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  • #46
    I don't know if it is morally wrong, but I always feel a little guilty when I foil probe AIs in SMAC.
    "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
    "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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    • #47
      Originally posted by DrSpike
      My strategy was to see how many people I could kill and still get away with it.
      Are we still talking computer games?
      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Big Crunch

        Are we still talking computer games?
        Don't worry SD, you're not on my list. Though if you post once more about why 'curse' is better than 'escape' I'd consider adding you.

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        • #49
          I'd better post twice more to avoid that "once more" threat then.

          BTW Curse is far better than Escape.
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #50
            /me adds SD anyway for being a smartass.

            Edit: Btw it's not.

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            • #51
              Cheating in a single-player game is like masturbation. Sure, it may be fun, but you're only cheating yourself.
              I don't consider cheating in SP 'fun', I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but...

              But in Deus Ex, I wanted to explore some other variants in the game story, so I used some cheats to explore that variants without the constraints of following the game mechanics. But I only did it after I had finished the game first.
              I've used this... tactic in other games than Deus Ex, and I don't think that it would ruin playing, since games tend to get repetitive if you start playing them again... especially RPG's and FPS'.

              Multiplayer cheating is wrong, or would you like to have people going around knowing what the opponent is precisely doing?
              As Tass said, read the thread.

              My old sig. was a Keynes quote, and I don't think he and Skanky were acquainted. You probably mean my comment quoted in Skanky's own sig.
              ...erm? Care to elaborate a bit, I am now totally confused...
              Last edited by RGBVideo; March 20, 2003, 20:30.

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              • #52
                In single player, cheating isn't 'morally wrong'. With Civ2, I turned the cheats on, but only after I'd beaten the game many, many times. It's fun to play around with.

                Now, multiplayer is a whole other story but since the poll was for SP, I won't go there.

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                • #53
                  Originally posted by Big Crunch
                  BTW Curse is far better than Escape.
                  Secret and MI2 are both far superior anyway
                  No Fighting here, this is the war room!

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                  • #54
                    Cheats can be fun if you want a quick game. I occasionally use the 10000 minerals/vespene gas cheat in Starcraft to speed up the game and unit production.

                    I'm not looking to play a real game here, I just want to kill some Zerg for an hour or so. What's immoral about that?
                    "We are living in the future, I'll tell you how I know, I read it in the paper, Fifteen years ago" - John Prine

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                    • #55
                      I have to use a cheat program to make Rebellion playable...
                      Tutto nel mondo è burla

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Boris Godunov
                        I have to use a cheat program to make Rebellion playable...
                        Remind me to never play a game against you then.

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