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Question: Are Russians, Polish, whatevers raised to cheat? It's not even a stereotype anymore, it's solid fact. Almost any game with a notable Russian/Polish presence there is always some friction between other European gamers. I have not a clue as to why…
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Its not black and white, but there is a problem with the mentality of the suppressed, which manifests itself with any and all attempts to work AROUND the rules. This ranges from tax avoidance and black market in RL to cheating in game... And sadly yes, this is part of the legacy of the USSR occupation in the past, some more occupations before that in some cases AND on top of that - current state of affairs. It's just something, that takes time to change... The generations have to die out, which grew up in this hellhole. Then again - its not black and white. There are guys who do no cheat, even though their fellow countrymen do and one can't go about burning everyone on the stake just for the sins of a few... This is where stereotypes come in.
Funny story about my trip to Italy once... I saw few cars obeying speed limits in the mountains (like limit is 30km/h, everyone is going 60
). Then I see this one car, which IS obeying the limit... We finally stop together at one stop for a nice view of the valey and I instantly ask them (after saying Hi
) - "Are you german?", to which they reply - "Why... Yes indeed! Is it the nose, that betrayed us?", to which I reply - "I know only one country in europe which is notorious for obbey speed limits like this". We all had a good laught about this, but this is something that relates to cheating too...
Generally in EU the rules are set BY the people FOR the people and absolute majority agree, that this is good and the rules need to be obeyed. In Eastern Europe (my country notwithstanding) the "rules are set by THEM to suppress US, thus FUK THEM with THEIR rules, I shall do whatever I like and try not to be caught".