Before asking about the ethics of cheating we should ask TNT about their ethics of freezing users that had never done anything wrong. And yes, I'm still pissed that I have lost a very old account with years of honest work because they believed I cheated on it while it in fact was another account that is still happily alive and never had any contact with the old account at all except for sharing the same internet connection. And I'm even more pissed because that wasn't the first time I lost a non-cheating account.
And I have to agree with some other previous comments: I also was one of those who at first was completely against cheating. The first time I heard about Codex was during the Altador Cup. Before groups like SOTAC or STEALTH were the most hated ones but then people started talking and complaining about "those-who-shouldn't-be-named" (as far as I heard we really weren't allowed to be named and that TNT silenced or even froze people just for menioning the word "Codex") and SOTAC and co were forgotten as quickly as if they never had existed. Me being a loyal member to my team and of course a honest player also was against those cheaters - and on the other hand it was also the time I joined that forum, simply out of curiosity I guess though it still needed a bit longer before I got active for the first time.
I'm now cheating like no tomorrow to make up for the many years I have lost together with the old account - years where I had a lot more time because I still was at school. With a full time job and not living with mommy anymore and thus having your own household to take care of my time on Neopets became a bit limited. I don't want to wait for like ten years until I have gotten back to where I once have been because who knows if I will still be interested in playing next year? In that case it's better to quickly cheat my way back and then have fun with all the stuff I can buy with my cheated NPs now than having a frustrating long fight for every single NP.


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