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Morizero ◴[] No.41952980[source]
> I don't understand why some people feel the need to cheat in a game; I also think that cheating gets boring fast, and likely most people just move on. The whole point of a game, especially one based more on skill than luck, is the challenge; if you remove that, the fun rapidly vanishes.

My friends would bring their computers to my house and we'd hack/cheat online games not because we were interested in the games, but because we were interested in the social experience of what we were doing. We weren't focused on the game; instead, we were focused on teasing & laughing with & at each other.

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1. murlin ◴[] No.41955416[source]
Agree that there are a great many reasons to "cheat" - as a kid reverse engineering and pwning or applying that knowledge to games I played was formative, with the goals of the game a useful starting motivation.

With online games making things not fun for others is not as good. Unless it's really funny.