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it's relevant because I don't want to suffer with a gamepad in an FPS... I couldn't careless if other people are suffering with me.

Competitive console gaming is growing sure, but that's also just a reflection of the entire gaming market. I think PC gaming is dying. Consoles are more accessible to the average folk... but as it stands, PCs are the place to be for the competitive player.

The cheating thing has always been a non-issue for me. People complain far too much about it, and I think in 9 out of 10 cases it's just a better player raping a shitty one. I've been called a hacker hundreds of times throughout my gaming history and I've never hacked in any game. Even people in LoD thought I hacked in CS:Source when it first came out. It's inexperience, excuses and a lack of talent.... with a dash of whine. It's blatantly obvious when a person hacks, and it isn't as rampant as people would make you believe. It's especially hard to hack in leagues and get away with it, with all the anti-cheat measures. It's only a matter of time before console gaming is "flooded with hacks," anyway.



I wouldn't call using a gamepad "suffering". It's just a skill you learn, just like keyboard/mouse was for you at one point in time. It's an FPS so they are both steps down from the real thing which is a holding a gun.

As far as cheating is concerned, it is a major issue. If you don't believe me I will show you where to download a CoD6 wallhack/aimbot a week after its release. Punkbuster or whatever is always one step behind in keeping up with cheaters. I do admit that most people accused aren't cheating but many are, especially in competitive play. One of the other downsides to PC gaming is that it's based on PC performance which means turning all graphics down as low as possible to get the highest FPS. I've got a fast PC but I know that even the pros turn down their settings to get the best FPS. The fact that everyone is using the exact same hardware and cannot adjust their video settings is appealing to me. I used to share the same feeling about PC but I've converted and I think that slowly everyone will. Developers aren't seeing big returns for developing on the PC and eventually everything will move to console so you might as well know how to use a gamepad now.

I don't have time to become a pro gamer anymore and don't think that most you do. That's a full-time job, but I would still like to play competitively and I can find good competition on 360 and find my friends in the same place.