@psychotic-induction-jazz its a cheap thrill. there's no fun at all in cheating just to win, but its a blast to cheat in such a way that you can, and eventually will, get caught. as a matter of fact, the harder it is to get away with the cheating, and the more blatant it is, the funner it becomes. lying about your cards when playing go fish is lame, because its chump easy and forcing people to check everyones hands every turn makes the game suck. drawing extra cards is hilarious though, because eventually you have like, 20 cards in your hand, and you're trying to hide that you have half the deck, and you just cant do it forever. eventually someone notices and then you get chased out of town with torches and pitchforks.
but part of the key is that you have to get to that 20 point. sticking at 8 cards just for the edge? boring. lame. weak. "oh i accidentally drew one, sorry, ill put it back" you're a weenie keeping plausible deniability because you're constitutionally unable to bear losing a card game. embarrassing. but getting caught with 20 cards, then trying to leap over the sofa only to get dragged back and beaten with sofa cushions for ten minutes? all while cackling about how blind everyone had to be to not notice sooner? thats a professional. thats how you die with honor.
good cheating has to be catchable. it has to be blatant. it has to be shameless. it cannot be done for real stakes. there should be no element of plausible deniability. there should be some kind of clear understanding that to the cheater, the cheating was more important than the winning. in games of skill, you should only cheat when facing opponents of higher skill than you, and you should never cheat for a minor advantage. big or nothing.
did i always meet that standard? no. but i knew the answers well enough to get my license, and by the time i had two digits to my age, by god, i stuck to my code like velcro. god will forgive an 8 year old of murder, but 10 year olds have to have standards.
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