Exposed: "Hitless Player" Accused Of Cheating | Critikal reacts

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• MK

  @mk_gamíng0609 · 2 years ago

  Two most likely groups too cheat are<br>1- Legitimately good players<br>2- People who think they are good

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• JU

  @julianjolts5050 · 2 years ago

  I think the reason people didn&apos;t discover this sooner is that he was a respected runner so no one was skeptical

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  @211aonscratch4 · 1 year ago

  Any Radiance is a monumental challenge, but Pantheon 5 Hitless is actually harder than HITLESS Any Radiance. It&apos;s almost unfathomably difficult to beat 42 bosses in a row without a single mistake.

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• OB

  @obeisgreat12 · 2 years ago

  Btw this is an old video. At this point, any radiance has been even beaten hitless

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• MI

  @MirkinatorMinecraft · 2 years ago

  The video being in reverse and the cam being so big makes this painful to watch as a hollow knight player

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• DA

  @DannygrieferGaming · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s not a Problem to Cheat in offline Games.But it&apos;s a Problem to lie about it and take Credit for what you didn&apos;t do

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• ME

  @meyes1098 · 2 years ago

  Fireb0rn (the guy who made this video) also beat any radiance.<br>I think he was the 9th player to beat any radiance in the world.

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• DA

  @davidharner2481 · 2 years ago

  One misconception is that cotton beat anyrad AFTER this whole scandal.<br> And people were pretty skeptical of it but there’s no evidence he cheated anyrad <br>Despite his mistakes he is still a highly skilled player

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• CH

  @chronic192 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s just like in bodybuilding. It&apos;s always the top level that juices the hardest. As Charlie said, they&apos;re looking for that extra edge, that little sliver that&apos;s going to set them above the rest even further! Absolutely insane mindset, Icarus vibes lol

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• DI

  @DidYouForgetSomething · 2 years ago

  I knew a friend who used to cheat on multiplayer games.<br>He stopped a long time ago, but I learned a lot about the mentality of cheaters by the way he talked.<br><br>He was pretty good at the game, probably top 2000 level skill out of a few hundred thousand.<br><br>He didn&apos;t cheat to get recognition, he cheated because he stopped improving. Everyone started playing better than him, and while he was an extraordinary player, he quickly approached &quot;above average&quot; territory as everyone else kept improving.<br><br>He had more game knowledge, more experience, and more intuition, but he stopped being able to win against people who were very new players compared to him.<br>A lot of the people who knew him started to get better, and expected him to do the same. He also expected to improve, but he didn&apos;t.<br><br>When he started to become a weak link, he suddenly &quot;rapidly improved&quot; from my point of view, but it was actually just when he started cheating. In performance, he was back to where he was originally despite having never really improved.<br><br>I think a similar kind of thing happened here, but rather than it just being those Cotton was close to, it was also the viewers and community that he felt pressured by, even though they were not saying anything and would still follow if Cotton didn&apos;t improve.<br>When my friend was finally caught he first played it off, and when undeniable evidence, including a ban from the game came out, he got angry at everyone before eventually apologizing, saying that he did cheat. My friend ALSO pulled the, &quot;It was on accident card&quot; but it was shut down before he could actually explain it.<br><br>Because of these similarities, I definitely understand Cotton&apos;s mindset in this situation. When somebody cheats there is always a reason. <br><br><br>I think that if somebody who is friends with someone who ends up cheating this way finds out about their friends cheating, they should bring it up privately and get the cheater to apologize on their own before drama starts. Not only does it save a lot of reputation, but it also saves mental strain on literally everyone involved.<br><br>I&apos;ve shared this story a few times because of that last statement I made, unnecessary drama doesn&apos;t just hurt those involved, it drags down the entire community a bit. I&apos;ve seen a few too many small communities driven to the ground because of shit like this so I hope I can prevent it.

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• NO

  @notdemomantf2294 · 2 years ago

  Here&apos;s the thing: The people who are absolute trash at videoganes do have a high proportion of cheaters, largely due to the lowered real consequences.<br><br>However, if you are trash at a game, any cheating is visible at a glance. Like if you decided to noclip through a door, that&apos;s not something you can cover up.<br><br>Once you are at the top, invested in getting the top times, the temptation of cheating may strike and your knowledge of the game means you&apos;ll avoid the easily seen cheats. That combines with reputation to make them harder to catch.

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• KO

  @konajohnson6182 · 2 years ago

  Bro I remember when I first watched this, I was still attempting to speedrun Hollow Knight (I wasn’t that good, PB was around 1 hour 34 minutes). The original video of this hurt to watch cause Cotton was so respected and to find out he was a fraud was very disappointing not just for me but for the entire community cause we all respected him. All that potential and skill wasted… 😞

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