• nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Whatever you want to call it, it’s inherently dishonest to take credit for skills you don’t have and achievements you didn’t earn.

    • TypicalHog@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      No one is arguing that it isn’t dishonest. NO ONE.

      I’m just arguing that cheating is a different thing than boosting/account sharing. I’m not even arguing which is worse. I sometimes wonder if people can even read. I just corrected the terminology and BAM 14 dislikes. SO dumb.

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        It is cheating. I’m not sure what this weird take is. He used means that are against the rules of play to become statistically better than other players and rise in the ranks. Boosting and account sharing are against the rules. it is cheating.

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          6 hours ago

          Cheating would be if he used external software to modify the game state/gained knowledge about the game state he wasn’t supposed to have.

          • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            5 hours ago

            Other things beyond that can also be cheating. That is one kind of cheating but other things can be cheating as well.

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              5 hours ago

              When I hear that someone cheated in a videogame I think about using external software. When I hear that someone boosted in a videogame I think about account sharing. Maybe that’s just me, idk.

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                3 hours ago

                From my perspective, cheating would also include account sharing. Would they give me the title for eating the most hot dogs in 15 minutes if I let 10 of my friends help me?

      • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        It’s irrelevant to the overall point and comes across as a defense of Musk by attacking an irrelevant piece of semantics.

        For example if people are arguing about pineapple on pizza and you say “pineapple is food so it’s ok on pizza” it’s not addressing the actual arguments being made.

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          6 hours ago

          If you think I’m defending him for boosting and account sharing - you are simply wrong. I just want the facts to be correct. Maybe it’s going over peoples heads cause I’m autistic (I think) or something idk.

          • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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            2 hours ago

            Regardless of your intent, the context in which you make a statement matters. You were wondering why people were down voting you so I’m just letting you know. You don’t have to like it but that’s the way it is.

            I get being frustrated at people misunderstanding you, happens to everyone, just don’t stress over the imaginary Internet points.