This is a transcription of an online interview I took in a chat room.  The Counter-Strike player wished to be known as Intro for the interview.  In this interview he expresses his distain for players who cheat to make them invincible.  However, he does not mind cheats that change game play like anti-gravity.  After questioning, he admitted that cheats like this can actually add to the game play.  He also points out a concern that has swept the entire game community, and that is the ineffectiveness of even the newest of anti-cheat programs.  Parts of the interview not pertinent to the topic or detrimental to the anonymity of the interviewee (he wished to be anonymous) have been omitted:

<ME> do you ever cheat on CS?

<Intro> no i dont man

<Intro> u?

<ME> NEVER!

<ME> what do you think of pepole who cheat?

<Intro> well...

<Intro> it depends

<ME> on?

<Intro> how badly cheating

<ME> what kind of cheats will you be ok with?

<Intro> why man?? lol

<ME> I want to use your responses in a paper that I am doing...but only if you allow me to....lol

<Intro> oh lol

<ME> I won't use your answers if you do not want me to....

<Intro> on cheating?

<ME> yes

<Intro> nah im cool

<Intro> ok

<ME> oh video games, specifically CS

<Intro> fire away

<ME> if you are ok with cheats, then what cheats are acceptable in your book?

<Intro> i dont like cheats that make u impossible to beat etc

<ME> would you support a person being banned from a server for cheating too much?

<Intro> but ones that may enhance u a little bit like no gravity etc i dont mind

<Intro> yes i wud

<ME> do you ever vote for people to be kicked for cheating?

<Intro> yep

<Intro> lol

<ME> do you exclusively  play in servers that incorporate anti-cheat methods?

<Intro> no, i dont specifically look for anti-cheat ones

<Intro> but if i see or feel someone is obviously cheatin, i.e u cant hit them, i report it

<ME> why not? is cheating not that big of a delal? or is it that most of the ant-server apps do not work?

<ME> *anti-cheat server apps

<ME> like CS-Gaurd etc....

<Intro> 1/2 the time the anti cheat apps dont recognise cheats, and it pisses me off when they cheat to gain an unfair advantagre

<Intro> 1/2 the time the anti cheat apps dont recognise cheats, and it pisses me off when they cheat to gain an unfair advantage

<Intro> but like i say, silly things like no gravity etc i cudnt care

<ME> so then, would you say some cheats actually enhance game play? Like anti-grav?

<Intro> they do yeh i suppose

<ME> COOL

<ME> THANKS <Intro>!!! You have been a big help!

<Intro> but i am against cheats that make u impossible to beat

<Intro> np

<Intro> i thought u were some CS guard d00d interrogatin me then