The Arguement against Hacking and Modding

Introduction
Apparently this issue has a lot of people's panties in a bunch. Let's use the popular game Borderlands as an example (are you surprised I chose this game?). No one wants to play co-operative online because people are coming into the game at level 70 with hacked weapons and gear. They can practically one shot anything in the game, and can be annoying people.


The overall problem?
People have issues with other people that cheat. Perhaps this is a unfortunate mis-match of intentions: a player who does not cheat enters a game where they expect others to not cheat, and discuss/show creative strategies and weapons found in the game. When they enter the game, they may get someone who has gone to the trouble of hacking their gear. The problem stems to this:

1) Gearbox has not developed strong enough software that can detect and remove modded gear.
2) Gamespy is a fail.
3) Attitudes versus hackers and normal gamers


Differing Perspectives
At this point in life, if you are over the age of 15, you should be realizing that the majority of people you meet in life will either be annoying/rude, or not likeable. If you don't like someone online who is hacking, don't play with them. This one sentence extends to every repeated instance- sorry that, if, you join 10 independent co-op games that 10/10 of them contain a hacker. A good way to solve this problem is to find a group of players on the internet (try the gearbox forums) who don't cheat, or only cheat when agreed upon.

I have also heard the charges that "hacking takes the fun out of the game" or "hacking removes skill". While partially true, it won't stop hackers from using modded weapons. I may use illegitimate weapons from time to time, to explore that possibility. Believe me, it gets boring fast. If you want skill and a good time, choose not to play with hackers. Because Gearbox can't weed them out, you will have to. If you leave the game because you expect Gearbox to "clean up their act", then maybe you shouldn't be so picky with life in general.