Hi Charles, It seems to me you have missed the point. The point is not always to win so to speak but to experience the game in a different way from the usual one. As it so happens comparing a game like Chess to say Shades of Doom is like comparing apples and oranges. There would be no fun or point in cheating at Chess unless someone was absolutely determined to win the game without putting the effort into it. However, with Shades of Doom I can imagine several cases where cheating would offer a number of motives above and beyond merely winning.
Perhaps someone gets stuck on a certain area or level and wants to see the next one. Using a cheat code to get passed a difficult area of the game to get to the next level seems to me to be an acceptable use of a cheat since it allows him/her to move on without getting stuck. Another possible good use for a cheat is that certain enemies such as the blobs are often hard to get passed on certain difficulty settings. All one has to do is load his/her weapon with unlimited ammo and blow the blob away and then turn the cheat off. Yes, someone is cheating but they are doing so judiciously. The point here you are thinking very black and white about this issue looking at this as a what if situation where you enter a Chess competition with cheating on your mind where as I doubt most people who use cheat codes think of using them in that way. I'd say most would use cheats to get passed a difficult level or difficult enemy and only use them in certain types of games and circumstances. Not in every case is winning the objective or ultimate goal. For most having a good time or just having fun is paramount. On 9/8/15, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > What's the fun of always winning by cheating? If I were to enter an online > chess tournament and used a computer to win every game against people, > claiming that I was winning the games, would that be fun? Not only would it > be dishonest, but my game would not improve. If you cheat at games, you > won't be a good gamer. If you have to cheat to win, you have been defeated > by the game. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
