Baghdad- Team Blackwater, a group of independent contractors, found a cheat code in their legal game Operation Iraqi Freedom. The professional first person shooters were the first to find the loophole, left by the designers when it was released in 2003. This exempted the players from responsibility regarding killing civilians during play.
News of the immunity cheat, which shields players from any legal attacks, either Iraqi, US, or International, spread throughout the Operation Iraqi Freedom playing community. Team Blackwater top honcho Joseph Yorio praised the cheat.
[Team Blackwater} supports the judge's decision to dismiss the charges From the beginning, {Team Blackwater] has stood behind the hundreds of brave men who put themselves in harm's way to protect American diplomats working in Baghdad and other combat zones in Iraq," Yorio said.
Team Blackwater, which now plays under team name Xe, hopes to use this strategy to protect themselves in the future. However some are calling the cheat unethical and are calling on US Government, LTD., the organization behind Operation Iraqi Freedom, to install a legal patch.
"Leaving an exploitable loophole in game play only encourages cheating from other players. What's to stop others from using the immunity cheat and using it to mow down civilians left and right? If I wanted that I'd play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and puts in Circle, Right, Circle, Right, Left, Square, Triangle, Up," said ACLU lawyer Kirk Van Benson.
