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I remember joining games of Dark Forces: Jedi Knight in the '90s and finding someone playing as a TIE fighter. Like, a full size TIE Fighter, not a model scaled
by yamtaddle 4y ago
I remember joining games of Dark Forces: Jedi Knight in the '90s and finding someone playing as a TIE fighter. Like, a full size TIE Fighter, not a model scaled down to person-size. And insta-killing anyone who came near. Mind you, this is a (mostly) first-person shooter that doesn't normally have player-drivable vehicles of any kind.
That and similar ridiculousness were fairly common.
I actually didn't mind that stuff, it was funny enough to outweigh the irritation of not getting to play a real match. The ones cheating without making it overt were the ones who'd truly ruin a match.
> You wouldn't cheat at tic tac toe despite the inherently low stakes of the game so it doesn't seem any different in any other video game.
I don't get it, but people do cheat. They cheat in online games, they cheat at board games, they cheat at tabletop RPGs(?! and no, I don't just mean the DM fudging some roles in the name of fun—they have a screen for a reason) [EDIT] What I mean is, there must be some impulse to do it, even when the stakes are nonexistent and it might even ruin the fun for everyone. It's not even uncommon. I don't get it either, but it must be there.
- brokencode 4y agoSome people get joy out of making other people unhappy. It’s not about winning, it’s about making others lose. Cheating in games is a very low stakes and easy way to achieve this. I’m no psychologist, but this is the only explanation I’ve been able to convince myself of.
- dspillett 4y agoCheating has a rich set of reasons, and any one cheater may be doing it for a mix of them. For some it is to show power over other (like to make them unhappy in your example), for some it might be a sense of entitlement (I've paid for this game I should have the right to win it how I like), in some games there are people paying others (in game tokens or real world money) to level up for them and those doing the levelling up are using cheats to improve their profitability, and a number of other reasons.
- tobyjsullivan 4y agoSome people play for the socialization, some people play for the challenge, and some people play to win (ie, display their “dominance”). It’s just different personalities and values. The latter group will often cheat if necessary as winning is the need and the priority. The talented ones usually end up in profitable pursuits like business and poker rooms. The losers (pun intended) will gravitate toward friendly competitions where people have their guard down and cheating is easy. At least that’s what I’ve seen. The best strategy is to detect these people and ban them because appealing to values won’t work.
- Arrath 4y agoReminds me of joining a lobby of the original Modern Warfare 2 only to find that there was a cheater, but a generous cheater. All players were flying around in noclip mode, armed with pistols that shot giant explosive rounds. It was a blast. If there are gonna be cheaters, I'd rather they do silly shit like that than just be using wallhacks, radar, or aimbots.
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