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"Should Cheats win Games?"

Right then, this is just a topic so I have an idea of who thinks cheats should win games at gameaday, I know there is not much we can do but I would be interested to find out who thinks what on this matter?

I believe that every cheat submitted is copied from somewhere else, whether it be a magazine or website, why if the information is copied should it win?

Let me know
Thanks
er-no

I dont think they should win, there is no way anyone actually finds them out by themselves!

Bonus wrote:

> Originality
Pity there isn't enough of this though!

However, even though I say that, I'm working on a piece at the moment which I've NEVER seen before on these forums.

Still, people who have this game would get the cheats by playing it anyway, no?? TOCA touring cars also did this!

VenomByte wrote:
> I think it would depend on the nature of the cheat. Some games do
> allow the player to discover cheats, one way or another. eg, in
> shadowman, you gain cheats by passing through certain areas. If
> somebody found all these, that might be fair enough. In the olden
> days, when passwords were used in games, then a really good one
> might be worthy of a prize.

The same goes for any interesting
> glitchs found in games - like the bottle thing on Zelda OOT, or one
> of the dodgy skips on mario kart.

On the other hand, anything
> like 'hold up and press y, y, x, a, b and down on the title screen'
> doesn't really deserve a prize, as it's plainly been copied from
> elsewhere.

Hey Bonus! Check the Oi Tony post please!

:-)

I am er-no's self apointed right hand man on this topic. He should be adhered to. I am in the same boat and he is the captian. Originality should not come under threat from cheats. I do not agree with cheating in games at any stage but to come here and then find that people who cannot accept and defeat the challenge of a game can type in these blights on the surface of gaming and win a prize, come on SR, you can do better!!

I think it would depend on the nature of the cheat. Some games do allow the player to discover cheats, one way or another. eg, in shadowman, you gain cheats by passing through certain areas. If somebody found all these, that might be fair enough. In the olden days, when passwords were used in games, then a really good one might be worthy of a prize.

The same goes for any interesting glitchs found in games - like the bottle thing on Zelda OOT, or one of the dodgy skips on mario kart.

On the other hand, anything like 'hold up and press y, y, x, a, b and down on the title screen' doesn't really deserve a prize, as it's plainly been copied from elsewhere.

JOby, you're really pi...anoyed about cheats winnin' aren't you! I mean, it's not the first time you've started a topic entitled "Should cheats win games".

I frankly don't care whether a cheat wins or not!

Right then, this is just a topic so I have an idea of who thinks cheats should win games at gameaday, I know there is not much we can do but I would be interested to find out who thinks what on this matter?

I believe that every cheat submitted is copied from somewhere else, whether it be a magazine or website, why if the information is copied should it win?

Let me know
Thanks
er-no