@BusinessEvolution + 100. Btw. People also cheat, when they don't know how to kill somebody.
Which is where self esteem is triggered. When their competitive play behaviour is not productive, eg they do not do well, someone with an externalised locus of control will seek for lack of better wording external reasons so that their self esteem is not affected/reduced. Individuals with an internal locus of control will either try to get better at the game and improve their own understanding and skill or failing that, quit the game as their self esteem may be reduced. Thus you can assume that anyone that is a persistent cheater has an externalised locus of control.
Older individuals will be more likely to moderate the effects of either attitudinal schema. Also having high self esteem is not necessarily a good thing, depending on how you derive your self esteem. If you perform negative behaviours to aquire self esteem or do so to protect your self esteem, this is where negative behaviours can surface.
For example two extreme cases of different attitudes and resulting beliefs;
"There are cheaters, I am not doing well in this game, I gain self esteem from my score in the game, therefore everyone is/could be cheating. If I cheat I can have a good score like everyone else too."
vs
"There are cheaters, I am not doing well in this game, I gain self esteem from how well I play this game, therefore even though people are/could be cheating, I will do my best and it will make the result more meaningful for myself."
They are more the extreme ends of the spectrum, there would be individuals in between.
EDIT: Acquiring self esteem from K/D for example could pose problems as this is reliant on the performance of other players as well, this can lead to negative social behaviours of varying degrees. Acquiring self esteem from MVP in objective games and your own accuracy however are more dependant on your own abilities, which are determined by yourself. Of course the best is gaining self esteem from personal improvement in areas that are self determined, as you are competing with yourself. :O
P.S. As this is a general profile and I mention no names I am assuming this avoids the ethical issues of posting psychological profiles to an audience without a psychology background/training. Some people get self esteem by making other people angry
