Quote Originally Posted by zenga View Post
If you join a pug / random hc in full BiS gear or with a fancy title, you get exactly the same. Again I completely agree that such behaviour is utterly stupid, but it's wide spread. It's stupid behaviour regardless from the cheating/boosts. Even if this was a cheat free game and the ladders would reflect actual skill, it would still be stupid behaviour to be in shock and awe when you see someone with high rating/fancy titles.
This made me laugh remembering the time when I had the fanciest title you could get on my server ("<vodka>") and the way that I couldn't do a single group of any kind without someone commenting on it.

I think you guys are being too harsh on shodokan though. He's mentioning his ratings because he's proud of them, so presumably he earned them rather than cheating his way. The existence of cheaters in the system doesn't diminish accomplishment earned the old fashioned way. The fact that one kid cheats his way to a 1600 on the SAT doesn't diminish the accomplishments of those who did it honestly.