Asherons Call: Would You Believe People Cheat in Online Games?

Sorry for the sarcasm, but I'm forever suprised that other people are surprised. We're human - as a general rule we will do whatever possible, whenever possible to be the one in front and games are no different.

GuardianUnlimited.uk has run an article about cheating in America's Army and how it's just ruining the game. The irony of someone cheating in war amuses me.

But, even so, we'd all like it if we could believe that games could be "pure" and played the way they were intended:

[i]However, Christopher, like many others, is unhappy and frustrated. He is on the verge of giving up the game he loves for good. "There's almost no point in playing any more," he says. "Cheaters are ruining the game."

Online gaming is suffering from an epidemic of cheating. America's Army is just the latest in a long line of major titles - Quake III, Diablo II, Warcraft III and Battlefield 1942 - to be infested by dishonest players using "hacks", little programs that secrete themselves like parasites in the host game, and powerfully and invisibly enhance the player's ability.

[/i]You can read the entire article Make Cheats, Not War here. And thank you to Prask for letting us know about it.