Why do people cheat?

[♛⁧Schultheiß]

I don't understand it. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to compete on a level playing field with others? Why do people insist on ruining their fun, and fun of others, just to end up with their account banned? Is it caused by mental illness?

[Tommy]

It's more to take shortcuts to overcome their own shortcomings and get *SOME* satisfaction. Cheating is in all of sports, not only video games. Sad fact.

[♛⁧Schultheiß]

Originally posted by Tommy_H:

It's more to take shortcuts to overcome their own shortcomings and get *SOME* satisfaction. Cheating is in all of sports, not only video games. Sad fact.

But in sports there's a monetary incentive to it. You get sponsors and there is a reward for winning. Whereas cheating in cs2 premier is just wasting your time and money, same for faceit as most cheaters are caught before being anywhere near pro level.
So rather than being rewarded, you're only getting punished for cheating. There's no logical incentive to doing it.

[Jar Traahd]

Entitlement maybe.

[Tommy]

I agree. Yet it is what happens.

Also there is cheating/doping in amatuer sports as well. But yeah, I guess people are just not good at accepting their own limitations and/or putting in effort to get better naturally.
*shrug*

[Frida]

THEY DOINT NOW TO EARN XP FASTER FOR MORE CASE DROPS.....

CHEATING IN CASUAL WAS NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS IT IS NOW , BEFORE THEY INCREASED THE CASE DROPS...

ITS BASICALLY PAYING PLAYERS TO PLAY AND PUT UP WITH ALL THE CHEATERS....

[mflyer]

bad losers
they do it if they can get away with it and when they get found out they cry

[KENNETH]

People think it's cool, like we play so cool, although they don't even understand how stupid and stupid it looks and spoils the game for normal people

[♛⁧Schultheiß]

Originally posted by 76561199484337238:

THEY DOINT NOW TO EARN XP FASTER FOR MORE CASE DROPS.....

CHEATING IN CASUAL WAS NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS IT IS NOW , BEFORE THEY INCREASED THE CASE DROPS...

ITS BASICALLY PAYING PLAYERS TO PLAY AND PUT UP WITH ALL THE CHEATERS....

I don't understand the point you're trying to make.
Cheating wouldn't really help the players get the weekly drops faster, as the matchmaking system is designed to keep you at a winrate of 50%.
And the other modes like casual and deathmatch reward significantly less experience.
So a player with cheats would have to put in the same amount of time as a normal player to get the weekly case anyway.
I don't see how that would be an incentive to put your account at risk, because you're basically risking the 15€ cost of prime, for no reason compared to not cheating.

[desinity]

cuz they care only elo, to be higher rank elo on premier, valve made that rank system and cheaters like it)))

[Frida]

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

Originally posted by 76561199484337238:

THEY DOINT NOW TO EARN XP FASTER FOR MORE CASE DROPS.....

CHEATING IN CASUAL WAS NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS IT IS NOW , BEFORE THEY INCREASED THE CASE DROPS...

ITS BASICALLY PAYING PLAYERS TO PLAY AND PUT UP WITH ALL THE CHEATERS....

I don't understand the point you're trying to make.
Cheating wouldn't really help the players get the weekly drops faster, as the matchmaking system is designed to keep you at a winrate of 50%.
And the other modes like casual and deathmatch reward significantly less experience.
So a player with cheats would have to put in the same amount of time as a normal player to get the weekly case anyway.
I don't see how that would be an incentive to put your account at risk, because you're basically risking the 15€ cost of prime, for no reason compared to not cheating.

my reply is really in reguards to playing casual.,,,, but the more kills u get the more xp u get
so the more = the faster...

[Dragon]

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

I don't understand it. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to compete on a level playing field with others? Why do people insist on ruining their fun, and fun of others, just to end up with their account banned? Is it caused by mental illness?

Mostly yes

[♛⁧Schultheiß]

Originally posted by 76561199484337238:

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

I don't understand the point you're trying to make.
Cheating wouldn't really help the players get the weekly drops faster, as the matchmaking system is designed to keep you at a winrate of 50%.
And the other modes like casual and deathmatch reward significantly less experience.
So a player with cheats would have to put in the same amount of time as a normal player to get the weekly case anyway.
I don't see how that would be an incentive to put your account at risk, because you're basically risking the 15€ cost of prime, for no reason compared to not cheating.

my reply is really in reguards to playing casual.,,,, but the more kills u get the more xp u get
so the more = the faster...

It's still slower than just playing competitive or premier.
So cheating in casual to gain xp is just a waste of time compared to just playing the game normally without cheats.
Plus you're still putting your account and 15€ prime status at risk for no reason.

[Frida]

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

Originally posted by 76561199484337238:

my reply is really in reguards to playing casual.,,,, but the more kills u get the more xp u get
so the more = the faster...

It's still slower than just playing competitive or premier.
So cheating in casual to gain xp is just a waste of time compared to just playing the game normally without cheats.
Plus you're still putting your account and 15€ prime status at risk for no reason.

VACNET is not runing in casual games... there is no ANTI CHEAT in casual right now.....

peopel are free to cheat all day long...... and your wrong......

in comp u r limited to how many kills you can get per round to 5.... in casual u can get up to 15 per round.....

and u can cheat your way to cases drops... open cases get nice stuff worth more than the price of prime and move it to a non cheating account....

[♛⁧Schultheiß]

Originally posted by 76561199484337238:

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

It's still slower than just playing competitive or premier.
So cheating in casual to gain xp is just a waste of time compared to just playing the game normally without cheats.
Plus you're still putting your account and 15€ prime status at risk for no reason.

VACNET is not runing in casual games... there is no ANTI CHEAT in casual right now.....

peopel are free to cheat all day long...... and your wrong......

in comp u r limited to how many kills you can get per round to 5.... in casual u can get up to 15 per round.....

and u can cheat your way to cases drops... open cases get nice stuff worth more than the price of prime and move it to a non cheating account....

You're just incorrect.
You don't even understand how the experience system works and are coming to wrong conclusions based on your lack of knowledge. In comp the experience is rewarded per WON round, not per score like it is in FFA and casual.
Also, why would you risk 15€ just to get a 0.2€ case for multiple hours of playtime weekly.
That's ridiculous. I doubt it's even worth it after subtracting the electricity costs.

[Renos]

Originally posted by Schultheiß:

I don't understand it. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to compete on a level playing field with others? Why do people insist on ruining their fun, and fun of others, just to end up with their account banned? Is it caused by mental illness?

I think of a few
Firstly are the malicious people

people that do it because they find some satisfaction in tilting people with cheats and living rent free in people's heads, Basically attention seekers,

Then there are People that do it to boost accounts to later resell. Some dude i ran accross in MM last year was solo boosting accounts in premier with spinbots to later resell knowing full well they would likely be banned, Supposedly hes been doing it since 2014 and making a couple thousand every month,

Then there are people trying to get every edge in competition with integrity thrown out the window, Here i would include normal cheaters but also things like exploit abuse (Coach cam exploit that was in GO for years or the olofboost as an example) match fixing, drug usage, etc

Then there are those who are just trying to push the game to its limits,

People in private HvH servers pushing the game to its limit and prob responsible for most exploit discoveries, Then the cheat devs trying to flex their coding skills and one up each other,