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I cheated once. It was quite justified, I had just started this new game called Runescape and I was competing against people who had been playing for years. How was that fair? Any anyway, it's a game that is soo time-consuming and often monotonous to level up your skills.
I mean really - woodcutting - what's that about? You spend hours clicking from one tree to the next and watching your little man stand next to it and chop away at it until you have a few logs, that sell for nothing, and eventually - 15 years later - you have a decent wood chopping level, only to find to cut the trees that really earn money you have to be a member. Or fishing - only to discover when you finally get your level high enough to catch those lobsters everyone pays the big bikkies for, that you need to either become a member or fish at a spot miles away from the nearest bank. Who wouldn't get a program to automate the process?
Well, enough of that. It's pretty easy to justify cheating - at least to yourself. But you have to take a look at where it gets you. In Runescape it is likely to get you killed, then banned. Runescape has some nice built in protection to stop automation of it's processes. If you are asleep or in the shower while your character is chopping a tree, you are likely to receive a visit from a drunken monk, an insane wizard or that damn cat! Sometimes these are rewarding, but the longer you ignore them the more aggravating they become. Eventually you die, and then when you come back you get banned. Tough luck - you deserved it.
Cheating, at anything, is really little more than a cop out, an admission that you aren't good enough to get there by yourself. So these guys have had a few years head start on you, or they have more time to play than you - big deal. Get over it and figure out how to maximise your playtime. And here's a thought - do something crazy - hire a newbie to go on a cranberry picking quest for you, or sell hamburgers then berate people about their calorie consumption. It's not winning the game, but it's enjoying it. Infact turn off your autominer right now and go talk to some actual people. You never know when someone will hire you for a lucrative job, or remember you were friendly and give you all their equipment when they leave the game. |