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{{quote|''NO GODMODDING ! JEEZ I HATE THIS''
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The third of the trinity of gameplay [[Fan Dumb]], along with [[Scrub
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In a counterpart to the symmetry between
The contrast between a Godmodder and a [[Stop Having Fun Guy]] is tricky to define, but can be viewed as the distinction between someone who cheats to win and somebody who merely plays to win, sans obvious cheating; although "tournament legal" (i.e., non-[[Game Breaker]]) bug exploits may be allowed in the [[Stop Having Fun Guy]]'s mind, the Godmodder [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|relies almost entirely]] on [[Game Breaker|game breakers]] or exploits.
Most notorious on MMORPG and other online MUCK games, but can also extend to any game that can be played by more than one person,
* [[Rage Quit|Pulling their own connection when it's evident that they'll lose]] (and, thus, prevent the loss from counting against them officially)
* Killing their own teammates to get the lion's share of upgrades/experience points, etc.
Fortunately, there are ways to subvert a God Modder without becoming one yourself, but those usually elicit an angry backlash from the God Modder that you ''obviously'' had to be cheating in order to beat them. Many times, they lack as much of a clue as they did as normal [[Noob
Because of how disruptive they can be for a game,
The term comes from ''god moderating'', a tendency for website and network moderators to go a little overboard when policing the website/network, sometimes to the point of abusing their power. Of course, for the most part, God Modders aren't even moderators, though they act like they are. It can also come from "god modifying", a tendency for players creating a [[Game Mod]] to go overboard with their creations. It differs from God''mod''ing, with a single d, which is the practice of playing a more freeform game in an unfair way, such as using out-of-character knowledge to make in-character decisions, or calling the actions of something controlled by another player. That version's name comes from '[[God Mode]],' referring to video game invincibility cheats.
Contrast with [[God Moders]], which are [[Rouge Angles of Satin|often mistakenly referred to]] as
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