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<blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5159878" data-attributes="member: 57939"><p>I actually don't agree. The reasons why someone might play in god-mode can be compleicated and varied.</p><p></p><p>When someone is playing a game with a god-mode cheat, they aren't playing the game in order to experience Fiero. If the game doesn't provide a challenge, it can't create any sense of accomplishment. However, the pride of accomplishment is only one of several reasons for playing a game. Typically someone who is using a god-mode cheat is doing so in order to get a different kind of experience out of the game.</p><p></p><p>Here I will admit to liberally using the "power overwhelming" cheat in Starcraft and its equivalent in Warcraft II. Yes, I did play through most of Starcraft using a godmode cheat. I did so because I wasn't very good at it, and I still wanted to experience the story. I didn't get much of a sense of accomplishment for doing so, but that is irrelevant to why I did it. On the other hand, I did get a great sense of accomplishment for beating Warcraft III without resorting to cheats.</p><p></p><p>There are other reasons for using cheats as well: I have seen people mess around with godmode cheats in games like Grand Theft Auto simply to play around with how ridiculous the game behaves with them active, often with friends around to watch it with. This is more of simple social activity, far removed from any sense of accomplishment.</p><p></p><p>This whole line of though does bring something to mind though: people shouldn't make assumptions about the motivations of others, especially in cases where they don't understand the behavior. What some people might call an "ego-gamer" might have very different motivations and desires than what is ascribed to them. Celebrim, did you actually <em>ask</em> these "ego-gamers" you hated so much why they were playing the way they did?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SKyOdin, post: 5159878, member: 57939"] I actually don't agree. The reasons why someone might play in god-mode can be compleicated and varied. When someone is playing a game with a god-mode cheat, they aren't playing the game in order to experience Fiero. If the game doesn't provide a challenge, it can't create any sense of accomplishment. However, the pride of accomplishment is only one of several reasons for playing a game. Typically someone who is using a god-mode cheat is doing so in order to get a different kind of experience out of the game. Here I will admit to liberally using the "power overwhelming" cheat in Starcraft and its equivalent in Warcraft II. Yes, I did play through most of Starcraft using a godmode cheat. I did so because I wasn't very good at it, and I still wanted to experience the story. I didn't get much of a sense of accomplishment for doing so, but that is irrelevant to why I did it. On the other hand, I did get a great sense of accomplishment for beating Warcraft III without resorting to cheats. There are other reasons for using cheats as well: I have seen people mess around with godmode cheats in games like Grand Theft Auto simply to play around with how ridiculous the game behaves with them active, often with friends around to watch it with. This is more of simple social activity, far removed from any sense of accomplishment. This whole line of though does bring something to mind though: people shouldn't make assumptions about the motivations of others, especially in cases where they don't understand the behavior. What some people might call an "ego-gamer" might have very different motivations and desires than what is ascribed to them. Celebrim, did you actually [i]ask[/i] these "ego-gamers" you hated so much why they were playing the way they did? [/QUOTE]
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