Cheaters?

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

If I'm hit and it broke, I walk off the field. Am I upset that the other player didn't do the same? Yes, I am. I would inform one of the refs of what went on and if that got nothing, I would take it higher after that. MY honor is more important to me than his. I won't compromise it.

[Crazy]

o well, it seems like we all have our own opinions here, and nothing is going to change it.. so just move along.

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

I think I agree with that. No hard feelings I hope. Cheating gets under my skin.

[Crazy]

not at all, we all play the way we feel the game should be played.

[FatMan]

Originally posted by LoveMyMagMoreThanYou
If I'm hit and it broke, I walk off the field. Am I upset that the other player didn't do the same? Yes, I am. I would inform one of the refs of what went on and if that got nothing, I would take it higher after that. MY honor is more important to me than his. I won't compromise it.

Gotta agree here. I've see this approach win more in the long run. Its like, you might lose the game, but if you try to "cheat back" then you become a cheater, everybody knows it, and so do you.

FatMan

[Evil Bob]

Everyone has their "cheating" threshold in which they will or won't cross the line...

For some, that line is variable and defined differently moment to moment, for others it's fixed.

Whether is it the end goal of a big cash prize or bragging rights or they're pissed off that everyone else is cheating, there comes a point where people make a conscious decision to cross the line.

Just like everything else in life, everyone has a different level of tolerance...

Some cheat openly either out of arrogance or stupidity because of some pathetic excuse along the lines of "no way, you couldn't have hit possibly hit me"...
Some practice cheating using "we're willing to take any means necessary to win" as their mantra...
Some cheat because everyone else does and they feel left out...
Some don't cheat and question their decision to not cheat every time they notice someone cheat and get away with it...
Some don't cheat ever, openly exclaiming a higher moral path...
and some simply don't cheat and go on about their lives quietly...

So which category do you fall into?

I don't cheat, period, I don't brag about it either, I don't call others on it, I don't get terribly upset if someone cheats and wins, I could care less.

Players who rely upon cheating to win will eventually earn themselves a reputation for cheating, it's an end in and of itself, eventually people will stop playing with or against them.

I look at it this way:

"I shot you once, I can easily shoot you again, how many times do you want to get shot before you finally call yourself out?"

If you don't want to go out under your own power, I'm going to make it painful for you to remain in the game, how many hits on the same location does it take before your hand/arm/head/shoulder/back is in so much pain that you can't continue to play? I usually shoot at fleshier parts first so it doesn't hurt the other player as much (especially in recball), but if they don't want to go out, I start aiming for the more painful ones. Hey, if you want to get beat up in game, go for it, I'm more then happy to keep pounding on your hide. If your team wins, kudos for you, I'm happy for you.

-Evil Bob