31st January 2003, 11:41 PM
That's certainly a bad item indeed! I mean, that cuts down the total people roaming around by half, maybe more if Europe still has people living there :D. However, I too HATE the whole cheating thing in online games. Now, I've said before that I've never been a fan of Gamesharks or any kind of altering of game code to cheat. However, I also stated that it's fine if they decide to do it themselves since it only affects them, so long as they didn't brag about anything they beat while cheating. However, this time it steps way out of line. Cheating online is not for fun at all. It's just harmful to anyone who isn't doing the cheating. Walking into rooms, killing anyone there just for being there, is not fun at all. Cheats don't make online games fun, they just create an army of horribly evil jerks you have to avoid. I'm sure the jerks just LOVE the fear and the disruption of the order the makers were going for, but that doesn't matter. (Let me say this, I hate anyone who enjoys making people mad. Ugh, what's the point? Stop using people as your entertaintment and just live you coward who sabotauges relationships with others out of fear that if they tried to be nice they wouldn't be liked. Sorry...) The point is that it just ruins the fun for everyone else you "I learned to only care about ME, I just want bang bang bang, shut up before I hurt you, whatever I don't care about you, ..., hahahhahha I like it when you get angry" killjoys. Sheesh... In other words, I have no tears to shed for anyone who complains because the latest patch ruined all their hard work setting up that kill bot they just made. Hard work alone doesn't make something good. There's lots of evil things that take dedication and hard work. Hard work and dedication are not qualities of goodness, they are simply qualities one wants to put towards goodness. I mean, running an orginization that steals a nuclear warhead and holds the world hostage for 100 billion dollars takes a LOT of hard work, but it's not good in the least.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)