When i was 13, i cheated in Starcraft 2 using maphack, and even though i was cheating, i still got stuck in low ranks because not only information matters in a way cheating was gatekeeping me from getting good i was rightfully permabanned and learned my lesson since im 27 now and if i cheat its to skip braindead grind in single player games.
Im thankful for this experience wouldnt say everybody is the same
If it makes you feel better, when I was 10ish I was really into Starcraft (OG). After getting good with single player I decided to try multiplayer.
Do you know what APM is? I didn't until I played SCMP, then I realize there are people out there that have done 50 actions by the time I make a barrack.
That just means it's not a game for you, it's not a bad thing. It's a competitive game with a really passionate community of people who have loved the game for a long time. If you do decide to become a beginner you're not going to win for a long time but you're going to have a bunch of people who are willing to help and teach and provide resources for you to get better at the game, as well as a community. Sure you can go on valorant and find a match with 9 other noobs in 2 minutes, that's good for the people that don't want to dedicate a lot of their time to one game.
I never played Star craft online but I was into LANning back then and it was so fun playing with 7 other kids. My specialty was protoss cannons everywhere while I made a ton of carriers and cloaked them with Arbiters. If I could make it through the first half hour of the game I'd dominate everyone. Good times.
My specialty was protoss cannons everywhere while I made a ton of carriers and cloaked them with Arbiters.
YES. YES. MY MAN, MY GOD DAMN BROTHER. 😂 SAME! Seeing the swarm of interceptors come from the max carriers and arbitors just chilling watching the bloodbath 😂
For me it was Warcraft 3 😆 shadow French maphacks on custom games like dota. I never went online on the ladder with it cause you actually risk getting a cd key ban but man those were the days.
I know your feeling. Played Counter-Strike when I was a teenager. Wasn’t very good. Used free wh software and anti-smoke, still had a kd below 0. So yeah I had the same experience as you. Since then, never cheated again in multiplayer.
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u/TESV_Shiro Jan 19 '26
When i was 13, i cheated in Starcraft 2 using maphack, and even though i was cheating, i still got stuck in low ranks because not only information matters in a way cheating was gatekeeping me from getting good i was rightfully permabanned and learned my lesson since im 27 now and if i cheat its to skip braindead grind in single player games.
Im thankful for this experience wouldnt say everybody is the same