Cheaters are the worst. In Team Fortress 2, they use illicit programs to emulate near-perfect aim. That does not, however, mean they’re untouchable.
4LTRU15T1CD3M1G0D shared a brilliant moment in which they climbed up to a TF2 cheater’s sniper perch and swatted the ugly bug like a ripe old maggot.
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Now, this moment is wonderful for a couple reasons. First, 4LTRU15T1CD3M1G0D uses one of Team Fortress 2’s taunts to add insult to injury. The point, the wind-up, the swing, the timing and rhythm of the kill—it’s basically perfect. Eat it, jerk.
Second and most importantly, though, you’ll notice that the cheater valiantly struggles to aim at 4LTRU15T1CD3M1G0D, only to find that they can’t. Their sniper keeps turning back in the direction they were facing previously, seemingly impervious to manual control. Odds are, the cheater set the parameters of their program such that it would only aim in specific confines (likely to slightly disguise the fact that they were cheating). Clearly, they didn’t think it through super well.
The moral of the story? Don’t be a dick. And if you absolutely have to be a dick—for instance, because someone’s gonna burn your entire vintage Yu-Gi-Oh card collection if you don’t—at least be smart about it. Actually, you know what? Even then, just don’t be a dick. Just never be a dick.
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