On Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:02 AM NZT, Megatron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK OK > I was just venting! > > [quote] I fail to see the monetary benefit of a company such as Valve > providing cheats for the software they make. Maybe you would like to > explain that? [/quote] > > [answer]I bet most of the punks out there that cheat wouldn't be > interested in playing the games if cheats and hacks were not so easily > available. [/answer] > > Do you really think it is not a possibility? > No, because: 1) Most of the people cheating are also pirates (or under the age of 12) and never bought a game in their lives. 2) The detrimental effect on the game in terms of bad PR and lost "legit" players would far outweigh any positive impact from cheating, which in any case would be marginal at best. 3) A lot of the people who cheat, are noobs who only do it because they see other people doing it - they'd probably be happy playing the game without cheats if there weren't so many other people cheating. It's a vicious cycle. 4) I'm sure on a personal level the devs hate to see their game getting hacked - just like you would hate to see your server get hacked - it's like having your house broken into... -Simon _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
