As Barbra has pointed out peeps will differ on what a cheat it. In this case, I would imagine everyone would agree the people listed by jonty used a cheat. No but’s about it. There is no way to have those kinds of stats without changing the savegame file with a hex editor. There is another “cheat” that does not requiring editing the hex file, but has to do with moving the time forward. This too is defiantly called a cheat b/c you are changing something that is not “normal” for lack of a better term. Other people on this board would also tell you if you did not learn some the “secrets” of playing this game (as well as SV and PT) then you are cheating too. I suppose it would be because the joy of playing this game is figuring out what you need to do. If someone tells you, well then you did not figure it out. Personally I do not think the latter is cheating, but simply learning how to play the game. I’m sure there are others that would not agree. Bottom line, it is a personal decision. And as always, you will have to live with yourself knowing that you “beat” this game with some one else’s help.

Bottom line with respect to this thread is, the leader board is pretty much useless due to there being no way to determine who and who did not use a cheat to compile the numbers. Personally, I’ve been trying to get on the board for three weeks now using no cheats. All I have been doing is breeding, breeding, and breeding a certain yellow fish. So far I have only muster a little over $560,000. At this rate it will take another three weeks at least to break into the top 50.
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