My own personal observations of non-PB enabled servers on both RtCW & ET;
a) the standard of play is much lower than that of recognised servers with PB enabled by default (generally)
b) those that do cheat need the advantage because their aim and general play isn’t good enough to take me on in a straight 1v1
The view I take on PB is that whilst it’s a must for clan servers and competitive matches by keeping old cheats off the scene, there are probably a lot of ppl who would never be good enough to take most SD’s forum ppl on in a 1v1 and have any chance of winning if they didn’t use a cheat - that’s a backhanded compliment imo. As for cheating whilst clanned or in a league game, well they deserve to be banned - that really is cheating and using the advantage to gain unwarranted kudos whilst deceiving others - ban ban ban.
I remember the day I found out about cheats in Doom - IDKFA (?) - ruined the game tbh. For RtCW or ET I couldn’t play on a server knowing I was cheating and take any pleasure from it - my guess is that most ppl who have used a cheat would take the same view. The cheater thing always seems to provoke extreme reactions from others - get a grip, you’ll be accusing them of terrorism next 