It has been my habit forever to play this one dude every morning of the game. He's probably the pro-est player I know in combat arms for now. AND I've played a lot of players (Kryt, -Tim, LFO etc.) Anyways. I even played him with hacks and the result was 50-21. Only today have I finally reached a decent level against him, only today have I reached my playing-level-with-hacks WITHOUT having the hacks. Today without hacks I finally got 40-28 but he had to stop cuz he had to leave.
I am going to go in a shocker here and say hacking actually made play better. I have learnt to expect people's movements, with chams I knew where they are around a corner. Without chams I have learnt to go around corners more slowly and aiming at the whole area around the corner a full 90 degree view to be sure that there's no one. In a way chams make a person play smarter without them. All those times when I got asked *How did you know I was there?* well guess what? Now I automatically look in all those hiding spots while passing by.
Hacking only makes you worse if you are dependent on it and haven't tried learning anything. But for those who thought before they prefired, it has become extremely helpful and skill-improving.
*End Rant*