Forbes- Cheating is good for you!

**Haruhi** · 06-08-2012, 10:57 PM

http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/10/vid...2consalvo.html

Psychologists have found that when playing games, if players aren't allowed to punish others they suspect of cheating, the game community falls apart. People will even pay money out of their own pocket to punish cheaters. So figuring out ways to keep the larger community involved in dealing with cheaters can keep the group engaged in ways that "regular" game play might never allow for.

Fact: Cheating is good for you!

**ElGatoSupreme** · 06-08-2012, 11:03 PM

Well it is good for game communities that have ways of punishing cheaters at least... good to know that shitty companies like PWE and G1 can have their playerbase negatively affected by their inability to do anything about cheating

**geribaldi** · 06-09-2012, 08:42 AM

Cool, forward to bl

**einbein** · 06-09-2012, 05:29 PM

+ i like to get punished

Double profit

**Haruhi** · 06-18-2012, 03:06 PM

It relieves stress, its fun and it keeps a hierarchy.
In the end, people always want to bitch at something.

**fox806** · 06-18-2012, 03:39 PM

"pay money out of their own pocket"
Let's hope EA doean't read this or they'll pull out premium V2 out with vac as addition to PB (and let the 2 detect eachother and shit)