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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Who cares if someone cheats. I don't get it.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can't sell an online, multiplayer, competitive game experience, with the golden goose of in-game-purchases, if the game is dominated by cheaters. The players will find something else to play.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Cheaters in multiplayer games make the whole experience miserable for everyone else. It’s sociopathic asshole behaviour at its purest.

Cheat in single player all you like, but people who cheat in multiplayer are bad people and should feel bad about their choices.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

SERVER-SIDE ANTI-CHEATS! SERVER-SIDE ANTI-CHEATS! Most cheaters are blatant, and even in a game with very limited samples (Minecraft Java Edition), there's an anti-cheat that has made blatant cheating almost impossible (Polar). They just want client-side anti-cheats for power over you.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

Cheat in single player all you like, but people who cheat in multiplayer are bad people and should ~~feel bad about their choices.~~ have been beaten more as children.

FTFY

[–] greyscale -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its more about verifying you're paying them and they have control over you and the software you run.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago

Exactly! So no thanks.