An Interview with a Cheater

Dan writes to mention a post at the Aeropause site. Author Richard was recently given the rare opportunity to interview a cheater, shining a light into the dark recesses of a conflicted mind. The article explores why the cheater cheats, and the great excuses they use to be able to look themselves in the mirror. From the article: "Aeropause: What made you decide to mod your Xbox to gain an unfair advantage in games like Halo 2? Schmuck5000: Modding is not an unfair advantage. There is just as much chance that there will be a modder on the other team. I am there to even things out. Halo 2 is beginning to get old, us modders are just making it more funner."

That old idiom.

[Kirin Fenrir]

Cheaters never win. Okay, well, they always win, but that's what makes them losers.

I know what he means

[svunt]

Schmuck5000: Modding is not an unfair advantage. There is just as much chance that there will be a modder on the other team. I am there to even things out.

Exactly. This is why I carry $1000 in Monopoly money in my underpants at all times.

New for XBox 360

[Siberwulf]

"Speak Easy 2: Haxxing"



You to can make ur games much more funner then before! Plug in yer haxx and away yous go! Cal Now!

Weeeoooeeeoooeeooo...

[SocialEngineer]

Here come the Slashdot Spelling and Grammar Police..

"I am there to even things out. Halo 2 is beginning to get old, us modders are just making it more funner."

Cheat or cheater

[Bloke down the pub]

I thought a person who acts unsportingly was a cheat. Whereas a cheater's sort of like a leopard.

Re:I know what he means

[Anonymous Coward]

You wear underpants? I've been hiding it in bodily cavities until people wanted to stop playing because of the smell. Then I declare myself winner by default.

The subject was then told that

[antifoidulus]

he cannot "mod" the English language as easily as he can his XBox.

Re:Weeeoooeeeoooeeooo...

[revlayle]

Nah, I bet those were the words of THE CHEATER.

See kids: IF YOU cheat at Halo 2 OR become a Slashdot Editor, your grammar skills *will* slip.

(There's a moral here, but damned if I could figure it out!)

Bad grammar, imaturity, poor spelling.....

[Prien715]

Schmuck5000: Modding is not an unfair advantage. There is just as much chance that there will be a modder on the other team. I am there to even things out. Halo 2 is beginning to get old, us modders are just making it more funner.

Bad grammar, immaturity, poor spelling...Quick Taco! You've found a new Slashdot editor!

Re:Note to Self

[spun]

People who say "recursive" are more funner.

In related news...

[autophile]

In related news, AeroFLOT interviewed The Cheat:

Aeroflot: In Soviet Russia, interviewEE interviews interviewER!
The Cheat: Mrr, rrr, m! Mm mrr mrah mreah!

--Rob

I sense a disturbance in the force...

[musicon]

... as if millions of grammar nazies cried out in terror, and were silenced.

"more funner" indeed.

Re:I know what he means

[svunt]

$1000? What's that worth? 2 hotels?

Naw, dog. I'm from the ghetto, that stretch of slum land from Go to Jail. A grand will buy you crack, a lap dance, a few forty ounce bottles of malt liquor, and your own chain of Flag Inns.

Re:Ladies and Gentlemen:

[voice_of_all_reason]

Rarely is the question asked: Is our players modding?

Re:athletes use same excuse

[edxwelch]

Are you suggesting that taking anabolic steroids can increase your performance in a Halo2 death match?
interesting

Obligatory Simpsons quote

[SCO_Shill]

[2F05] Lisa on Ice

Skinner: All right, first academic alert: Wiggum, Ralph.
Ralph: I won, I won! [walks on stage]
Skinner: No no, Ralph, this means you're failing English.
Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible!

Re:I sense a disturbance in the force...

[BadMrMojo]

.... naziEs ...?

* My head a'splode! *

Re:Cheat or cheater

[PeeAitchPee]

Whereas a cheater's sort of like a leopard.

Correct. It's very similar to the other Southern Appalachian big cat, the lyin'.

Wait?

[ad0gg]

You're comparing cheating to twinking? Cheating involves breaking the rules, twinking involves playing within the rules to gain the best advantage. What next? Ferrari F1 team is cheating because they have a better car than the Williams-Coswort team?

Re:That old idiom.

[BorgCopyeditor]

Cheaters never lose, and losers never win.

But cheaters are losers.

Ergo, there are no cheaters!

Re:Ladies and Gentlemen:

[CortoMaltese]

That's the only part of the interview that truely [sic!] surprised me (when he said he was 24). Either he's much younger or the educational system is clearly failing.

Duh. He cheated in the exams.