# How do I cheat in Facebook games? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 20, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764 "2010-10-20T12:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/1 "2010-10-20T12:32:58Z")
My cousin has beaten me in a stupid FB game, and I can’t seem to top his record, which is of course completely unacceptable. I know other people are cheating, because there are impossible high high-scores. I recon it is a Javascript game – maybe they are debugging the game, but this seems like a bit much work to put in it. Is there a way to slow down my Javascript engine, to better my performance? It’s only fair as the intolerable lad is much younger than me, so he must have faster reflexes. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/2 "2010-10-20T13:07:27Z")
The best way to cheat them is to not play them…because [they are cheating you](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/10/facebook_games_privacy_breach.html). ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/3 "2010-10-20T13:09:23Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > The best way to cheat them is to not play them…because [they are cheating you](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/10/facebook_games_privacy_breach.html). Doesn’t matter. All my FB information is fake too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/4 "2010-10-20T14:50:01Z")
I assume cheating on Facebook games is not illegal, so I’m going to move this to the Game Room. I’ll let the Game Room mods decide whether asking for advice on cheating is acceptable. Colibri General Questions ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/5 "2010-10-20T15:04:07Z")
I know you can cheat ON facebook games, by playing around with other games on the side… ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/6 "2010-10-20T15:28:20Z")
If you want to cheat in a Flash game, you use a memory editor to change values and then submit your score. You search for your score in memory a few times to make sure you have the right bytes and then just set it to whatever you want. Lots of programs exist that can do this. HxD is one that comes to mind. Seriously though, don’t be lame. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/7 "2010-10-20T15:54:41Z")
With a passing knowlege of http and a few browser plugins it is actually pretty easy to figure out what flash games are sending to a server and manipulate that data. You can use browser add ons such as Firebug, Firecookies, Hackbar, and HttpFox to examine cookies, examine POST & GET variables and determine what is going on, and figure out exactly what need to be sent to the game server to have a higher score. Sometimes this is easy, sometimes it is significantly more difficult than playing the game and getting good at it. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/8 "2010-10-20T17:32:30Z")
Or you could get a book on “self confidence” and learn to not obsess over some kid beating you at Farmville. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/9 "2010-10-20T20:16:43Z")
IIRC, you’re in Denmark. So, take the time you would have spent reverse engineering the game, or getting good enough at it to beat him, multiply that by your hourly salary. Then take that much money down to the red light district and purchase an hour with as many beautiful women and your favorite intoxicants as you can. Have them sign their names next to lipstick marks on your chest. Take a picture of yourself, bare-chested, among the scantily dressed women, holding your favorite intoxicant. Send it to your cousin with a subject of “Check out my high score!” Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/10 "2010-10-21T17:51:30Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > IIRC, you’re in Denmark. So, take the time you would have spent reverse engineering the game, or getting good enough at it to beat him, multiply that by your hourly salary. Then take that much money down to the red light district and purchase an hour with as many beautiful women and your favorite intoxicants as you can. Have them sign their names next to lipstick marks on your chest. Take a picture of yourself, bare-chested, among the scantily dressed women, holding your favorite intoxicant. > > Send it to your cousin with a subject of “Check out my high score!” > > Enjoy, > Steven Sounds way more fun than farmville. I may have to give it a go 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/11 "2010-10-21T17:57:44Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > IIRC, you’re in Denmark. So, take the time you would have spent reverse engineering the game, or getting good enough at it to beat him, multiply that by your hourly salary. Then take that much money down to the red light district and purchase an hour with as many beautiful women and your favorite intoxicants as you can. Have them sign their names next to lipstick marks on your chest. Take a picture of yourself, bare-chested, among the scantily dressed women, holding your favorite intoxicant. > > Send it to your cousin with a subject of “Check out my high score!” > > Enjoy, > Steven Damn! Why do I only learn of this game mere hours before I have to go to work instead of during one of the past five days in which I was completely free? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/12 "2010-10-21T18:51:59Z")
It’s a lot easier to just tell people you have a million zillion points in whatever game is mentioned. I mean, if you’re going to cheat, there’s really no reason to play at all, is there? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cheat-in-facebook-games/557764/13 "2010-10-21T19:32:46Z")
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