Is taking advantage of in game glitches cheating?
I say no. There are no "rules" for this games therefore cheating can occur. Is it unethical, well that's a different questions, but no I don't think it's unethical either.
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xamovo wrote:GamerGD3 wrote:
No, people use in game glitches all the time. Mario Kart 7 there was a short cut that skipped 2 laps - didn't stop people from trying to use it (been patched a long time now).
Oh, how I hated that. Playing by myself it was fine, but racing against others online? If you didn't take the short cut, then you had no way to keep from being dead last every single time. And of course everyone always picked that course, so you got stuck doing it over and over again.
But that was a competitive game, whereas this isn't. That's partly why I don't think of stackables as cheating. It doesn't really affect me if someone else participates in the stackables (other than my friends, that is).
Plus, as has been said, I'm not entirely sure it's a glitch and not more of an Easter egg.
I do think this game can be seen as a competitive game. There are always those that want to be first one to get the update, first one to complete it, etc. It's also competitive how well your town is designed, which is why there were competitions on the 'best' designed area. Finally, it's also competitive on the rarity of the items owned. There are people that want to keep exclusives gone forever, while new players get jealous of those that have them.
Heck it can be competitive for how fast you went from level 1 to level 38. Some players can do it within a month, others can take a year.
Yeah the MK7 was unfortunate, but glad it was patched.
