" by cheating "just a little". Playing slower and th
by jancsika 5y ago
> Schmooey's actions are explainable purely as a way for an otherwise amazing competitor to get their "edge" by cheating "just a little".
Playing slower and then playing a sped-up video to pretend it is live is the epitome of cheating, not "just a little" cheating to get an "edge."
What's refreshing here is the fact that he seems not at all interested in attempting to rationalize his own behavior. The article says he refunded the bounties he collected. Someone who admits to this kind of public mistake like this has a good opportunity to come out the other side a better person.
- taeric 5y agoSadly, I don't think we do enough to actually celebrate coming clean. I can hope this is a situation where I'm wrong on that. And to be fair, I get why it can be hard to celebrate the admission of something without celebrating that something. So, celebrate is probably not the right word.
- pessimizer 5y agoEverybody sees the perverse incentives in celebrating ex-cheaters while non-cheaters are ignored.
- taeric 5y agoI think my problem is in the excommunication style of dealing with cheating. Reparation and nullification of cheat wins makes sense. Beyond that? You wind up encouraging scorched earth defence of celebrities. Or worse, when the stakes start to outweigh the actual costs. Note that I'm not clear there is any path free of ego based hiding of behavior. Not do I really have actionable ideas. About the only faith item that I still have is redemption. And it is crazy to me how hard the modern world seems to try to block that off. Worse still, when allowing for redemption is mistaken for endorsing the previous behavior. Often in bad faith discussions.
- pirate787 5y agoAgreed, especially since he was so young when he cheated.