Beause of h4x0r's (lack of proper) English knowledge, I don't know much about him but people at Cheathappens are definitely above the average level of intelligence. However, that comes with a great price: an also above-average level of first self-assuredness and later arrogance, considering oneself as the "father of all knowledge", to quote from Dexter's Laboratory. This reveals especially when meeting someone else thought to be the usual kind of "normal" person but actually one with a similar level of intelligence. Because such people are rare, such encounters often causes a great surprise and, when not dealt with properly, a heated quarrel and name-calling: a flame war.
This is not without reason: someone with an above-average intelligence sees much depeer into the world and better understands its structure and way of functioning. When he or she realizes this capability, he or she will continue to think that this is true for
all problems he or she runs into. But that's not true in general, only for problems that are similar to ones he or she already ran into in the past. In particular, being able to code (and disect) trainers - or, in general, software - does not mean that you are also able to understand people's motives and deal with them in a proper manner. Just the opposite: people with high intelligence
inherently have problems with blending into a surrounding society of "normal" people.
I think
this knowledge, that I described above, can only come with age and experience - this is
exactly what we were referring to when we called the behavior of opponents in this war "childish" - and sometimes even learnt the hard way. (Been there, done that.) Now seeing such flame wars makes me sad because it means a significant loss of resources of people who would otherwise be able to create great stuff, if they spent their time constructively.
[...] Oh, and to answer the following from the Cheathappens forum:
We have warned and warned people about this guy from the beginning but some people just refuse to learn. This is especially true of the idiots at GCW (hi Joe!) that continue to support this guy like he was their own love-child. Cheathappens still hasn't recognized the old saying:
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We did not want to choose between either party but, when Cheathappens started their suspicious methods of, khm, "persuasion" and then a propaganda campaign against us and a fake proof made up by them, they became our enemies, which, by the definition of the saying, made h4x0r our friend. Kind of. More precisely, the favored "persona grata" from the two. I have to admit that the saying is not true because there aren't always only two choices in life but Cheathappens' behavior made us so mad that we decided there could be no way we should support them. This is also a bit childish but, hey, let us have our revenge!
