User blog comment:Anihalation clan/HOW TO GET RANKED UP QUICLY IN RED DEAD REDEMPTION/@comment-1265875-20110523211609

Well, as part of the 'authority' of this website, perhaps I should say a few things:

Whether or not you like it, the word "clan" (at least in association with Red Dead) translates to "cheater". And it has been my experience playing Red Dead Multiplayer that clans are collections of cheaters.

There tends to be very suspicious activity going on in any session they happen to join. Typically, at least one of them has a lag switch, which makes the session unstable, and every single one uses the rapid fire glitch - EVERY ONE (if you think I don't see you and your buddies doing the jump in place on the kill-cam you're deluding only yourself). And then there are the guys who openly run around, showing up on the minimap, perfectly unafraid of being shot. Multiple hits to the head will not take them down and, while taking fire, they casually turn and fire one round which equals instant death - no matter where the round lands or if you had full health at the time.

And then there's my personal favorite: The stupid clan fuckers who, despite their cheating, still get their asses handed to them by legitimate players (my posse, for example) so they have one of their members drop out of the session and rejoin on the other side to start team killing. This is the very definition of faggotry.

Wait! Don't get up on your 'but-I-don't-cheat!' high horse just yet! Yes, I know you probably haven't modded your save game (which, somehow, is still the only thing acknowledged as truly cheating), but using exploits, team-killing and lag switches are just as bad. I'm sure whatever 'secret' your clan has will probably just amount to some exploit. *Yawn*

To be honest, the game isn't really that hard, you don't need to cheat. You should learn how to play sometime, it's actually a whole lot of fun.

See, here's the thing:

When you clan guys manage to make people leave a session, it's not because of how awesome you are, but because you're ruining the game.

This does not make you 'dominate', you're just being avoided because you cheat - there is a difference.

P.S. - Here's hoping for rebuttal that's a one-sentence paragraph with spelling errors and no punctuation. Better yet, how about you be a true rebel and not even use the space bar?