Cheating? Your views
I was reading these forums when I came across Whasp Commanders post about "Analyzing the verb Cheat".
I was in agreement with what was said up until this part
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That's why I like that quote: "to violate the accepted standards or rules." If you join a server, then you accept to play by their rules. If you violate those accepted rules, then you are cheating.
To put this in layman's terms:
Modding is not cheating, unless you mod in multiplayer. Then modding is cheating.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Does this seem a contradiction to anyone else?
Earlier in the post, Whasp says about "rules of the server", and violation of this is cheating. Spot on I say.
However, Its the "unelss you mod in multiplayer. Then modding is cheating" part that gets me. Whasp says about the "unwritten rule that when you join a server, you accept the rules of that server". Again, a valid point, but if the server is modded, therefore the "unless you mod in multiplayer" line becomes null and void?
Please forgive me if I've completely misread this, but this is my view.
If you use a mod on an unmodded server, then this is cheating. If you use the same mods as the server, then this is playing by the same rules as the server allows, therefore is not cheating.
Also, a question I have, if you join a server with a different mod set active, doesn't this crash the server?
Your views please fellow freelancerers