A Hacker's Plight

[Kasreyn]

The problem has always been, since the first days of D1 (and earlier, in MUD's and other games), that certain people are just too immature to take their enjoyment from a game without infringing on others'. It's selfishness, pure and simple.

Virgil Tibbs once posted an angry email he got from a PK with the usual garbage like "PK's are just better than you whiners" and "We're seeking the challenge of competing!". I hereby offer an open challenge to ALL D1/2 PK's, EVERYWHERE: If you want to prove your good intentions, then start, sign, and turn in a unanimous petition to Blizzard that Hostile Mode in D2 require BOTH parties to select hostility. What's the matter?? Ohh, so it's not ACTUALLY about challenge at all, huh? Thought so. In fact, it's about whacking some poor guy who's just trying to have fun, laughing like a mentally retarded loon, and proving you're just another immature schmuck. Skill? Don't make me laugh. Yep, lots of skill required to FB someone in the back in Hell/Hell (D1). Yep, lots of skill required to fire endless GA at town entrance in D2. If PK's really WERE better PvP players than co-oper's, they would have no problem with a mutual hostile requirement in D2. But just imagine how they'd bitch at my little idea. Point is, they're too useless and selfish to get any joy from playing the GAME; they just play a meta-game called "get my jollies by hurting others".

As to the hacked items: I don't have and never have had a problem with people cheating on their own, or in groups composed wholly of cheaters. I kind of look down on them, but hey, they bought the game too. It's when their cheating affects others, like the current situation on Battle.Net, that it becomes intolerable. But of course, they WANT to involve everyone in their cheating. For one, it makes them less likely to be clearly identified as wusses (cheating is a crutch, no one with a brain can fail to understand this). For another, if they can smokescreen Blizzard with thousands of accounts with hacked items, maybe Blizzard won't pull another massive purge. If there were a clear demarcation between cheater and legit, Blizz could easily purge the cheaters; so, it's in the cheaters' best interests to keep things confused. Finally, they just plain and simply do not understand that some people WANT to play the game legit. It's like they think someone will appear at their house and give them a cookie if they can get every number on their screen to show "999999999". My experiences playing a BNM and a BAR on D1 Bnet made this clear. Those who weren't busy offering my naked butt hacked gear were busy calling me a hacker. They refused to be satisfied unless I joined the Dark Side like them. =P

If I could say one thing to CanisMortifer, it would be this: "We ARE superior to you, not necessarily morally, but certainly in terms of gameplay skills. We're just plain better at the game than you and your "veteran" friends. Want to prove you're as good? Cast off your crutches then. Burying your head in the sand won't make it go away. Learn to take responsibility for the effects your actions have on others. Oh, and find something better to spend your money on. Computer game items on eBay? You're about 50 light years away from where you'd need to be to intercept the next available Life. Get movin'."

Just my (rapidly devaluing) $0.02.

-Kasreyn