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It's you who's missing the point. You're engaging in ridiculous pedantry over whether or not people cheat in a very popular video game, take a break.

The reality is that it really couldn't matter less whether or not anyone has ever cheated in overwatch pro games, but we can pretty safely assume that somebody has.

Is this a topic that genuinely calls for greater precision than this? What's the benefit?



> you’re engaging in ridiculous pedantry over whether or not people cheat in a very popular video game

No, it’s abundantly clear that people cheat. We’re calling the GP comment out for claiming that overwatch turns a blind eye to cheaters and have ignored cheating in competitions.

> take a break

You’re the only person of the three of us getting very very worked up about it.

> is this a topic that genuinely calls for greater precision than this? What’s the benefit

Yes. It’s about the integrity of the discussion. There’s no point in being here if we can just post nonsense and have it accepted as truth.


>You’re the only person of the three of us getting very very worked up about it.

I'm really not? I'm just very surprised how strongly you guys are reacting to my anecdote which I never claimed to be proof of anything.

Look at how strongly worded your original comment was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390326

>Yes. It’s about the integrity of the discussion. There’s no point in being here if we can just post nonsense and have it accepted as truth.

This is truly insane. It was Xunjin who started insisting that my clearly indicated anecdata should be some sort of proof. I never made such a claim!

I never claimed that I was attempting to prove anything, that's something you two invented.

Is it genuinely your stance that to protect the "integrity of the discussion", all HN comments should be verifiable?




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