Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35717121-20180820155030/@comment-35717121-20180821182742

Pidro2 wrote: I know several legit A players. None of them whinge or complain about cheaters. They sometimes moan about missing out on a podium finish, but only for a second and then got on with posting faster times. Whereas I have a feeling that most of the complainers here struggle to hit group B. Someone said people complain because they can, regardless of their abilities to compete. But continue complaining because its entertaining. You all know the reasons why cheating is still and will always be there. New people will start playing the game and complain of the same things and probably suggest the same useless fixes. It will be entertaining. So please complain and marvel us with your smart, simple, quick and fool-proof solutions.

I’ve played this game since it first came out but I only started playing OMP about a year and a half ago. I understand the point of ignoring the cheaters but, that attitude, while it may work for some, does not bring along change. Yes, it’s a game, and here for our entertainment. However, it’s also a business and we’re the customers. The developers didn’t create this game for our amusement. They created it to make money and their job is attract and keep customers.

Like any other business, they want to offer the best experience possible for their customers. I’m fairly sure that cheating is not part of their business plan as it would diminish the players enjoyment. A game that’s rampant with cheaters and hackers is less marketable for advertising. Not to mention, unsatisfied players are less likely to spend money within the game itself. It’s customer feedback, good and bad, that allows businesses to adjust and make changes that benefit the customer and the business as well. Without feedback, a business has no way to measure its performance.

There are people that are content to allow things to “remain the same” or “ignore the problems.” That’s one way of viewing things and that’s fine. I choose to point out the things that bother me, to the developers, and allow them to decide how to deal with them. I suspect, many of the changes, positive or negative, that have come about, in this game, have been because of players voicing their opinions.

I really enjoy this game but I don’t think it’s right or fair that cheaters diminish my experience, for whatever reasons they may have. It’s sort of like buying a movie ticket, picking a seat and then having the misfortune of sitting next to a couple of people that speak loudly, back and forth. Some people will move a few rows away and try to drown out the noise and some people will say something to the manager.

The point of my original post was to simply find out if anybody had complained to the developers and, if so; what was their experience?

For some reason, it’s being interpreted as, “please give me your opinion on reporting cheaters.”