And this is why the argument will last as long as the game is flexible enough to support any tweaking.

My comment wasnt really a report on game ethics, more my viewpoint on what is technically 'cheating'. When I play, I play by the rules I feel are fair and ethical. From my perspective; binding a key to switch to a single weapon is allowable, and acceptable. So is setting options in the config file to get better framerate and performance. If others differ with this opinion, I respect that - I understand that there are obviously a group of people who feel that outright hacking is acceptable - otherwise they wouldn't do it. In the end, you draw the line you choose to stand behind, and have every right to disagree with people who draw different lines.

I have played hardcore dm for a few years, with people who feel that making changes to a config file is no problem, whereas 'scripting' is frowned upon, but not outright banned. This is the line I draw.

Now, the ethics of subtle ingame etiquette - whatever; I don't care if I'm spawn mined.

Cheating includes any third party program, script, or other device that gives you an advantage by altering the basic rules of the game. Glitch exploits are included here because they also alter the intended rules of the game.

Hardware such as special mice do not fall under the category of cheating. They do not alter the nature of the game. Otherwise I could rightly bitch that everyone with a better computer than me was "cheating" by getting better than 20fps.