Lamar's Blog Post #3

Cheating in the virtual world is different than the real world. In the real world, a certain card game can be appropriate at times to cheat in order to win the game. Particular card games like munchkin, set the standard for cheating to reach a goal. When we played this game together as a group, Jesse pulled other players cards so he could have winning cards in his hands. In this way, he played it smart. Jesse played the game by out doing other opponents in a good manner. Now using cheating strategies to out do others in card games are appropriate only if those card games allow players to cheat. Communication is an effective tool in the real world of card games if you want to learn how to cheat. You have to play it smart without getting caught by someone. But in the virtual world, cheating is not good to do most of the time. This can make online multiplayer games frustrating and prevent other subscribers from playing the games for good. Some games get shutdown just for cheating. Some say that hardcore gamers have too much fun and take it too far online. In Everquest, guilds may have the same player with multiple accounts just for that one guild. All of a sudden, you start noticing that this one player can go from level 3 to level 40 in one month. Now you start saying to yourself, how in the world did this guy crush me and my group the whole time. People don't even realize what is going on with online cheating. Gameplay changes online when this happens but it can stop only if there are casual players out there. Hardcore gamers play not only to win, but to get to different levels. I think that there should be a high amount of casual players online with a lower amount of hardcore gamers because the hardcore gamers can take the fun away from using multiple guilds. It is still good to be a hardcore gamer. You just have to get to higher levels and help others out. Cheating in a virtual environment is serious than cheating in a multiplayer game that is appropriate. For the the online multiplayers, you can put everything in one jar. This is true because players can hurt their group members in their guilds to betray others. It seems wierd to do this, but people have to understand what they are doing online sometimes. Multiplayer gaming in the real world that involves cheating is fun and recommended. You can create good tricks to get to higher levels without dying. Obviously, the whole object of the game is to reach the maximum level or power from the cards. Online gaming can have cheating for hardcore gamers but it only lets the selfish players take away the fun in the virtual world.