I guess it's how one defines cheating. I don't think it's cheating either as it follows the rules, but I do admit it was cheap of me.

I'd say it's on par with stuff like using walkthroughs. And killing the Gi Cave boss in FF7 with 1 x-potion.

PS - I assume Bubba is just messing? Hard to know online and when you don't know individual posters on here, I don't post here much.