Cheating on games is a crime! Are you a criminous?

I've changed somewhat over the years, but here's where I draw the lines now.

Multiplayer: Whatever the rules say. In a full online game, I won't cheat. If it's just friends, i'll use whatever rules we agreed on ahead of time, and assume cheats are banned unless we're all using the same cheats.

Memory modification: Only to access content that would be unavailable otherwise, or get back to where I already was after losing data. I used to do this extensively. These days, unless I just really want to be at a certain point of a game for a specific reason, this kind of cheating takes the fun out of the experience.

Game file modification : If it's in an INI file or similar easily modified plaintext, it's fair game. Otherwise no. I used to hex edit save files to skip grinds, but now I just save them for when I feel like grinding. The only other exception here is...

Terraria. If I have 1000 of a building material and need 6000 to build a cool thing, I'm going to dupe it so I can build my cool thing. You can't stop me! Muahahaha!

Macros/Autoclickers: Basic repetitive clicks. If I need to spam click in the same spot over and over for a clicker game, or alternate between a key and a mouse click to do the same action hundreds of times, yeah, I'm going to automate it. But I'm not going to download a macro that plays parts of the game for me - if I'm not good enough to beat a part of the game, i just ragequit instead.

In-game console: Whatever I think will make the game more fun for me. I will very regularly turn off clipping to run around and explore maps, and if I accidentally screwed something up, I will sometimes use the in-game console to fix it rather than reload and do it again. I don't use it for making progress, though - if I don't want to play the game, why am I playing the game?

In-game cheats: Sure, whatever sounds fun. If the devs don't want you using these for achievements/progress, they'll disable the achievements/progress when you turn them on. Obviously, if it doesn't sound fun, I'm not going to use it.

Mods: Cosmetic and bugfix mods. And I don't use very many cosmetic mods either - mostly just changing my character's appearance more than the game normally allows. The cheatiest I ever get here is the basic version of the fan patch for Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines, which does change some gameplay content in addition to all the bugfixes.

Glitches: Yeah, sure. I consider these part of the game, so if it sounds fun or saves me a bunch of effort, I'm going to do it.

Walkthroughs: If I'm enjoying the plot more than the gameplay and I get stuck on the gameplay for any length of time, yeah, I'll go look it up. Also, i want to know about anything missable ahead of time, and I will look up the rest of the secrets once I finish the main game. Puzzle games, no. Adventure game puzzles, only when I already have most of the answer ("I know I need to light something on fire, which item do I light on fire?) or I suspect it's one of "those" puzzles (Google "The Goat Puzzle").

"a criminous"
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Cheating just takes the fun off, don't you think? Just play it normally and have fun you don't have to win everything or be good at it.

Is use cheats on offlime games that have intentionate cheats a bad thing? Like GTA series and that stuff?

Yeah I used cheats, but only in single player games, because I don't harm anyone while doing it. + I always use money cheat in the Sims, cause I'm to lazy to let my sims earn it herself XD

All I have to say is "how do you turn this on" Hope some knows were this is from :)

When i was a child i played a game called Mu

Oh gawd, the memories being dredged up...
Also a MU player, don't remember specifics after all these years but I used to go into some area with a lot of spawns, put that Evil Spirits AoE skill in a hotkey and just jam the key with a card or coin in my keyboard for infinite skill spamming

I couldn't care less if people want to cheat in single-player games - it's your game, do what you want with it. Heck, when I was a kid, i played Doom with God-Mode on and had a blast doing so.

People who cheat at competitive multi-player games, on the other hand, should go to a special level of Hell. I'm currently playing Mirror's Edge Catalyst right now, and every race will list the top three times as something like: 31 sec, 30.5 sec, 5 sec. Wow, #1 player, you cheated to get an impossible time - you must be so proud of your accomplishment...

Handcuffed me and spank me daddy.

I've never cheated. There's no fun in doing that.

Cheats? Never heard of them =P

Games are games, people should play it however they have fun playing them.
I remember the old days when I used to play more with the hexadecimal editor than with the game itself. I very often use cheats (and walkthroughs) in solo games, although not always, as the "normal" way of playing is often too time consuming, or even slow / tedious / boring. Apparently game devs think many people enjoy grinding, go figure. I know some people who on the contrary have more fun using no cheat and playing hardcore mode, good for them.

I don't use cheats in multiplayer because that's quite douchy, still, I don't understand the extreme hate against cheaters. Sure they're annoying little pests and I'm the first to rant when some a**hole runs around with an aimbot, but wishing to send them in jail for life or sue them for millions is pretty disproportionate. Even calling them "cancer" or "AIDS" is: unlike the later, they don't kill anyone, they just hurt people's feelings.
Games are only games. I know, I've played them a hell lot and still play them a lot. I think those who call themselves "professional players" or who want to call gaming "e-sport" are very funny jokers. What kind of sport can turn you into an obese and give you deep vein thrombosis? 👀 Also, competitive games are for little boys, says a study 🙃🙃

Oh boy, I used trainers on GTA3 and Vice City back then. Collecting all the weapons and searching for a Cheetah sportscar was too much of a pain in the a**.
Also you couldn't get fancy units in Age of Empire 1 like photonman, big daddies and catapults throwing cows :D