Abandonia is a wonderful forum, perhaps with the widest coverage of games. BUT I am surprised that cheats and cheating are freely discussed and allowed by the Mods?
I despise them. I think all the fun of gaming gets lost. If cheats make games so easy why play at all.
The cheaters will disagree with me but I am sure there are more honest gamers. I wonder what the official view is? :wall:

Just because you despise cheats doesn't mean that cheats are illegal and shouldn't be discussed freely. You don't like them, others do, and they have not less rights than you to do what they have fun with.
I myself used cheats as I always prefer to find everything everywhere out, and prefer playing without them as I noticed how they substract from fun in the games. But sometimes games can be very hard, and if you're not in the mood to storm the same spot again and again in an attempt to overcome that touch passage, you can rely on a quick helping cheat. Take it that way - a helping hand of a friend is always welcome when the times are tough, right? ;)

I see no problem with the posting of cheats in game discussion threads. People may be ruining their gaming experience but that's their problem, it's not like they're coming round your house, holding a gun to your head and forcing you to type them in. Cheaters can always go back and play the game properly.

I never use cheats unless I'm very stuck, even then I just tend to read a walkthrough, cheating makes games boring. So don't cheat unless you have to. :ok:

I never cheat, because they are fun for 5 minutes, but if someone likes to cheat I don't mind them, however people who cheat in multiplayer should be :butcher:

i cheat..in some games...single player games...just some of them :bleh:

I NEVER Cheat :angel: Play fair, even if the game is unfair!Cheating makes gaiming Boring!I don't like cheaters who cheat in singleplayer but i HATE cheaters who cheat in multiplayer! :ranting: :pissed: :hairpull: ! That :sick: <_< shall happen to cheaters!

not really, it rather changes the genre: it can turn a stelth action into a shooting galery or a strategy into an arcade. in one word it lightens games up, and sometimes that's exactly what you're after.

Thats another way to view it! :crazy:

if i want to play level 20 of doom 2 - do i have to play levels 1 - 19 also or can i use? i allready played through them hundreds of times!

cheats are usefull sometimes