User blog comment:Blaff 60/Rockstar taking measures against hacking, cheating and bullying./@comment-1864348-20100727174406

My approach is the same as Mr Lestaat's...I don't go looking for trouble, but if you take a shot at me, I will retaliate without mercy.

For the most part I only get really annoyed when I'm trying to complete a gang hideout or a challenge, and some douchebag interferes. I can't tell you how many times I've been in Pike's Basin, and some jackass shoots me in the head when I'm planting a bomb. It's particularly annoying when the jackass is hanging out by the respawn point, waiting to kill me immediately after I respawn. I'm all for battling with impunity in free roam, but camping the respawn points at gang hideouts is over the line. Fortunately, I've finally leveled all the way up so I don't need to grind hideouts for XP now.

These new anti-griefing measures sound like a step in the right direction to me. The best thing they could possibly do is allowing you to choose a location to respawn, as spawn-killing is the most frustrating aspect of free roam to me. Getting a bounty after a 6-kill streak seems a bit excessive to me, though...a 10-kill streak would be better, IMO.

Best of all though is the penalty for cheaters...I worked my ass off, grinding hideouts and doing challenges to get to max level. I find it really irksome when I get killed by some no-skill punk who is max level, all golden guns but obviously didn't earn them, as they rely on casual aim and high-power pistols to get the job done. My weapons of choice are throwing knives or the bolt-action rifle, usually on expert aim (although I will sometimes switch to normal if everyone around me is on casual). I enjoy nothing more than to expertly shoot the head off of some punk-ass who thinks he's all bad with his casual high-power pistol.