{"id":1005,"date":"2021-03-01T16:28:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomaslancaster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2022-12-17T21:28:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T21:28:14","slug":"contract-cheating-not-just-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomaslancaster.co.uk\/blog\/contract-cheating-not-just-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract Cheating – Not Just Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a hard day mining for gold<\/strong> and found yourself behind on your student assessments?<\/p>\n

Don’t worry! That in-game virtual currency could be just what you need to have your course assignments completed for you.<\/p>\n

Contract cheating opportunities appear in the most unlikely places. Thanks to Jack for pointing out the offers available through the Sythe gaming community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here, you could hire law graduate Swagdaddy71 who says they will use their experience rushing coursework from their own degree to help you with yours. Perhaps you could connect with Ozone#0231 on Discord, complete with vouches about the quality of the service they offer? Or maybe the UK\/Canadian collaboration of Darth Corvus, who say they are providing more to you than just time to play games. And yes, there are even people helping with games development.<\/p>\n

You can see a whole forum on Sythe devoted to “homework help”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The take home? Contract cheating does happen<\/strong> and students will be exposed to it regardless what you tell them. The most important thing we can do is to address it, not stay silent.<\/p>\n

I talk more about contract cheating through Sythe in this video.<\/p>\n