[the_logos]

You're presenting a false choice. I know plenty of competitive players who have fun botting in their game of choice.

If player A and player B are otherwise equal in all respects, but player A is able to put in twice the time (assuming time matters....if it doesn't then botting isn't allowing anyone to skip anything, only assist with things), there is no way for player B to be competitive with player A.

You're arguing that because of bots, competitive players are forced to choose between botting or having fun, but the exact same (flawed) logic can be applied to the above situation. In fact, by your logic, player B cannot have fun, at all, since the only way for him to have fun is to be competitive (and he can't be due to having half the amount of time). That's simply not true, of course.



This is no different from the fact that there are cheat codes available for console games that allow you to skip content (and with, for instance, Xbox Live's achievement system, competitive types can turn every Xbox game into a competition). Some people use them, some people don't.

Different people wish to play games in different ways. It's just a personal preference.

--matt