What Sonic says has some merit about "kicking their ass".That chess example is a good one, but here is another. Not far from my home, there are quite a few "cyber cafes" as they are called. There was one incident at one of these where 1 CS player was playing with another in the same server, and they both were in the same cyber cafe. They both knew they were in the same cyber cafe and 1 guy was continually killing the other and taunting him both in person and thru chat. After awhile the losing guy became extremely angry, and without 2nd notice, pulled out a pistol and shot the first guy twice in the chest. He then left, without saying another word. I didn't hear what happened after, but if I remember the kid died instantly and the shooter probably got 7-10 years or something like that.
Fact is, it may just be a game, but people WILL take it very serious and very personal. Whether the first kid was cheating or not, his actions got himself killed.
Cheating might make a game more fun in certain cases, I remember trying the map hack for Brood War back in the day, but the game quickly got boring because it was too easy, there was no challenge when you could see everything going on at any time. I quickly quit using it, realizing that I was only making the game less fun for myself. The other person didnt know or possibly care whether I hacked, but I did, and I knew my win wasn't genuine, or truthfully my own.
Cheating might seem to make it more fun, but how much fun do u have on CS when you have a program that shoots for you, hitting everyone in the head always. Its not YOU playing, the hack is doing it for you. All you do is move and watch.
As for Tons Of Fun, no1 gives a **** about you, dont you understand that? So you crash servers, big deal. Does it make you feel good to know you have so little in your life that you gain pleasure from making others as angry and as sad as you? Crying out for attention like that isnt gonna make you the favorite for anyone except the other people just like you.
You can't kill off hackers, they are born everyday. There will always be people who try to change the rules for themselves alone to bend the scales in their favor, at whatever cost. It makes them feel powerful, more on the top because they have a hand up on you. Truth is, they dont have anything on anyone. They are usually the worst gameplayers, in part because they dont play, their hacks do the work for them. Even if they hack, most hacks aren't as good as they think, and they get whooped by people who dont hack. In turn they believe they got beaten by a hacker "because if I hack, the only way I can lose is to another hacker" which is bull. Then there are the people who think they are so good that the only way they can beat is by a hacker, so they in turn become a hacker to ensure they stay the best, when they never were.
If a hack is like a gun and the shooter is the hacker/cheater, how can the producer not be held responsible? The producer of the hack almost certainly engages in its use themselves, unless their hack is really a trojan or other virus (which many are), not to mention they give the hack out with the intent to have people use it for... Hacking! *Gasp*
No1 can claim innocence if they are involved.
EC is brave for admitting that hes done it. I dont think any1 here is gonna give him a medal for admitting it and giving it up, but by doing just that he has done something most hackers wont do. But then again, maybe hes just saying that so he can get back to doing bad and trying to look like angel, its your call.