History Main / GodModders

* [[RageQuit Intentionally stopping their own online connection when it's evident that they'll lose]], and thus prevent the loss from counting against them officially. Known in online gaming circles as "plug-pulling."[[note]]This practice has gotten so bad that a lot of games count a pulled connection as a loss anyways, even if your connection legitimately cut out. Some are implementing a "poor sport" system that labels a player as such if they pull this off too much; this can extend all the way to preventing a plug-puller/poor sport from playing anyone else but other poor sports until behavior improves.[[/note]]

In a counterpart to the symmetry between the {{Scrub}} and the {{Stop Having Fun Guy|s}} (one hates you for playing to win in a way he doesn't like, the other hates you for not playing to win), if the {{Scrub}} is the guy who claims that someone else's legitimate tactic is a bug exploit and whines endlessly for it to be patched, then a Godmodder is the guy who claims that his bug exploit is a perfectly valid tactic and will [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks whine endlessly]] ''when'' it's patched.

The third of the trinity of gameplay FanDumb, along with {{Scrub}}s and StopHavingFunGuys.

In a counterpart to the symmetry between the {{Scrub}} and the {{Stop Having Fun Guy|s}} (one hates you winning, the other hates you for not playing to win), if the {{Scrub}} is the guy who claims that someone else's legitimate tactic is a bug exploit and whines endlessly for it to be patched, then a Godmodder is the guy who claims that his bug exploit is a perfectly valid tactic and will [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks whine endlessly]] ''when'' it's patched.

The contrast between a God Modder and a StopHavingFunGuy is tricky to define, but can be viewed as the distinction between someone who cheats to win and somebody who merely plays to win, sans obvious cheating; although "tournament legal" (i.e., non-GameBreaker) bug exploits may be allowed in the StopHavingFunGuy's mind, the Godmodder relies almost entirely on {{game breaker}}s or exploits.

Most notorious on MMORPG and other online MUCK games, but can also extend to any game that can be played by more than one person, God Modders usually use unorthodox, underhanded, and oftentimes generally sleazy tricks to gain an advantage, always justifying their actions as just another trick one can use to "properly" play the game. This can include but is not limited to--

* [[RageQuit Pulling their own connection when it's evident that they'll lose]] (and, thus, prevent the loss from counting against them officially)[[note]]This has gotten so bad that a lot of games count a pulled connection as a loss (even if your connection legitimately did die against your will), and some are implementing a "poor sport" system that labels you as such if you pull this off too much and might even ''deny'' you from playing anyone else but other poor sports until your behavior improves[[/note]].
* Killing their own teammates to get the lion's share of upgrades/experience points, etc.

The contrast between a God Modder and a StopHavingFunGuy is tricky to define, but can be viewed as the distinction between someone who cheats to win and somebody who merely plays to win, sans obvious cheating; although "tournament legal" (i.e., non-GameBreaker) bug exploits may be allowed in the StopHavingFunGuy's mind, the Godmodder [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty relies almost entirely]] on {{game breaker}}s or exploits.

Fortunately, there are ways to subvert a God Modder without becoming one yourself, but those usually elicit an angry backlash from the God Modder that you ''obviously'' had to be cheating in order to beat them. Many times, they lack as much of a clue as they did as normal {{Noob}}s, and will often do incredibly stupid things in order to force a win for themselves, which further irritates the other players. They may even have some lucrative cracking skills, which makes them even ''more'' dangerous than usual. Fortunately most of these so called "hackers" are nothing more than Script Kiddies, using a cheat program made by someone else. This still makes them annoying, but they don't tend to possess the same level of understanding or sophistication.

Because of how disruptive they can be for a game, God Modders are usually banned from a game's server (if it's played online or through a LAN), or ostracized by their gaming friends. Depending on how skilled the God Modder's cracking abilities are, the typical rebuttal to this ranges from angry letters of discrimination and/or unfair treatment to outright virulent cracks of the network they were kicked off of (or the accounts of their former friends). Best to just stay as far away from their firing line as possible and report them to the game network's administrators at the first sign of trouble.

In a counterpart to the symmetry between the the {{Scrub}} and the {{Stop Having Fun Guy|s}} (one hates you winning, the other hates you for not playing to win), if the {{Scrub}} is the guy who claims that someone else's legitimate tactic is a bug exploit and whines endlessly for it to be patched, then a Godmodder is the guy who claims that his bug exploit is a perfectly valid tactic and will [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks whine endlessly]] ''when'' it's patched.

-->-- '''Redsonic''', not knowing he would start a PuzzlePirates forum fad

->''NO [=GODMODDING=]! [[BerserkButton JEEZ I HATE THIS]]''

Most notorious on MMORPG and other online MUCK games, but can also extend to any game that can be played by more than one person, God Modders usually use unorthodox, underhanded, and oftentimes generally sleazy tricks to gain an advantage, always justifying their actions as just another trick one can use to "properly" play the game. This can include but is not limited to-

The contrast between a Godmodder and a StopHavingFunGuy is tricky to define, but can be viewed as the distinction between someone who cheats to win and somebody who merely plays to win, sans obvious cheating; although "tournament legal" (i.e., non-GameBreaker) bug exploits may be allowed in the StopHavingFunGuy's mind, the Godmodder [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty relies almost entirely]] on {{game breaker}}s or exploits.

-->''NO [=GODMODDING=]! [[BerserkButton JEEZ I HATE THIS]]''
-->Redsonic, not knowing he would start a PuzzlePirates forum fad

A God Modder is a particularly nasty variation of a {{Scrub}} or {{Noob}}, one that has been perfecting their "skills" to the point where they start to act like {{a god| am I}}, infallible in their judgment and knowing far more about whatever game they're playing than older, more experienced gamers.

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* [[RageQuit Pulling their own connection when it's evident that they'll lose]] (and, thus, prevent the loss from counting against them officially)

-->''NO GODMODDING ! [[BerserkButton JEEZ I HATE THIS]]''

A [[GodModders God Modder]] is a particularly nasty variation of a {{Scrub}} or {{Noob}}, one that has been perfecting their "skills" to the point where they start to act like {{a god| am I}}, infallible in their judgment and knowing far more about whatever game they're playing than older, more experienced gamers.

Most notorious on MMORPG and other online MUCK games, but can also extend to any game that can be played by more than one person, GodModders usually use unorthodox, underhanded, and oftentimes generally sleazy tricks to gain an advantage, always justifying their actions as just another trick one can use to "properly" play the game. This can include but is not limited to-

Because of how disruptive they can be for a game, GodModders are usually banned from a game's server (if it's played online or through a LAN), or ostracized by their gaming friends. Depending on how skilled the God Modder's cracking abilities are, the typical rebuttal to this ranges from angry letters of discrimination and/or unfair treatment to outright virulent cracks of the network they were kicked off of (or the accounts of their former friends). Best to just stay as far away from their firing line as possible and report them to the game network's administrators at the first sign of trouble.

Contrast with GodModers, which are [[RougeAnglesOfSatin often mistakenly referred to]] as GodModders. God ''Mod''ing, with a single D, is the practice of playing a more freeform game in an unfair way, such as using out-of-character knowledge to make in-character decisions, or calling the actions of something controlled by another player. That version's name comes from 'GodMode,' referring to video game invincibility cheats.