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The absolute best I've ever felt in online gaming was when someone accused me of cheating after a particularly good round of TDM. Rode that high for at least a

The absolute best I've ever felt in online gaming was when someone accused me of cheating after a particularly good round of TDM. Rode that high for at least a week.

barbs 4y ago
I got that once in Unreal Tournament, but only because someone on the server didn't understand what relics were (items that gave you buffs of some kind). Still felt good, though.
- tharkun__ 4y ago
  I totally killed it on a particular server for Counterstrike (the oooold versions). It was the only server that had a map I really liked but my ping sorta sucked. But the netcode made it so that I could circle around people with an MP5 meaning I was very accurate and they had almost no chance to hit me. Guess what happened.
  - smabie 4y ago
    I mean, in some sense you did have an unfair advantage over the other players and maybe they were justified in banning you?
    - doodlesdev 4y ago
      If having a high ping is an issue that should simply be a kick. Most modern games generally have a way to prevent people with a high ping from playing. Lag compensation techniques also reduce the problem to some extent. I imagine OP is talking about CS in goldsrc which absolutely had bad netcode for high ping, still fun as hell though.
      - ummonk 4y ago
        High ping / jitter could be used as an intentional cheating mechanism in the days of the lag switch through.
      - tharkun__ 4y ago
        See my reply to your parent. You are spot on. This was CS way before the "I hate CS 1.6 and will forever stay on 1.5" days. The kids these days don't know what normal pings looked like back in the day.
    - tharkun__ 4y ago
      Wrong guess :) Nobody banned me. But yes players accused me of cheating of course. Back then I also didn't know what "netcode" is. Now in hindsight I know that the game gave an unfair advantage to players with high ping. Probably in order to make the game playable with internet connections common at the time. Blame Valve ;) No cheating involved. Best ping I ever had at those times was 120-150ms IIRC. On that particular server it was more past 300. Boy those were the times.
      - Tool_of_Society 4y ago
        I mostly played on an unstable terrible dial up (under 300ms was a fantastic day). When I played on a t1 line my K/D was always higher than at home. Maybe packet loss was my ultimate foil?
4RealFreedom 4y ago
Back in the day I used to play America's Army (dating myself here). I had figured out where to point and shoot a grenade at the beginning of a round and take out most of the enemy team. I don't know if others knew about this. I just figured it could be done and didn't take long to figure out where to shoot.
vintermann 4y ago
Well, if gamers gain that much satisfaction from other people's frustration, it's no mystery why they cheat too. I don't think that feeling is especially dependent on having achieved it "legitimately".
- cauthon 4y ago
  What? No, the satisfaction was from having done something so well someone literally didn't believe it was possible. Not sure how you think you could get that from actually cheating.
  - vintermann 4y ago
    Who says they didn't believe it was possible? They just didn't think it was possible for you, i.e. that you did it honestly. We all know cheating is a problem in online games, so it wasn't an unreasonable belief. It's certainly possible to play chess at Magnus Carlsen's level, but if I play against someone random online and they play at that level, then of course my default assumption is going to be that they're cheating, not that they're Magnus Carlsen.

The absolute best I've ever felt in online gaming was when someone accused me of cheating after a particularly good round of TDM. Rode that high for at least a week.

barbs 4y ago

I got that once in Unreal Tournament, but only because someone on the server didn't understand what relics were (items that gave you buffs of some kind). Still felt good, though.

tharkun__ 4y ago
I totally killed it on a particular server for Counterstrike (the oooold versions). It was the only server that had a map I really liked but my ping sorta sucked. But the netcode made it so that I could circle around people with an MP5 meaning I was very accurate and they had almost no chance to hit me. Guess what happened.
- smabie 4y ago
  I mean, in some sense you did have an unfair advantage over the other players and maybe they were justified in banning you?
  - doodlesdev 4y ago
    If having a high ping is an issue that should simply be a kick. Most modern games generally have a way to prevent people with a high ping from playing. Lag compensation techniques also reduce the problem to some extent. I imagine OP is talking about CS in goldsrc which absolutely had bad netcode for high ping, still fun as hell though.
    - ummonk 4y ago
      High ping / jitter could be used as an intentional cheating mechanism in the days of the lag switch through.
    - tharkun__ 4y ago
      See my reply to your parent. You are spot on. This was CS way before the "I hate CS 1.6 and will forever stay on 1.5" days. The kids these days don't know what normal pings looked like back in the day.
  - tharkun__ 4y ago
    Wrong guess :) Nobody banned me. But yes players accused me of cheating of course. Back then I also didn't know what "netcode" is. Now in hindsight I know that the game gave an unfair advantage to players with high ping. Probably in order to make the game playable with internet connections common at the time. Blame Valve ;) No cheating involved. Best ping I ever had at those times was 120-150ms IIRC. On that particular server it was more past 300. Boy those were the times.
    - Tool_of_Society 4y ago
      I mostly played on an unstable terrible dial up (under 300ms was a fantastic day). When I played on a t1 line my K/D was always higher than at home. Maybe packet loss was my ultimate foil?

4RealFreedom 4y ago

Back in the day I used to play America's Army (dating myself here). I had figured out where to point and shoot a grenade at the beginning of a round and take out most of the enemy team. I don't know if others knew about this. I just figured it could be done and didn't take long to figure out where to shoot.

vintermann 4y ago

Well, if gamers gain that much satisfaction from other people's frustration, it's no mystery why they cheat too. I don't think that feeling is especially dependent on having achieved it "legitimately".

cauthon 4y ago
What? No, the satisfaction was from having done something so well someone literally didn't believe it was possible. Not sure how you think you could get that from actually cheating.
- vintermann 4y ago
  Who says they didn't believe it was possible? They just didn't think it was possible for you, i.e. that you did it honestly. We all know cheating is a problem in online games, so it wasn't an unreasonable belief. It's certainly possible to play chess at Magnus Carlsen's level, but if I play against someone random online and they play at that level, then of course my default assumption is going to be that they're cheating, not that they're Magnus Carlsen.