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Alright, alright, alright, I want to get my 2 cents into this.
Back when I was a younger pirate, not very well associated with POTCO, I believed that jumping was completely unfair, and sometimes even cheating. But after some time, I began to realize jumping was not much cheating, but a strategy. Yes, I understand to some "non-jumpers" that Jumping may be considered cheating. But you must remember that things are considered cheating are
1) Glitching
2) Hacking
3) Macros
And so on, and so on. Now, let us run through that list and see if Jumping falls under any of that.
1) Glitching.
Jumping is completely based off of the PLAYER, not the GAME (well, besides the controls, for that matter.) A glitch is something that had existed within the game, yet jumping was BROUGHT INTO THE GAME by the PLAYERS. Therefore, you cannot fairly call jumping a glitch.
2) Hacking
Hacking is usually something that disrupts a program by using a computer to hack into said program using some method. While hacking is brought up by the players of the game, jumping does not in anyway effect the overall game. Do you have to use a special program to jump in POTCO? No. Do you have to use ANY hacking methods? No. Jumping is brought into the game by the GAMES OWN CONTROLS. Therefore, jumping is not hacking either.
3) Macros
Basically, same as hacking. The only way you can jump is through the controls, not a third person program.
So, I believe we have established that Jumping is not cheating. But I'm going to bring up a little more evidence why jumping is not cheating.
Remember the thread that said running away in SvS was cheating? Well, as you remember, running away was simply established as a TACTIC, not cheating. Jumping is ALSO a tactic/strategy. If jumping does not fall under the category of cheating, then just like running away in SvS, it should be established as a tactic/strategy.
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