Quote Originally Posted by Vahlnir View Post
Yep. This is the heart of the issue. The options people feel that they need don't exist in game, so they add them themselves. I don't really blame the players there as much as I blame SE and the devs for creating this issue. I'm not defending the "cheaters" for the world first race, but they've been allowed to get away with a lot in the past, even using ACT while on a live stream WITH Yoshi P watching and he never really batted an eye. So I have to ask, which is it? If it's an issue now, then the ball is in SE's court. Improve the game and give people at least some of what they want, and this issue will solve itself with time. Mostly. Mods and add-ons will exist as long as they are given free reign, which they are. Chiding the player base at this point solves nothing, because they have already admitted that they can't really crack down on these things, at least not in a meaningful way. They let Pandora's Box fly wide open, and that is on them.
Cheaters are going to cheat, bud. SE can implement every single mod and ACT currently used by players and design their content around those features, and what happens is new cheats will be used to make that content easier, or mods will be used to make available what isn't. The goalposts will always be moved. It also isn't just about making things easier, it's also about these players having advantages over other players who can't or won't use the addons. Then there is the element of simply just respecting the content as it is intended to be played. It is so odd to me that players somehow will place blame on the dev team when they are the ones being disrespected.

It's a really good thing I'm not Yoshi, as my own hammer of fairness is completely and totally indiscriminate. I wouldn't last long in his position as I would eliminate any future ultimate content, housing, and any other feature in the game where there are those who stand to benefit by stepping on others. But I come from a level of discipline where if a child eats a cookie when they are not supposed to, all of the cookies are thrown out.