[floody-berry]

e.g., in Diablo 2, duped items were known to "poof" or disappear if you were not careful. There is no way to tell if an item is legitimate or not, leading to the obvious situation of oblivious players buying or trading for a dupe and having it vanish.

People who create dupes and sell them for real money are exploiting naive players and putting them at risk while ruining the game for legitimate players. They're human filth.

[Blackthorn]

The game being referenced is not Diablo 2 and does not have that issue.

[floody-berry]

From his previous article on his "startup" / "business":

> In my online game hacking history to that point, I'd had seven dupe methods patched across four different games, but never had an account closed.

He doesn't specify what the other 3 (or more) games were (other than one is the "next most popular online game"), or if he exploited them as well.

Assuming these posts are even true that is, they come off as quite hokey. I wouldn't be surprised if they turned out to be caricatures to see just what HN readers will celebrate.

[atomical]

The moral compass / exploit is a red herring. The bigger issue is that some guy on the internet, who claims to be driven in all the right ways, isn't talking about doing real life shit to land a job so he can provide for his family. He won't take real college courses because he can learn the subjects on his own so much faster. So instead he majors in Spanish. Huh?

In life you need to know when to jump through hoops to get ahead. But his ego and ideology prevent him from making the choices necessary to be successful.

[Blackthorn]

I've found that a lot of hacker types have this problem. There comes a point where it's really beneficial to put your nose against the grindstone and jump through a few ridiculous hoops. Is it stupid? Sure, but at the end of the day if it benefits you to play the game, you play the game.