- Zee JollyRoger
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- Exalted Mythic Member
"I pledge to punch all switches, to never shoot where I could use grenades, to admit the existence of no level except Total Carnage, to never use caps lock as my "run" key, and to never, ever, leave a single BoB alive."
2B || !2B - Why don't you look Inside the Machine?
It'd be wonderful that from the time of birth the children born in the world were marked with tags notifying people as to what kind of person he/she might be. Maybe a few stickers saying: Arrogant, Dishonest, Habitual Cusser, etc. However we can't do that because these habits form over time. The problem with stopping people from doing something that they feel is the God given right or is habitual can be like seperating the water from Jello once it has set. Those type of people believe that it is the most unconstitutional (Americans) and disgusting abomination that someone should correct or impede upon what they want to do rather than what they have the right to do.
This is the case of many of the cheaters in Xbox Live. They believe that have the right to be on the Internet and that they have the mandate to do whatever they believe they have the right to do. That is not the case, to be extremely clear. The fact that people believe they can cheat and be anonymous about cheating is about as truthful as scientist(s) extracting sunlight from cucumbers. What we must understand is that there is absolutely in no way a patch for human stupidity and/or arrogance. The only way to combat cheating is to attack it at the heart of what humanity has programmed into the human spirit. You have to reverse engineer the human mind telling it that the greed, lust, sin, & everything evil in it is wrong. Cheating is an old art, should I say, that has been conjured by people to provide pleasure; and I doubt it is something that will rid itself of people. This may be an exaggeration of what is happening on Xbox Live. However if you want to stop someone from doing something so inherent in human nature, you must change the nature of humans themselves. People will continue to cheat because they believe they are achieving something. They might achieve this "something" for a short time, however, the repercussions shall resonate so greatly that their foundations of belief shall wither away until they collapse under them. That is the result of the Banhammer.
The Banhammer is the tool that we put our hope and trust in to cure us (Xbox Live Community) of the human imperfections (cheating). The mere fact that the temptation will always reside in people on Xbox Live will result in stronger Banhammers. It is the unbiased, perfect tool that seperates the good from the bad. It ever so doth give justice to those who indubitably seek it by cheating. So my entire point of reason to this subject is that the system will sort the cheaters from the players. The system will deliver the justice, it will handle the dirty work, it will cure us of this disease. All we need to do as a Community to stop cheating for good is to report it via the Xbox Live feedback interface, then the system will take over. Might I add that sentient AI like Mr. D. Soul is quite efficient, effective, deadly, and merciless.
For a list of reasons that you can use to properly leave beneficial feedback on I would recommend reading this page: Xbox Live Online Policies