You are wrong about that though,
You do not have to look very far into warcraft3 competitive scene to see all pro players had their hotkeys files saved and modified outside the game and hotkeys in war3 could be very very complex and dramatically change the game.
Yes some tournaments do forbid certain modifications but that is the rules of these tourneys specifically, now you can also do that host a tourney where you forbid players to use custom hotkeys.
Hell you could even make a tourney where you forbid players from using lust if you wanted to.
That does not mean players that use lust in their games cheat outside of your tourney.
Now I do not use hotkeys myself but if you really feel that you are at a unfair disadvantage no one is stopping you from making your own hotkeys or even use some other person's setup.
One last thing:
This is an old game keep the good vibes and stay positive do not assume the worst out of other people.
At the end of the day we all play the game because we love it and there are not many left that still do, so lets do our best to get the good out of what we have.
Now you do not have to love everyone but you do not have to stay focused on people you don't like and keep spreading your hate all the time either.
There is no point being so negative just avoid people you don't appreciate and stop being childish.
Imagine going to a restaurant just to order the one thing you hate every single time, no one is forcing you to do that you are doing it to yourself...
W3 is an old game, thats the reason why there no custom hotkeys integrate in the game, same as warcraft II.
You have also to consider at that time E-Sports was not even existing yet, so competitive mode was not take that seriously.
But since 2012, every new games have custom hotkeys intergrate in there game, cuz they understand the difference it make in a competitive level.
So EVERYONE HAVE ACCES TO IT, without having to edit THE MPQ or download any other external software.
Now, if iL want to make us an ADD-on like warcraft III where everyone is able to gain acces on it and download it legitly on the website without editing the mpq.... It will be fine... Everyone will have acces to custom hotkeys and everyone will be able to download it.
You just cant say, EVERYONE CAN DO IT, because it's not true... It's a fucking lie and manipulation to say everyone can have custom hotkeys if they want...
Cuz the only way to have custom hotkeys right now, is by editing the mpq, and if your not a programmer and you dont know shit about mpq files, you will never be able to have those custom hotkeys... While little cowards like u8 abuse of that and call peoples stupid because they cant edit mpq themself.
We are not all programmars and we dont have to follow and study to have custom hotkeys like U8...
Im not comming here for doing programmation, im here to play, and i want to play at the same stage of everyone.
IF U8 Want custom Hotkeys, i got no fucking probleme with that, but everyone need acces to it..... NOT ONLY U8 AND A COUPLE OF PROGRAMMARS.
This is cowards behavior, this is cheater behavior, this is little rat behavior..
He know peoples dont know how to edit the mpq and he dont cares, he abbuse of that to gain advantage over everyone and its a coward behavior.
Period!