Rewards for outsmarting systems are weirdly situational. In 'Elder Scrolls: Morrowind', I exploited alchemy to create potions that made me godlike—hours of fun wrecking NPCs with absurd stats. But when my little sister cheated in 'Animal Crossing' by time-traveling, her town got overrun with weeds. Moral of the story: some systems reward ingenuity, others crumble under pressure. Workarounds in productivity apps might save time, but loopholes in tax software? That’s a documentary waiting to happen. The best 'reward' is often just the story you get to tell afterward.
Manipulating the system sounds like something straight out of a heist movie, doesn't it? Like when the crew in 'Ocean’s Eleven' outsmarts the casino’s security. If you’ve pulled it off, the rewards depend entirely on what you tricked. In games, maybe you unlocked hidden loot or skipped a grind—I once glitched an old RPG to get infinite gold, and suddenly the boring side quests became a power fantasy. But outside fiction, consequences usually outweigh rewards. The thrill of 'winning' fades fast when you realize you robbed yourself of the real challenge.
That said, some systems are designed to be exploited creatively. Speedrunners break games for glory, not loot, and modders bend rules to create something new. If your trick was more art than theft, the reward might just be the joy of pulling it off—like finishing a puzzle no one else solved. Just don’t expect the system to congratulate you.
Tricking the system? Bold move! In tabletop RPGs, we call that 'creative problem-solving.' My DM once gave me a cursed sword for cheating a dice roll—technically a reward, but it backfired hilariously. Video games sometimes punish glitchers, but I remember farming rare drops in 'Borderlands 2' by save-scumming. The reward was finally getting that conference call shotgun after hours of failed runs. Real-world systems? Less fun. I knew a guy who exploited a coupon app—free burgers for weeks until they banned his account. The real prize was the chaos, I guess.
Depends on the system’s design. Trick a game, and you might get unintended fun—like clipping through walls in 'Skyrim' to discover hidden areas. Trick a vending machine, and you get a free soda… until it jams. I once bypassed a paywall to read a manga chapter early, only to find the scan quality was terrible. Sometimes the reward is realizing the legit path was better all along.
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On Valentine's Day, I suggest going to a restaurant to celebrate, but my boyfriend, Michael Nelson, refuses. He says impatiently, "Why should we celebrate some lousy holiday? I don't want to waste good money on it."
He turns around and happily chats away on his phone, completely absorbed in the conversation.
Then, I hear the system's notification going off in my head. "Congratulations. You have received 2,860 dollars."
This means that Michael just transferred 1,430 dollars to his side chick. He doesn't know it yet, but I have a system. It's called the Infidelity Cashback System.
Every time he spends money on his other woman, I get double the cashback in my bank account.
For the past three months, I've slept only three hours every day just so my team and I can create an app. Thanks to our hard work, the app goes absolutely viral to the point we've garnered over 100 million registered users on the first week of its launch.
At the afterparty, my wife, Stacie Woodward, announces that her godbrother, Tory Frost, who's the PR manager, will be the one receiving the million-dollar bonus. She then tosses me a few 50% discount coupons that can be used in shopping malls as my bonus.
"You're just a code monkey—why do you need that much money anyway? You can have these discount coupons. Use them on anything you want. At least buy some nice clothes for yourself. Don't go around wearing these rags. You'll just end up humiliating me more."
I plead to her in a low tone, "Have you gone crazy, Stacie? My dad needs the money for the best medication in order to save his life! Can you please stop joking around?"
But Stacie clings to Toby's arm, looking high and mighty.
"Your dad's dying, isn't he? He might as well stop wasting the public resources! I can always choose him a better grave and hold a nice funeral for him when his time comes!"
As I look at Stacie's smug face, I just smile at her instead of getting mad at her.
She must have forgotten that the app's core algorithm and the user growth model are built using my private, undisclosed technology stack. That means the copyright is mine and has nothing to do with the company.
I just smile while nodding at Stacie. That night, I activate the technology stack's self-destruct and migration protocols.
I have transmigrated into this toxic romance novel for three years. The system tells me that as long as Kendrick Miller's affection level for me reaches 100%, I can finally go home.
For the sake of returning home, I spend three years acting like a hopeless simp.
One day, the system suddenly tells me to catch him cheating, claiming it is just a little game couples play to strengthen their relationship.
It says, "Layla, Kendrick deliberately let you discover him at the hotel with his first love because he's trying to make you jealous! Men love seeing women fight over them!
"Quick! Rush in and join them. Become part of their little game and his affection will definitely skyrocket!
"Trust me, this is exactly what he's waiting for. He wants to see that you care!"
Listening to the system's passionate encouragement, I gather my courage and shove open the hotel room door.
But instead of gaining Kendrick's affection, I am met with his cold, disgusted gaze and a stack of cash thrown directly at me.
He sneers, "Are you trying to get my attention with this stunt again? Take the money and get lost. Stop bothering me."
To my humiliation, the security drags me out of the hotel unceremoniously. I am left crouched over in the rain, shivering from the cold.
I wipe away my tears and exclaim, "I'm such an idiot! I let that stupid system trick me again!"
When I return home on Christmas Eve, I find a stamp on my wife's body. She looks flustered as she explains that it's a mark every member of her family has.
I sneer to myself. She has no idea that I'm a member of the Anti-Cheating Organization. With the help of a system, I can easily track my wife's whereabouts and see what she's done.
She's my last target before completing my mission. Once I'm done with her, I'll get ten million dollars.
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A serial killer targeted me.
My sister-in-law was assaulted and murdered while trying to save me.
Not only did I refuse to call the police, I pushed my father-in-law and mother-in-law down a flight of stairs when they came to help.
I even helped the killer destroy the evidence.
When my husband learned that his entire family got killed, he broke down in tears.
He grabbed me by the collar and demanded, "Why? Why would you do this?"
I deliberately waved photographs of his family's gruesome deaths in front of him and burst into laughter.
"Why?" I sneered. "Because they deserved it."
My parents begged me to cooperate so I wouldn't be sentenced to death.
Instead, I publicly severed all ties with them.
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As public outrage reached its peak, I was selected for the Memory Extraction Program.
Before the sentence was carried out, my husband asked me one final time, "The Memory Extraction System is still a prototype. You could die during the procedure.
"Tell us the truth now, and there's still a chance to make things right."
I slowly raised my head to look at him.
"You're not getting a single word out of me."
The crowd instantly erupted.
People shouted that a worthless life like mine deserved to die.
But when my memories were finally extracted, they were the ones crying and begging someone to save me.
Tricking the boss is one of those things that sounds hilarious in theory but can spiral fast. I pulled a prank once—swapped their fancy coffee with decaf—and the fallout was way more intense than I expected. At first, it was just side-eyes and grumbling, but then trust started eroding. Suddenly, my 'harmless joke' meant every little mistake got scrutinized. Work became this tense game of proving I wasn’t screwing around. The worst part? The boss stopped looping me into cool projects, like some unspoken punishment. It took months of extra effort to rebuild that rapport. Lesson learned: office pranks aren’t worth the long-term side effects.
On the flip side, I’ve seen coworkers who tricked bosses in more serious ways—like faking data or hiding mistakes—and that’s a whole different disaster. One guy got demoted after 'fixing' a report to look better. Another got stuck with the worst shifts indefinitely. It’s wild how fast a laugh can turn into career sabotage if the boss feels disrespected or manipulated. Even if they don’t fire you, the vibe shift is real. Now I save the tricks for friends, not paychecks.