Sure, I don’t mind. It dosen’t vex me at all that all the hard work and effort I’ve put into my life to get to where I am now, could have been easily obtained by breaking the law in one foul swoop. Or maybe you don’t lke the idea of using the term “law-breaking” too close to criminal eh? How about “circumventing the situation” then, yeah, that’s what you do, right?

Carry on….

Could I play the games and win the items, yes definitely, if you think i can’t, i promise my gamerscore is higher than yours. BUT, why bother? half of these games on home are so poorly written, coded and presented that you have better luck of finding a stradivarius violin than actually executing the commands properly.

Maybe if these games didn’t suck, and resemble the kind of code work that bubbles the chimp could write, people like me wouldn’t get bored and go the easy way. Lockwood has set a good example for what is possible with home’s outdated engine, and yet sony itself and it’s media partners don’t even try to get on par with it? sad.

And then there’s the things like the WKC armor. did you know that 90% of the people you’ve seen wearing that have NOT earned it? Why make a terrible game with next to impossible trophies? why some of WKC trophies make fat princess look easy.

So in the end, to those who are so angry over people like me who do what we do because we can, i ask you this; If the feeling of achievement is all you need, then why are you bothered by our actions? oh i know, because it’s the STATUS that drives you not the feeling of achievement.

at least be honest about it, we are

and i love my japan home items, and so would you if you had the skill required to get them. so either learn how to use the tech you’ve paid for or stop the sniveling, it only makes us LOL.

I am definitely NOT blaming ‘the kids’ for everything. Not at all. If anything, I understand their plight and wish there was some way to help them. That is why I keep asking for a Sony Gift Store where I could at least buy them a non-default, non-freebie shirt.

As for cheating for leaderboards or trophies, I also couldn’t care less. If I wanna get a trophy or a high round on a video game, I do it because I like it or for the challenge. Somebody else cheating doesn’t cheapen what I’ve done, because I can say to myself that I’ve done ____ legit, whether anybody cares to believe me or not.

The vast majority of teens who are on Home come from families that can afford a $300 piece of entertainment equipment for their children, as well as at least $30 a month in Internet connection fees to get on Home. They can scrounge some allowance together for a $10 PSN card if they want to.

Back on topic, I believe you’ll find that most of these cheaters grew up in a society where effort counted for more than achievement. They’ve been let down by an educational system that should have taught them better, so at the first sign of trouble or difficulty, they go looking for a way around doing the needed work. That is, quite frankly, insulting to anyone who’s worked to achieve an item as elusive as the Purple Jacket. There are no short cuts in life, and people who legitimately earn hard-to-get items show a good deal of persistence, patience and work ethic. I’d guess that they’re pretty successful in everyday life as well, because they have what it takes to succeed.

What does the cheater have, other than the basic ability to Google something? There’s no sense of accomplishment in cheating. The reward is not deserved, so it cannot be a sense of pride. Defending it leads to lies, and the individual is eventually exposed. It does speak volumes about a person’s character when they cheat to get something in Home, typically with the rationalization that “It’s only a game.” That mode of thinking does extend to other areas of life, because a person capable of rationalizing “victimless” cheating and lying is likely to rationalize more extreme behavior.

There’s also some idolatry involved, as the person covets the trophy, rather than the effort required to earn it. That’s a sad way to approach life.

I will make an exception for a select group of hackers, those who look at ferreting their way through code as a greater challenge than the game itself. These people are rare, and they’re the sort that would rather tear apart an engine to see what makes it go fast, then find a way to make it go faster, than actually get on a track and drive it. It’s a particular obsession that takes a great deal of intellectual skill. Unfortunately, the vast majority of hackers are just as bad as other cheaters. They read what someone else did and then go and try it themselves so that they can feel special. Hackers look down on these people just as legitimate gamers look down on cheaters.