Why are there so many hackers?

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Hi.
I haven't played aoe in month, and I just decided to come play some qs games, and the first player I go against just bugs the game with lag as soon as he sees he is in a bad situation and when he is lost he just bugs the game completely somehow.
I don't know what to do and I think these players just kill the game. Due to that I simply don't want to play anymore, it's really sad.
That's all I wanted to share.
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Wait for the FP.
I think the back door from where the hacks can be used will be closed.
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I don't think so. It's not even a real hack (even tho there are real hackers) he just lags the game and you can't do anything about it
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Post by hadeskerbecs »

it is indeed verry frustrating. also the many OOS users. For example i played a 3 vs 3 today and "liveleaker" made the game go OOS.
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Don't play quick search
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It's very simple: It's easy to do, and punishment is between highly and extremely unlikely.
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Why are there so many hackers?

[ol type="decimal"][li]The game is old, people have had more time to learn more about it.[/li][li]Many mods, fan-patches and UIs have been made, people know the inner workings of the game better.[/li][li]The game is very lightly moderated and for long stretches maybe not at all.[/li][li]A few have become bored with playing the game it so they entertain themselves by hacking.[/li][li]New players see hackers go unpunished and think that this is a good way to increase their pixel points.[/li][li]Some want the game to go away because they relish in decreasing the enjoyment of others.[/li][/ol]
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Because for some reason people disrespect you if you are a lower rank.
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So frustrating really kills the game, Biggest losers with no lives do this kind of shit dont see any satisfaction from cheating in anything
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It's not surprising that so many people are cheating when there is very little oversight from Microsoft, and the hacks are available nonlinear. Franckd and his fellow pussies have even been making money selling their lazerbear hacks to the community.
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papist wrote:It''s not surprising that so many people are cheating when there is very little oversight from Microsoft, and the hacks are available nonlinear. Franckd and his fellow pussies have even been making money selling their lazerbear hacks to the community.


lmao who would buy that shit.
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It's interesting that a search on "cheat" brings up only 2342 posts on the Old Agecomm and "hack" only 1290. Cheating is maybe not so terribly rampant as we might think. I think we just tend to dwell on that one instance of cheating more than we do the hundreds of games we played where no cheating occurred.
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I havent been cheated on since I started playing again.

Maybe people dont like cheating in unrated games :)
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The hacks are being sold for around 15-20$, so far as i am informed.
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I have played a lot of games and never been cheated on to my knowledge. It is true that some people cheat but they seem fairly easy to avoid if you do not play on qs
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People who cheat can be blocked from the FP so we should offer a safe place to QS :)
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That's nice that we will can block them, but still I feel there are so many of them, it's very frustrating. I don't understand, why do they do that? what kind of way is this to spend your time lol...
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h2o wrote:People who cheat can be blocked from the FP so we should offer a safe place to QS :)
Will this fp be able to find those who maphack?
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ramex12 wrote:That''s nice that we will can block them, but still I feel there are so many of them, it''s very frustrating. I don''t understand, why do they do that? what kind of way is this to spend your time lol...
Some people enjoy winning, no matter what techniques they must employ to do so. If they have to shell out 20 bucks for a hack, it is worth it for them.
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metis wrote:Why are there so many hackers?

[ol type="decimal"][li]The game is old, people have had more time to learn more about it.[/li][li]Many mods, fan-patches and UIs have been made, people know the inner workings of the game better.[/li][li]The game is very lightly moderated and for long stretches maybe not at all.[/li][li]A few have become bored with playing the game it so they entertain themselves by hacking.[/li][li]New players see hackers go unpunished and think that this is a good way to increase their pixel points.[/li][li]Some want the game to go away because they relish in decreasing the enjoyment of others.[/li][/ol]
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metis wrote:Why are there so many hackers?

[ol type="decimal"][li]The game is old, people have had more time to learn more about it.[/li][li]Many mods, fan-patches and UIs have been made, people know the inner workings of the game better.[/li][li]The game is very lightly moderated and for long stretches maybe not at all.[/li][li]A few have become bored with playing the game it so they entertain themselves by hacking.[/li][li]New players see hackers go unpunished and think that this is a good way to increase their pixel points.[/li][li]Some want the game to go away because they relish in decreasing the enjoyment of others.[/li][/ol]
Number three basically sums up the situation. Cheaters have no incentive to stop doing what they''re doing. Some people seem to require supervision, but it remains a mystery to me as to why this is the case. Having a moral compass can be an enjoyable thing in life.
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u either die a noob or live long enough to see yourself become a hacker
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