| The definition of a cheat is pretty easy to figure | | | | the computer's hardware or the computer game |
| out. If you have an affair with someone other | | | | to fit your gaming style you are cheating in a |
| than your lover, you can be called a cheat. If you | | | | sense and this can be alright. But if you went |
| copy answers from another person during an | | | | even further and changed the brightness or the |
| exam, you can also be called a cheat. In sports, if | | | | color of the screen in order to see better in |
| you try to win or get an advantage by | | | | shadow areas it becomes questionable. |
| disregarding the rules you are cheating but in | | | | Exploits are termed as errors in the game itself |
| computer games this definition become hard to | | | | that give an advantage to one person or another. |
| follow. Taking advantage or lying to your fellow | | | | If someone deliberately uses those it a game, it |
| game players does not automatically mean you | | | | could be considered cheating but it also could add |
| are cheating. | | | | to the excitement of the game. |
| Cheating in a computer game is defined by the | | | | There are software programs you can purchase |
| game and the people who are playing it.A lot of | | | | that modify a program that runs computer game. |
| computer games come with a "cheat code". This | | | | This is a more serious form of cheating. Other |
| is usually to help a person get started and makes | | | | software programs study the status of the game |
| the game a little easier. They are usually designed | | | | through the computer's RAM |
| for a single player. If you use these cheat codes | | | | Another form of cheating is called cheesing. This is |
| you are cheating technically but it doesn't mean | | | | when the players do things that cannot happen in |
| you have an advantage. | | | | real life or are not allowed in real life. |
| The most common occurrence of cheating is | | | | The most common of game cheats these days |
| when there are multiplayer and mass multiplayer | | | | find ways to change the game's software. Even if |
| games through the internet. In this instance, the | | | | the game developers try to encrypt or protect |
| players are not known to each other so they | | | | the files, there are software programs that will be |
| don't have the restrictive influence of being seen | | | | able to change the game's code without changing |
| by their opponents. | | | | the main program. Cheats of this kind may be |
| There are two main areas of cheating in | | | | detected using programs that are installed on a |
| computer games. You can change your settings | | | | server. |
| through the use of exploits, bugs and external | | | | Preventing computer game cheaters is not easy. |
| software or cheesing. | | | | There are a lot of grey areas to agree on and |
| If you alter your computer settings, the layout of | | | | consider before you term someone a cheat. |