I'm trying to figure out the same thing. It's not like you get anything by cheating to win, and you aren't showing off much, cause nobody can see what you're doing unless you're near them and most of the time it doesn't last for more than a few rounds because everyone rages quits cause everyone's savvy to the nonsense. Even if "showing off" is you being 20 years ahead of everyone, it's just like "oh okay they were way up there" big whoop.
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I'm trying to figure out the same thing. It's not like you get anything by cheating to win, and you aren't showing off much, cause nobody can see what you're doing unless you're near them and most of the time it doesn't last for more than a few rounds because everyone rages quits cause everyone's savvy to the nonsense. Even if "showing off" is you being 20 years ahead of everyone, it's just like "oh okay they were way up there" big whoop.
Maybe the whole cheating affair is all about fulfilling their ego with a minimum amount of effort involved, while perhaps ignoring that winning the game isn't the only appealing part of the game. They're not going to get the most satisfaction out of the experience if they cheat all the time, so they'll eventually get bored of it and stop being egocentric.
You never played MK Wii online? People hacked not to win, but to make sure that you DIDN'T win. "Oh, you're in first? Well here's an endless supply of bombs so you can't move from that spot for 5 minutes. That's what you get for winning!!! ^_^"
It was almost torture playing online.
The only thing with that is I don't understand how it's filling an ego at all. They're winning against a bunch of randomers by not being particularly good at the game. It's essentially the opposite of an ego boost, it's reminding you that you're bad.
It's like being proud about winning the "Least Useless Person Award" simply because the rest of the species suddenly died.
Mario Kart doesn't even really let you communicate with others either and it's not like I ever remember peoples user names on it (I don't know if others do). Like, if you could provoke others and listen to their response, I would somewhat understand...But this ain't Xbox Live.
I play it every now and again for like a few hours which cuts down on how often I would see cheaters. I'm really not on it all that much.
Though my issue is that having to rank up to get grouped with more 'skill balanced' players is tedious. Being 1st almost all the time because I'm racing among lower ranked players isn't as fun as being first because I did well. I just don't have the patience to rank myself up to where I should be.
(I assume higher ranking puts you with higher ranked players anyway. That's how I would imagine it works, otherwise the ranking system is a bit pointless)
It would be nice if the game could gave you an 'estimated rank' somehow before you went online so you don't have to work your way up past all the players who probably eat glue.
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Yeah haha Like I said earlier "ruin da game" was a Mii name that went by often. Ngl I did it the fake way a few times (without real hacks) and you drive backwards and hit items to get stuff and make a mess. Take bullets and fly into the oncoming race cause you'll hit them twice, once going backwards and then 2nd when the bullet turns around quickly to face you in the right direction LOL I wasn't even doing that until like 2011 and it was like maybe a few races before it got boring or kept disconnecting me.
Imo, screwing with the race that way was at least funny but this is so boring. LOOOOL IM 100 MILES AHEAD I WIN SO U LOSE. Okay. At least it was mildly amusing when we'd get lightning'd like 10 times and **** went crazy but just being fast is like yeah.... yawn.
I've found a good way to weed out hackers/cheaters is to play with people who are streaming Mario Kart on Twitch. Usually that person will have a community set up and the people in the chat will be the ones playing so if someone's doing stupid stuff you can figure out who it is. It's also fun because you can get the reactions of what happens to the people you're playing with.
Amissapanda
Manda Panda
I host these every week and even post here in this thread. lol
Speaking of that... It's Monday, folks. You know that means! Mario Kart 8 Monday Madness is tonight at 8:30 PM EST!
I encourage you to come watch, play, and/or chat with others on the live twitch stream! If you want to play, though, please add my NNID and let me know who you are. : )
Jinglefruit
The black-nosed Reindeer
Ooooh, them's those magical words I've been waiting to hear Manda. =D
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Don't know if I'm going to play tonight because this cold is kicking my butt, but I'll definitely watch for a bit.
Amissapanda
Manda Panda
But it's Mt. Jesse. lol
tell this jesse character to 1v1 me on mt. wario so we can decide once and for all who deserves to mount wario
Amissapanda
Manda Panda
Alrighty, folks! It's that time again! Mario Kart 8 Monday Madness will be LIVE in about 25 minutes!
