[gregebowman]

Having never played an on-line game before, I can't say anything about that kind of cheating. but I must admit that if I'm playing a game by myself, I am tempted to use cheat codes sometime, depending on how bad I'm getting beat or not getting enough money or resources. That being said, I have only used the cheat code in SEIVG once, on my very first game, mostly so I could get through it and explore all of the nuances of the game that I probably wouldn't have seen the first time around. But ever since then, I have resisted the temptation to use it. And even though I usually wind up getting beat or not progressing as fast as I could, I'm having more fun not using the code than I would have if I had used the codes.