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So after reading this glorious thing called global chat, as well as many personal experiences.. I have a simple question to ask and discuss.. I don't believe it is against the roc, and its not a troll of any type.. Just something I have been wondering for a very long time.
So to begin, I was taught something valuable as a child.. and that was my grandpa looking at me saying.. "Its OK in life to not be the best and to fail and lose.. Don't be so hard on yourself when it happens.. There will ALWAYS be someone better.. There will ALWAYS be someone faster... and there will ALWAYS be someone with more experience. You just need to learn to accept this, and you will feel better when you do fail.
So I often times remember this little teaching through my life, and also in this silly game. But the problem with the game is... If anyone is better, faster, greater, or more experienced at something then yourself it means they cheat? Really?
I'm not going to be one to sit here and act like cheats aren't real.. I know they are, and I know some use them, but I also know of a lot of people who don't and yet they are constantly accused of it. I am also dumped in that statement.. I do not use cheats to assist me with my hobby of IDOCing, I do not have some fast placer program, or a program to allow me to grab all the cool loot... or some magical website that lists all of the falling houses.. I have put 9+ years into idocing, that's A LOT of time and practice.. and now I find myself being called a "cheater" and "slithery" and a "scriptor" constantly just because me and my crew are good at what we do.
So my main point and question is why do people always feel the need to always accuse someone who's better then them at what they do a cheater? What is the purpose other then to make yourself fell less inadequate, or to ruin someones reputation and hard work and practice?
I really am curious. I am not trying to cause drama or damage our community.. I just feel it should in some way be brought out in the open since its something we see in game daily. And its something making the game a lot less fun for some of us.
Discuss?
So to begin, I was taught something valuable as a child.. and that was my grandpa looking at me saying.. "Its OK in life to not be the best and to fail and lose.. Don't be so hard on yourself when it happens.. There will ALWAYS be someone better.. There will ALWAYS be someone faster... and there will ALWAYS be someone with more experience. You just need to learn to accept this, and you will feel better when you do fail.
So I often times remember this little teaching through my life, and also in this silly game. But the problem with the game is... If anyone is better, faster, greater, or more experienced at something then yourself it means they cheat? Really?
I'm not going to be one to sit here and act like cheats aren't real.. I know they are, and I know some use them, but I also know of a lot of people who don't and yet they are constantly accused of it. I am also dumped in that statement.. I do not use cheats to assist me with my hobby of IDOCing, I do not have some fast placer program, or a program to allow me to grab all the cool loot... or some magical website that lists all of the falling houses.. I have put 9+ years into idocing, that's A LOT of time and practice.. and now I find myself being called a "cheater" and "slithery" and a "scriptor" constantly just because me and my crew are good at what we do.
So my main point and question is why do people always feel the need to always accuse someone who's better then them at what they do a cheater? What is the purpose other then to make yourself fell less inadequate, or to ruin someones reputation and hard work and practice?
I really am curious. I am not trying to cause drama or damage our community.. I just feel it should in some way be brought out in the open since its something we see in game daily. And its something making the game a lot less fun for some of us.
Discuss?