Gaming Monitors offer you a controversial feature - players keep the cheating

Some gaming monitors offer the opportunity to show a crosshair. But that does not like that some players who hold that for cheating. However, others believe that there are only beginners benefit and there is no role in the long term.

Hardcore shooter like Dead by Daylight or Escape from Tarkov are known to be particularly hard. Among other things, this is because these games released popular assistance, such as the crosshair. After all, in reality, these tools are not comfortably displayed in the regular view.

For some time, however, there have been gaming monitors that offer the opportunity to directly show a crosshair as a help via the monitor. Therefore, this function is not new.

For many gamers, the advantages of this function are obvious:

• You can activate a crosshair in games that do not have any show and have a help and thus an advantage over other players who do not have this feature.
• Since this is an integration in your gaming monitor, anti-cheat programs and co do not complain about the use.
• Since it is a function of the monitor, the help is not displayed for screensharing and remains visible only to the user in front of the screen.

In addition, this feature does not fall under third-party software that is explicitly prohibited by many developers for your games.

When can this function help? Many average players are not so disciplined or focused as professional players. The crosshair helps to direct the view to a central point that remains in memory. So it is not an aimbot or other technical support.

A crosshair does not fit into the game world and draws attention to the center, where important things happen. Especially beginners like to use such functions to practice and prepare for competitive games.

Is this function allowed at all? Officially it is allowed to use the Crosshair function of your monitor. Because this function does not fall under so-called third-party software, because it is a function of hardware.

This does not mean that it really has to be recommended to use this feature: Among other players, this feature is difficult to controend. Many players see such helpers clearly as cheating and wish for a spell or other punishment of such persons.

Thread Cross feature is controversial - for some players is the cheating

These are the reactions: How controversial this is actually harmless function, shows a look into different gaming forums.

This is how a user writes on Reddit (via reddit.com):

It's for the cheat in games like CS: Go, where some weapons like AWP do not have a crosshair, so you can easily kill people without a riflescope. I do not recommend using it if you want to respect yourself.

Another writes (via reddit.com):

Basically for FPS games, it is already a bit like cheating, but it can help you to calibrate your monitor.

Many remain in the opinion that this technical gaming is an advantage. Although not everyone can benefit from it, but for some rich the small advantage. As a contribution to equal opportunities or as fair play, this feature does not apply (via reddit.com):

People use [The function] ... apparently it gives them an advantage, even if it is only one of ten cases - Escape from Tarkov is a game without resrawns. Sometimes one of this fraction of one second gives sufficient advantage over the opponent.

I repeat it again: I'm not a fan of the crosshair in the game, but I'm a fan of Fair Play.

Above all, the fact that one could hide this advantage and for other players is neither visible nor for the game, the monitor feature makes so unfair. Some even go so far and claim: Why should you then prohibit third-party software if such monitors are allowed in games anyway (via Forum.escapefromarkov.com).

There are also other opinions? Yes, other users do not understand the excitement. Because if you are bad in a game, a these target help would not make a better player right away. This is how a user writes (via forum.escapefromarkov.com):

The number of people upset about the crosshair of a monitor is hysterical !!! If you are bad in the game ... you will not make one better because they are inaccurate ... and if you are good ... you do not need them anyway.

Especially beginners who like to use such tools, one would hardly see in competitive matches anyway, since here skills of the proven gamer would be offset the benefit of anyway. This monitor feature is a nice gimmick, but the excitement is much too big. Other cheaters would provide much bigger problems with their wall hacks and other things. In Games like Call of Duty: Warzone Nerven Cheater for a long time fair player. What do you think about that? Do you find such assistance in order or do you want to see such people probably shipped? Discuss with us in the comments!