Stream will be here: http://www.twitch.tv/shiirahime
You know the drill, folks. : ) Fair warning for my swearing. And please be respectful and courteous to other players!
Please feel free to come by and watch/play (though you need to add my NNID if you want play, plus let me know who you are)!
Stream will be here: http://www.twitch.tv/shiirahime
You know the drill, folks. : ) Fair warning for my swearing. And please be respectful and courteous to other players!
Please feel free to come by and watch/play (though you need to add my NNID if you want play, plus let me know who you are)!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here now to mark a monumental yet terribly tragic day.
For today, there was NO YOSHI CIRCUIT!!! A terrible thing, yes, I know, but let this day mark peace betwen Yoshi Circuit haters and lovers, everywhere.
But seriously, thanks again Manda! Lots of fun, like always!
For today, there was NO YOSHI CIRCUIT!!! A terrible thing, yes, I know, but let this day mark peace betwen Yoshi Circuit haters and lovers, everywhere.
But seriously, thanks again Manda! Lots of fun, like always!
Jinglefruit
The black-nosed Reindeer
Fanks for the stream!
Pretty crazy bunch of races considering we only had frantic on the last set.
~tries to find a nice highlight vid of me driving with 2 red shells a whole race and Aaron destroying the blue shell, but it's determined not to make a good video out of it. 3:~
EDIT: srsly, even if you just watch Aaron or Duke on a full race it refuses to angle it so that you can see more than a few shards in the corner of a clip. MKTV Y U FAIL
Pretty crazy bunch of races considering we only had frantic on the last set.
~tries to find a nice highlight vid of me driving with 2 red shells a whole race and Aaron destroying the blue shell, but it's determined not to make a good video out of it. 3:~
EDIT: srsly, even if you just watch Aaron or Duke on a full race it refuses to angle it so that you can see more than a few shards in the corner of a clip. MKTV Y U FAIL
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Amissapanda
Manda Panda
Aww, but salt is good for the diet. And it's Mario Kart, so everyone's feeling salt sometimes. You did really well with some races tonight, too.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here now to mark a monumental yet terribly tragic day.
For today, there was NO YOSHI CIRCUIT!!! A terrible thing, yes, I know, but let this day mark peace betwen Yoshi Circuit haters and lovers, everywhere.
But seriously, thanks again Manda! Lots of fun, like always!
I got a full stream without it. HELL YEAH. Finally. Man, I needed a break from that course. If it wasn't shoved down my throat so often, I probably wouldn't hate it as much. : P ...Almost as much, but not as much.
And no prob, my pleasure. I love me some Mario Kart 8 on Mondays.
Fanks for the stream!
Pretty crazy bunch of races considering we only had frantic on the last set.
~tries to find a nice highlight vid of me driving with 2 red shells a whole race and Aaron destroying the blue shell, but it's determined not to make a good video out of it. 3:~
EDIT: srsly, even if you just watch Aaron or Duke on a full race it refuses to angle it so that you can see more than a few shards in the corner of a clip. MKTV Y U FAIL
No prob at all~ My pleasure. And it is kind of funny that some of the races felt pretty frantic even WITHOUT frantic or any sort of change in the items or setup. I guess it was just one of those nights. lol
You really had the duck tonight, though. How many bloody bullet bills did you get over the course of those races? Lmao. I did have one that BS bullet bill that took me to like 2nd or 3rd place in one race, but that was about it for me. Duck was not on my side tonight (not that it is very often). Nonetheless, I have a blast even when I'm swearing like a sailor.
I look forward to next week~
oranges_ate_you
help me frm doppelgänger!
Do they even know this games item boxes are broken!? Everyone gets mushrooms and coins we can't play this anymore! So tired of it.
Meanwhile, the leader is so far ahead he/she gets to drive with much less stress surrounding them, mostly because he zipped past everyone in the first lap. And that's what cause the game to give the rest of the pack with nothing but mushrooms and coins.
In two months, we might be getting another update data to prepare us for the DLC Pack 2, which may alter on how the item is distributed should the first place racer gets too far ahead of the pack.
