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    Will SPEED HACKS and/or AIMBOT in ONLINE GAMES break your COMPUTER?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HenryMan2008, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. HenryMan2008

    HenryMan2008 Notebook Consultant

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    Will speed hacks cause your laptop to overheat, and burn the mother board or graphics card? :confused:
     
  2. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Yes. So stay away from it/them.





















    Note that I'm lying. Or kidding. But I tell you, I hate those cheaters. I mean it's not like other players can't do it too, it's just that they are trying to have fun playing those games without cheating. Why can't those speed hackers just get together and frag each other..
     
  3. blahboy

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    no. but you could get banned from playing the game again (online), so don't do it anyway.
     
  4. taelrak

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    Why is the (self)righteous, self-proclaimed champion of integrity, anti-fraud, anti-piracy, and internet morality asking for advice about bots and hacking online games? :p
     
  5. HenryMan2008

    HenryMan2008 Notebook Consultant

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    Answer me these questions. Is speed hacks illegal compared to piracy or fraud? NO! Is speed hacks for a good cause? MAYBE IT CAN BE!

    AND if anti-violent video game advocates play violent video games with the intention of ruining the mainstream gamers' enjoyment, will there be less mainstream gamers worldwide?

    PS I am not saying I use speed hacks and/or aimbot. Ever heard of a question?
     
  6. Zetto

    Zetto Notebook Deity

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    Speedhacks/aimbots etc are frequently piggy-backed with virii and trojans, but I think you already know that :D
     
  7. mtylerjr

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    Whaaat? I didn't say a word! :D
     
  8. CodeMonkeyX

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    And also yes they can break your computer. Most of the things that are morally wrong often come with viruses and malware etc etc. I guess the hackers assume if you are trying to cheat then you deserve it?

    Things like cracked software, illegal copies of movies/music, cheats for games, etc are notorious for coming with viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

    Think about it, the people making and distributing hacks/cheats are not exactly reliable trustworthy people. So why trust them with your computer by installing software that they made?
     
  9. HenryMan2008

    HenryMan2008 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't support illegal stuff...

    The question is if cheating in games you legally buy moral? For instance people buy multiple copies of Counter-Strike because they have received multiple bans in Counter-Strike. How is cheating in Counter-Strike illegal? Is it?
     
  10. taelrak

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    Since when did morality = legality, or vice versa?

    You can't be a proponent of ends justifying the means and still define your entire system of values based on only the current set of laws as absolute morality at the same time. :p Since you're obviously the latter, I don't think you can make a very convincing argument for the former.

    LOL!
     
  11. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    I'm not sure I fully understand your English, but cheating in CS isn't illegal by definition that you can't go to prison for playing with a hack. However, it is immoral (cheating in general) and will get you banned from the server. If you decide to buy multiple copies of CS, then you are literally paying for your stupidity and immoral(ness).
     
  12. HenryMan2008

    HenryMan2008 Notebook Consultant

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    Violent video games are IMMORAL!
     
  13. taelrak

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    Because they allow people to channel their otherwise violent urges through a socially-acceptable medium instead of letting them build up and then taking those same urges out on real people right? :rolleyes:
     
  14. CodeMonkeyX

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    It can be illegal depending on how the cheat was made? Did they break the law while reverse engineering Valves software? I have not read the EULA but a lot of software companies expressly forbid the the end user to modify their code, so yes it could be illegal too. Again depending on how the cheat was implemented.

    It's definitely immoral because millions of other people also bought the software, and want to play the game. Cheaters ruin the game for everyone else on the server at the time.

    Anyway, I think you are missing my point. The people that code and distribute hacks and cheats are not the most trustworthy people in the world. And when you install these hacks you are basically giving them free reign of your system to install what they want.

    Do so at your own risk.
     
  15. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    I would think it would be a respect to persons under the Kantian view. Also, if I caught you cheating on my server, you are banned... :)
     
  16. HenryMan2008

    HenryMan2008 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think buying faster internet speed is illegal. Cable is much faster than dial up...
     
