Blatherscythe said:
snowfox said:
At least it's fun to rub it in about how much they suck when they are incapable of hitting you with all their cheap hacks.
Meh, after a while they expect that sort of rage and feed off of it. They start seeing it as the entertainment value of doing it in the first place. It becomes their fun. They divert to a screaming child yelling "Look at me, look at me!" and similar behavior when some one so much as raises an eyebrow at them.
I honestly wish we could change the term. They aren't "Hacking" anything. The ones that made the original hack are, yeah sure, but about 98% of 'hackers' out there simply google their hacks. Reason being. The term "hacking" to them sounds cool. It's like teenagers first cigarette to them in the idea that often sounds like "Hehe I'm doing something I shouldn't be, this is awesome!"
They get an honest thrill once some one notices them and points it out. "He's hacking." It's their adrenaline rush. It makes them feel special to be noticed, and it makes them feel cool. Calling them hackers is like the Joe Camel of gaming. They aren't hackers despite the popular understanding of the word when we call them that. While it gets the point across, it is also detrimental. I feel the term "script-kiddy" works, but I despise the idea of every single person assuming another player in the game is a "kid." That annoys the crap out of me.
Person has a fit over something or other, or joins a server just to troll. "Oh he's probably like 12 years old and has nothing better to do." NO! How are we going to shake this stereotypical mindset of games "being only for children," when we can't even do it ourselves? Most likely he's a 20 something who has nothing better to do. To me that sounds more insulting because usually the younger you are, the less is expected of you, so of course you have more free time on your hands.
