POF Contest Cheating.

[Rattlebones]

Isn't it terrible when someone else's actions ruins your fun or enjoyment... You know, like when you're watching a great movie and the person right in front of you answers their cell phone and starts having a conversation in a loud tone? Or maybe when some person flattens your tires just before you were going to head somewhere you really wanted to go. Or maybe when you study really really hard for a test and do really well, but some other people stole the answer key and get them all right and ruin the curve.

Cheating can be seen as "performing some act that falls outside the normal methods of play or competition with an expectation or hope that it will convey an unusual competitive advantage within the game or sport". We consider it bad for one’s virtue if one learns to cheat in a game environment since learning to cheat in a game might well affect the player’s view on cheating in general.

Cheaters never consider their impact on others. Cheaters are inherently selfish. In this case, they did not realize that some of the people who's enjoyment they were ruining are the people who put together and run the contents. We actually enjoy watching people solve the puzzles and knowing folks are cheating ruins our fun.

So we've taken our ball and gone home for now... Enjoy your time of unchallenged virtue.