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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by vintermann on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:07AM (#34922557)
Well if you cheat you get to enjoy that feeling even when you wouldn't do well.

I honestly expect many of the people who go "nah I'm just that good" even in this thread are actually cheating. That smirk wouldn't feel any less good if you were cheating, in fact it'd be one more thing to smirk about.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by reportgunner on Friday February 24, 2023 @07:36AM (#34923850)
> I honestly expect many of the people who go "nah I'm just that good" even in this thread are actually cheating.

This, players that are actually good don't feel the need to brag about it on hacker news.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by TheHappyOddish on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:24PM (#35076174)
I don't know why you think being good at video games makes you a better grounded person. Lots of people good at games also have big egos.
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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by enneff on Saturday February 25, 2023 @08:32PM (#34942194)
On the contrary, I would get no pleasure from the salt if I were cheating. The pleasure entirely comes from feeling good at the game, so good that people feel the need to complain about it.
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