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Ok, so recently I was browsing the blogs on PMC. In the featured area, I saw this, titled "Why do you hack?":
I was interested, so I went ahead and read the blog. In that blog, I found a huge amount of inaccurate statements held together by horrible grammar and spelling. The blog looked like a 4 year old complaining, and the problem is some people actually believed it, so I'm writing this blog about what hacking really is.
Now, people say lots of times that someone is hacking minecraft. The stupidest thing I have ever heard was this quote, "Stop hacking on this server! Hacking is illegal!"
That statement was half true and half false. The true part was that generally, hacking is illegal. The false part, was that the person was "hacking." Allow me to define the verb hack (in internet context).
Here it is, pulled straight out of the dictionary: hack into, Computers. to break into (a server, Web site, etc.)from a remote location to
steal or damage data: Students are constantly trying to hack into their school server to change their
grades. Essentially, hacking is the malicious use of code to damage another computer or engage in illegal actions on the internet. Let me tell you what minecraft "hacks" are really.
The correct term for a so-called minecraft hack is a mod. That's right, nodus is the same type of thing as your average planet minecraft mod. Minecraft mods are modified versions of the minecraft jar that allow you to do things that are not otherwise possible. For example, Optifine gives you better graphics options, while some random food mod gives more food options, and nodus gives you the ability to do many different actions, like autofish, to make fishing less tedious and fly, to fly around for fun.
Not all hackers are the same! Not all of us are evil!
Hackers are not malicious beings who wish to destroy your favorite minecraft server. Generally, hackers are good guys, who help exploit bugs in software, to make the software safer and more secure. Minecraft "hackers" are people just like you and me, who just have a modified jar, just like you and me. Their jar modifications are merely to a different style.
One last thing about minecraft "hacking." Not everyone uses these mods for bad. I know a server admin who uses nodus to fly around faster. Another owner I know uses nodus fastbuild and fastbreak to build faster, and yet another server owner I know uses nodus features to entertain their players, like highjumping.
What to do about "hackers". Many people complain about "hackers" and say it's unfair, since some people still use the mods to cheat. What I have to say is that mods should not be a problem if the server has good anti-cheating plugins installed. Also, if you think that people cheating is unfair, then get cheats of your own, and level the playing field. Nodus is an improved version of minecraft, with many great features, which will enhance your gaming experience, like optifine. I'm not saying to use these mods for griefing or malicious use; I'm saying try them out and take a walk in the "hackers'" boots.
Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I am in no way trying to promote hacking, illegal activities, cheating, nodus, evilness, stupidity, bullying, etc. I am not promoting any evil/against the rules stuff.
I was interested, so I went ahead and read the blog. In that blog, I found a huge amount of inaccurate statements held together by horrible grammar and spelling. The blog looked like a 4 year old complaining, and the problem is some people actually believed it, so I'm writing this blog about what hacking really is.
Now, people say lots of times that someone is hacking minecraft. The stupidest thing I have ever heard was this quote, "Stop hacking on this server! Hacking is illegal!"
That statement was half true and half false. The true part was that generally, hacking is illegal. The false part, was that the person was "hacking." Allow me to define the verb hack (in internet context).
Here it is, pulled straight out of the dictionary: hack into, Computers. to break into (a server, Web site, etc.)from a remote location to
steal or damage data: Students are constantly trying to hack into their school server to change their
grades. Essentially, hacking is the malicious use of code to damage another computer or engage in illegal actions on the internet. Let me tell you what minecraft "hacks" are really.
The correct term for a so-called minecraft hack is a mod. That's right, nodus is the same type of thing as your average planet minecraft mod. Minecraft mods are modified versions of the minecraft jar that allow you to do things that are not otherwise possible. For example, Optifine gives you better graphics options, while some random food mod gives more food options, and nodus gives you the ability to do many different actions, like autofish, to make fishing less tedious and fly, to fly around for fun.
Not all hackers are the same! Not all of us are evil!
Hackers are not malicious beings who wish to destroy your favorite minecraft server. Generally, hackers are good guys, who help exploit bugs in software, to make the software safer and more secure. Minecraft "hackers" are people just like you and me, who just have a modified jar, just like you and me. Their jar modifications are merely to a different style.
One last thing about minecraft "hacking." Not everyone uses these mods for bad. I know a server admin who uses nodus to fly around faster. Another owner I know uses nodus fastbuild and fastbreak to build faster, and yet another server owner I know uses nodus features to entertain their players, like highjumping.
What to do about "hackers". Many people complain about "hackers" and say it's unfair, since some people still use the mods to cheat. What I have to say is that mods should not be a problem if the server has good anti-cheating plugins installed. Also, if you think that people cheating is unfair, then get cheats of your own, and level the playing field. Nodus is an improved version of minecraft, with many great features, which will enhance your gaming experience, like optifine. I'm not saying to use these mods for griefing or malicious use; I'm saying try them out and take a walk in the "hackers'" boots.
Thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I am in no way trying to promote hacking, illegal activities, cheating, nodus, evilness, stupidity, bullying, etc. I am not promoting any evil/against the rules stuff.
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Minecraft "Hacking" in other words, is "Cheating" and most servers do not allow it.
/derp upsidedown
Awesome for youtube vids
Thats all i know of because i never used it xD
taa1taa :O
(cheating)
i only used hack if people tried to use it to me for sure lots of people uses it
plus i hate it! D:
it made my friend become an evil greedy pig! D:
cause he learned that my other friend uses nodus he tried it too /:
and boom he betrayed us step by step :/