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0 pointsvintermann3y ago0 comments

Well, if gamers gain that much satisfaction from other people's frustration, it's no mystery why they cheat too. I don't think that feeling is especially dependent on having achieved it "legitimately".

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cauthon3y ago· 1 in thread

What? No, the satisfaction was from having done something so well someone literally didn't believe it was possible.

Not sure how you think you could get that from actually cheating.

vintermannOP3y ago

Who says they didn't believe it was possible? They just didn't think it was possible for you, i.e. that you did it honestly.

We all know cheating is a problem in online games, so it wasn't an unreasonable belief. It's certainly possible to play chess at Magnus Carlsen's level, but if I play against someone random online and they play at that level, then of course my default assumption is going to be that they're cheating, not that they're Magnus Carlsen.

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