Don't you hate when people cheats their achievements?

Yes, I hate it. I work hard to get my achievements, so it bothers me a lot when other people use tools to unlock them.

i hate that people.

Uhm, no, I don't.

I don't like it when someone uses SAM to get achievements, but I don't have any particular problems if someone uses ingame glitch/exploit/macro to do so. And how much it bothers me? Usually just to the point of I rather ignore them. If I still need to contact them and they turn out to be otherwise nice people, I don't mind it at all - cheating on achievements is just like a very bad first impression in my eyes.

i dont care o.o

I don't understand the point of cheating achievements. Brag all you want about them, but once someone looks at your play time, they can clearly see that you cheated. It's not like achievements give you anything. It's just a number on your profile.

If someone else does it, why should i care? He's losing the fun in unlocking them.

I got that garden gnome achievement in Half-life 2: Episode 2 fair and square, and i'm proud of it.

Someone else did it through a program or something and didn't discover how frustrating it was to drive a car with a garden gnome swaying in it.

Did I lose anything in this? No, i had a good challenging journey. That other schmuck missed the whole point and gained nothing.

It's just harmless.

I'm okay with it - it makes them happier and doesn't bother me

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In that case is obvious that he is cheating. But if you play the games offline you can unlock achievements anyway and usually the time played (offline) isn't registered.

EDIT: I think it's fine when people use cheats to unlock achievements that are broken (that should have unlocked but it didn't)

I remember playfire used to give credit (money) to spend on greenmangaming.com based on achievements you could get on steam games. I guess the cheaters got a lot of money to spend there, and ultimately that must be the reason playfire stopped giving credit, but still there are other websites where achievements give you bonuses/free stuff.

I don't hate cheaters, i just hate that their cheating gives them an advantage in some cases.

The stupid ones yea if I can. Otherwise no, if I don't play it, F it.

Ive never cheated, but ive had a single achievement activate on games i wasnt even playing and always wondered what the hell makes that occur rofl. Because it didn't show me in game, just randomly game me achievement. Maybe iff they add them? Idk :)

I prefer a small amount of achievements i earned so i can get that warm cuddly feeling inside when i get a sense of accomplishment. I realized from the beginning though that with cheaters out there, it makes no difference to others. Specially with people around with 100 times as many achievements/completions as me. So my amount of achieves, may be small but i got big % of lovely friends!!! huhuhu ;)

I don't hate, but i don't respect them. I hate when ppl cheat in game so that to win, this is way worse.

I had all achievements for Lucius except for the time ones. I had ran Lucius on my computer for 3 days straight and when I checked it, it said I didn't have the "Play for 20 hours" and "Play for 40 hours". I didn't feel like idling for 40 more hours. Now none of the achievements count.
Broken Achievements Suck.

I don't get it but don't hate it, because I don't see how it hurts anyone.

I honestly don't get it. Sure, if an achievement is broken and you did what was necessary and you didn't get it, I get if you want to unlock it with a tool. But achievements really don't do anything at all. If they gave points, like on XBOX, then it would actually mean something, but now it's just another stat on your profile. Why go through the effort of unlocking it? For bragging rights? People can see your hours played, so they can easily see you lied. I also think that hours played is just as much something to "brag" about as achievements...

I don't care. They're ruining their own gaming experience.

Online/MP, well, that's another cup of tea.

Where is the why should i care if somebody unlocks achievements for his account, that doesnt affect me in any way option?

Yep but what can you do...

I really don't give a shit, most games have bugged achievements or dead multiplayer modes that require playing to get the achievements.
If someone unlocks all 250 achievements at the same second, yes I do consider them idiots. But in general if they cheat achievements...I don't give a shit tbh. Not sure why would u get triggered by someone doing stuff like that, people should really start minding their own business

I used to make achievement based giveaways to try and reward people who had gained achievements. I had people try and enter with "cheated" achievements all the time.

In my view, someone cheating at achievements - whether they're doing it for a good reason or not - is in some way helping to damage a system that should be destroyed and rebuilt. Achievements can sometimes be interesting, entertaining, or otherwise beneficial to players, but for the most part they're just a marketing tool which has a negative impact on games and gaming culture. I'm optimistic that in the future, there'll be some kind of 'Achievements 2.0' which makes them a more positive thing for players.