Do you want to win by cheating?” The background of the cheating problem that continues to smolder in the gaming world.

I didn’t want to lose.

There is no end to the number of people who modify programs to achieve impossible gameplay in games. Numerous cheats are rampant in online games, including “wall hacks” that allow players to penetrate walls and other in-game objects, “damage hacks” that allow players to deal unbelievable damage, and so on.

All games prohibit cheating, and operators are taking various countermeasures. However, the current situation is a weasel war between cheat developers and those who sell them.

There are roughly two types of cheats: hardware cheats, which physically affect the system from the outside, and software cheats, which tamper with information within the system. Hardware cheats include modified gamepads and transducers that mislead the system into allowing the use of mice and keyboards that are not normally usable. Among these, the most common type of cheating is in first-person shooter (FPS) games.

In competitive games, the use of cheats is unreasonable and causes frustration. In addition, the damage is greater than one might imagine, as the frustration with the management company in dealing with cheaters can lead to withdrawal from the game and boycotts of the game. In addition, real money trade (RMT), in which items and other items obtained with in-game currency are traded for real money, poses the risk of being used for money laundering and other purposes.

Despite the fact that some game companies impose serious penalties such as account suspension, cheats continue to be used. Some believe this is due to the ease of contact between cheaters and sellers. One man who used to use cheats in FPS games said, “It’s exhilarating. He knew it was wrong, but he was still using them.

The FPS genre is basically played against other players, so if the enemies are strong or your teammates are weak, you get stressed out. If you are good at the game, you will lose one-sidedly if you have a good opponent. That is boring for the person playing. At first, I didn’t want to lose, and that’s when I started using cheats.

When you use cheats, you can easily hit the enemy with bullets, and you can win even if you play properly, so you can think that you are the best. Besides, there are many cheaters in FPS games, so I had many chances to be beaten unreasonably, and I was aware that it would not be a problem if I used cheats.

The damage caused by competitive games, especially FPS, is enormous. Most of the people we talked to had encountered cheaters in their games, and they criticized them in harsh terms, saying “Don’t be boring,” “Is it fun to win using cheats?” and “If you are weak, practice.

Anyone can get them.

The easy availability of cheats is another problem. According to Yusuke Yamano, an expert on online data trading, “Some people are profiting from cheats by purchasing them from cheat developers and reselling them further.

In the past, data was sold on Internet bulletin boards, but now, with social networking services, it is easy to access developers between individuals. There are those who sell on websites with impunity, but recently it has become especially noticeable in the form of communication applications called discords. Since they are buying and selling in a closed space, companies have not been able to keep up with the countermeasures,” said Yamano.

Another problem is that the amount of money sold is so small that it is easy to get one’s hands on it.

Depending on the product, it can be purchased for as little as 3,000 yen or as much as 30,000 yen. There may be cheaper cheats. Since they can be bought even with the money from a student’s part-time job, there are cases where a student loses a game and buys a cheat with the sole intention of winning.

Sending game data or false information to a server that has been improperly programmed or altered, and thereby causing the server to operate in a manner not intended by the operator, may constitute the unauthorized creation or distribution of private electromagnetic records.” In 2010, the Cybercrime Division of the Kyoto Prefectural Police sent five cheaters to prosecution. There is also a possibility that the game companies will file a claim for compensation for damages, claiming that it leads to a decrease in sales.

The Metropolitan Police Department is also sounding the alarm about cheating. Cheating should never be allowed. If you discover cheating, please report it to the respective online game operators.

Many companies are taking measures against the use of cheats, claiming that it is an illegal act. Although cheats can give players the illusion of being the best in the game, there are many users who are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with them. I suspect that they will eventually suffer painful repercussions.

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