  17. Pohc

    Pohc Notebook Geek

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    Is this guy a troll or just another noob?
     
  18. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Exactly what I was thinking. Probably a horrid combination of both. Can we just consider this thread closed?
     
  19. taelrak

    taelrak Lost

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    Cable's not a hack. And your arguments are jumping all over the place. Figure out your main point and then use your arguments to support it - not the other way around. Jumping around all over the topic without actually making your point or refuting anyone else's doesn't make you particularly coherent.

    Both. Being banned once doesn't seem to have changed him much for the better, but at least he's no longer trying to brag about his moral or intellectual superiority (or lack of) anymore.
     
  20. band-aid

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    I think that if an individual pays for a game then they have the right to use it however they see fit, if this means reverse engineering it and writing a wallhack that hooks some DLL to give you clear walls then so be it. This feeling ends with people that go onto hack web sites, download superpwnhax v 1.5, and proceed to foul up public servers.

    If they write it themselves, then their just winning in a creative way imo.

    (puts on flame suit and sits back to watch the fireworks.)
     
  21. CodeMonkeyX

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    What's the difference between a public webserver and a public CS server?

    People are still paying for public CS servers, they spend time maintaining them, and they consider cheaters to be messing it up. So if they are paying for their servers, and spending their time keeping them up, what right do you have to go in and mess it up?

    And you do not own software when you buy it. Most of the time you are buying a license to use the software, and you are legally bound to the EULA when you install the program. And as I said a lot of software makers forbid the decompilation, and reverse engineering of their code.
     
  22. nukec

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    yes. it will make your computer gay. and you will be in big trouble.
     
  23. Pureknight

    Pureknight Notebook Consultant

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    Henry you're a really funny troll hahaha
     
  24. ghostslinger

    ghostslinger Notebook Enthusiast

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    Though this wasn't meant to be an ethics thread (or so I hope), the sheer risk of viruses and possible hacks should answer your question. I also must disagree with you in that violent video games are immoral.
     
  25. Firov

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    When I hear the word "aimbot" I reach for my revolver.
     
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    If you want to hack or use program assisted aiming for online games, then do so in the single player mode. No one cares if you cheat yourself, but people pay their money and spend their time to play a game with set boundries and rules. The amount of practise and dedication that goes into game playing is not to see who can cheat the best. It is to see who can become the best with whatever rules that are set. And as some others have pointed out, the games do not belong to you, they all belong to the companies that hold the property and Intelligence rights. And further more, the games onlines servers are not your own and they do not want your cheats in there.

    If you really must cheat, then create your own server or your own game. Go play with the other children that are incapable or playing a game correctly or lack the Intelligence to do so.
     
  27. pbcustom98

    pbcustom98 Goldmember

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    why dont you play wow, and use hax..i would love to see your question get answered that way.

    oh and BTW..i have never heard of a legit player getting his/her steam ID banned....ive only ever heard of that situation for people who are hacking.

    i perma ban people like you who "test their luck with hax"

    unless you like ruining the fun of other legit players.

    edit: im not making sense...just worked a 12 hour day in the sun with no breaks...ill make sense of this rambling later on.
     
  28. meh_cd

    meh_cd Notebook Evangelist

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    Really? How? It's your opinion.

    Anyway, go ahead and try it. I'll laugh when your motherboard goes crazy kills you with the electric shock. :eek:
     
  29. Sneaky_Chopsticks

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    Avoid using those, specially with EA, they'll wipe your stats and ban you online.
     
  30. kevler

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    You are altering the game so you viod the warrenty and most games specificly have you agree not to cheat before you play.
     
  31. knightingmagic

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    I wonder why trolls tend to speak incoherently. Hmm...

    Wait, this "HenryMan2008" wants to ruin the fun of people playing online. That makes him or her as big of a loser as those wackos that slash SUV tires.
     
  32. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    I think the relevant points and more have been covered in this thread.

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