When you call someone a hacker, it suggests that they have talent or skill with coding, like the other definition for a hacker, which explains that a hacker is someone who is skilled or enthusiastic with computers. The problem is, all some moron has to do is type 'minecraft hacks' into Google and then they can download a bunch of hacks, and spend their pathetic excuse for a childhood ruining other's lives. They don't even need computing skills - you heard me, because lots of console hackers just download the hacks, and transfer them to their console using a USB.

Hacking is commonly used to make money easily, but with the risk of being sent to jail. Some companies actually hire people who have hacked them to improve their security networks. However in this case, the hackers we're talking about hack games - so why do they do this? The do this for their entertainment. Making other people unhappy, and then laughing at their misery. In other words, trolling but taken to a whole new level. I sometimes wonder how people can actually do this without feeling guilty, I mean, you team-kill on a game like Battlefield 3? That's OK, yes it's trolling but it's not that bad. Ruining months - maybe even years or work, and giving the reason as 'because it was funny' - that isn't funny. That's evil.

The other reason people hack, and the reason why many are hated, is because of the simple fact that most hackers suck at gaming. They can't win, so they hack and make other people lose - but are they really winners? What happens when they look back at their childhood and see how low they were? If you're like me, and you don't hack,even if you are bad at gaming just remember, you're still better than a hacker - and you still have your dignity.

Not all hackers are evil. The hacker group known as Anonymous hacks what they think is wrong, in a series of pranks, cyber attacks and DDos attacks. Some call them the 'digital Robin Hoods'. This group stands up to corporations and religious that get away with things they shouldn't, like a church that tried to visit the victims of the sandy hook shooting's funerals with signs that said horrible things about homosexuals. Anonymous took down their website, and exposed the people who did this.

Modding is simply modifying the game, like hacking it can also be abused, but it doesn't work very well on servers. Modding is a fun experience, and people who can Mod are very skilled at what they do. I'm not a modder myself, but I know that coding is hard. However, there are mods that do a similar thing to hacking. Modded controllers, for example, allow players of games to repeatedly click a button at an unnatural speed, allowing slow weapons like snipers to preform like machine guns. Of course this is pretty obvious when it happens, and most people who use modded controllers are caught and banned from games.