[sachmo]

Originally posted by Hadrian Tyrael S. Aventine:
The only reason, and this is the only reason, is that cheaters are losers that can't stand losing. The only way for them to win, however, is to stack the deck in thier favor mid-game.

I might be misreading you Hadrian, but I don't think that's quite right. Some people cheat because they can't stand to lose. Other cheat because they don't want to take the time required to become good at a game, and want everything now. These would be the folks who run out and buy a 60th level Necromancer in Everquest. Then there are those who want to be respected. I remember the few times I would play Starcraft Online in a public room and I would watch the chat about "so and so being the bomb" and see how important ranking seemed to be to those who spent hours Online. Personally, I think it's sad to need this sort of acceptance so badly, but some people are very lonely. Then there are those who just aren't very good at certain types of games. I'll admit that RTS is not much fun for me because I am way to methodical to keep up with the pace of RTS, and if I wanted to compete with some of these kids, I would probably be forced to cheat myself! So I think there are tons of reasons that people cheat, and I apologize if I mistook your point!