MarcusAlley wrote:
As I have stated in this thread, one part of the definition of cheating, is to break a rule or law usually to gain an advantage at something, it doesn't matter if Sony and Microsoft say you are braking a rule or not, but people using scuf controllers and now Elite controllers have an advantage over the players that only have a normal controller, do to the back buttons. To make things fare, everyone must have the same thing to where no one can use something to their own advantage. So by looking at the definition of cheating, you are not cheating by braking rules, but you are cheating other players by using a product that everyone doesn't have. You are using it to your advantage to make the game easyer for you. Now, I also feel the same way about products like turtle beach headsets that let you hear footsteps better.
Only meeting one prong of a definition does not equate to meeting the whole definition. Simply having an advantage does not make it cheating. People with surround sound systems have an advantage over people using TV speakers. Are they cheating? How can you say that someone using headphones is cheating? Treyarch ADDED a headphone sound setting. They CLEARLY expect people to use headphones. In fact, the Awareness Perk is a picture of headphones!
People that have smaller gaming monitors have an advantage over people with large TV's. People with better routers and better internet have an advantage over people who don't. People who have played the game longer have an advantage over people who just bought the game. Are they ALL cheaters? No, they aren't.
There are a million different configurations that people can use to game on (it isn't just console and game) and several of them can give players an advantage over another and NONE of them make the players a cheater. It is simply false and wrong to say that if someone simply has an advanted over somoene else, it makes them a cheater. As long as I am only gaining and advantage, while not breaking any rules, I'm not cheating. Further, given how different everyones gaming set-up and experience is, there is absolutely no way for an online game to be completely level. It is impossible.
Everyone, including the game and console makers, have OK'ed the use of them. They aren't going anywhere. Arguing online about it and calling people cheaters for using them is just rude and a waste of keystrokes. If you can't hang, either get better with the stock controller or go out and buy a Scuf like controller for yourself.
