Cheating ethics

[ShadowHM]

Don't shout at me; I'm very, very strictly anti-cheat.  However, some of the snideyness shown by people who've posted on this thread really grates.

My point was that "if you can't play the game as it is designed, then you shouldn't play" is riddled with problems, not least of which is that it excludes anyone who plays mods from playing "fairly".
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Hi

Since it was my "snideyness" (sic) that was bothering you, please go back and re-read my post.

This is not a hard game. Use of good tactics and effective skill placement is all that is needed, hence my suggestion that some reading in that area would be useful. Making the game easier by adding the likes of Maphack is not something I can admire in the least. If you think it is snide to say so, then so be it.

It may well have been a poor choice of words on my part, when I said "if you cannot play the game as designed". I meant that there is no excuse for making it easier that I can accept.

I cannot discuss the playing of mods for D2, as I have not played any. But my impression is that they are rather definitely not structured to make it easier. And the playing of mods is not what this thread was about, anyway.

You may have been well-intentioned in your intervention in this thread. But my opinion is that it was mis-placed.