If he's reading penny arcade he damn well better know it's a joke
They had a few paragraphs on it. I actually saw the guy's website where he detailed his class assignment and gave a write up of the whole thing
He better have gottena good grade
As for scripts, imho, even normal scripts are cheating because it's the computer doing what your fingers should (like teleporting at the max possible speed via 1 button push). Or having block/counter scripts where ya auto counter attack after releasing block or something.
-Karrde-