OS Roundtable: What do you think of Cheatgate MLB 2K12?

[GuyinPA75]

I did miss who won the million dollar prize this year and cheated to win it?

Was Bill Belichick playing the MLB 2k contest this year?

[Happy29]

If you're not cheating you're not trying. What I mean by this is there are loop-holes and grey areas in all competitions it is the responsibility of the competitor to find them and use them to their advantage.

[JerseySuave4]

Bottom line, if he cheated and broke a rule then he should be disqualified. If he didn't break a rule but just exposed a flaw in the contest then that's 2k's fault for not covering all their tracks. I thought you had to tape the games and everything was verified so if the lineup was changed then they should be able to see that and see that it goes against their rules.

[gilgamesh348]

I think we should be talking about the actual game instead of talking about a stupid contest that nobody cares about.

[Aggies67]

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If you're not cheating you're not trying. What I mean by this is there are loop-holes and grey areas in all competitions it is the responsibility of the competitor to find them and use them to their advantage."

I hope you don't teach your children that philosophy.

[Happy29]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aggies67

I hope you don't teach your children that philosophy.

Well haven't you played sports in your life, weather it be high school college, or whatever level it may be? What's some of the first things the coaches teach you? It's where those grey areas are in the rules and how to exploit them to your advantage over your competitor. It's not cheating it's exploiting the rules to your advantage.

[wudl83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy29

Well haven't you played sports in your life, weather it be high school college, or whatever level it may be? What's some of the first things the coaches teach you? It's where those grey areas are in the rules and how to exploit them to your advantage over your competitor. It's not cheating it's exploiting the rules to your advantage.

What? You must live in a strange area. My sports coaches never tried to teach me some things like that lol

[Aggies67]

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It's not cheating it's exploiting the rules to your advantage.

Then why did you write:

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If you're not cheating you're not trying.

[bkrich83]

Is anyone surprised by this? Trying to exploit games or flat out cheat has permeated online gaming since it's inception. Whether it's Madden, or Halo, or COD, people are always trying to take the easy route when playing games. It's perfectly acceptable among a large part of the online gaming community.

It's crap like this, why I don't even bother with contests like this, or play others online. I'd rather just enjoy the game, for what it was intended to be, than spend my time trying to find holes in the AI, or limitations to the game, or loopholes.

It's obvious these people played the game in a way that was not in the spirit of the contest. They simply didn't care or didn't know any better.

Either way, this is a big who cares for me

[Yeats]

Quote: Originally Posted by Happy29

Well haven't you played sports in your life, weather it be high school college, or whatever level it may be? What's some of the first things the coaches teach you? It's where those grey areas are in the rules and how to exploit them to your advantage over your competitor. It's not cheating it's exploiting the rules to your advantage.

Hard to understand why you're now trying to defend that first statement of yours, lol. Nobody is taught to cheat by their coaches. (Other than by Greg Williams, ha!) And if they are, then that's one seriously f'd up coach.