TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
PROBLEM: Pithole 's sudden growth and equally rapid decline , as well as its status as a " proving ground " of sorts for the burgeoning petroleum industry , made it one of the most famous of oil boomtowns .

SOLUTION: The quick growing of Pithole and then fast decline made it one of the most famous of the oil boomtowns .

PROBLEM: Cheating in video games involves a video game player using non-standard methods to create an advantage or disadvantage beyond normal gameplay , in order to make the game easier or harder .

SOLUTION: In video games , a player usually cheats to make the game easier .

PROBLEM: Wat Phra Kaew ( , , -RSB- ) , commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram , is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple ( wat ) in Thailand .

SOLUTION:
Wat Phrasri Rattana Sasadaram or Wat Phra Kaew , the " Temple of the Emerald Buddha " , is one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in Thailand .