Valve seems to have quietly rolled out a major upgrade to their Anti-Cheat system and it’s apparently wrecking havoc on cheat providers
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til there's a cheat economy. Had no idea
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I’ve worked in esports for a bit and there’s definitely cheats out there that pros use. When utilised well you won’t even notice when directly spectating or when the player is streaming. They’re designed to help extremely good players just that little bit extra needed to become a top-tier player.
Those “pro-grade” cheats don’t come cheap though. I’ve heard figures in the 400-600/month range multiple times. These would also work on the special tournament clients used by professional players.
Well, we have doping in physical sports...
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GOG is awesome but limited - I can't think of any modern multiplayer game sold on GOG. Lot of great singleplayer ones though.
I assume Steam makes it easier to make multiplayer games then GOG?
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Fall Guy did that. The consequence was a lot of videos with everyone cheating.
so...it's a win/win?
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I never cheat in multiplayer. But if a single-player game has a "hacking" minigame, I'm absolutely loading up Ghidra & GDB and figuring out how to actually hack around it. Pretty much always harder than just playing the minigame, but more fun.
oh god. When I played System Shock 2 for the first time, I couldn't figure out how the hacking puzzles worked. I look up guides and asked for advice. Got told to gitgud by someone who didn't play the game, then got told they were pure rng guided by the hacking stat. I saved scummed that shit. Don't present me with something that looks like a puzzle, but isn't.
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I’ve worked in esports for a bit and there’s definitely cheats out there that pros use. When utilised well you won’t even notice when directly spectating or when the player is streaming. They’re designed to help extremely good players just that little bit extra needed to become a top-tier player.
Those “pro-grade” cheats don’t come cheap though. I’ve heard figures in the 400-600/month range multiple times. These would also work on the special tournament clients used by professional players.
wrote last edited by [email protected]oh look. Another reason to not respect esports.
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Cackling. Cheaters can eat sand. l
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Btw, tools like Autohotkey, xdotool, don't work on them?
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Does anyone have proof that this is less/more effective than kernel level anti cheat?
Please provide factual evidence, not hearsay. That's % cheaters detected vs % cheaters not detected scaled by the overall player base.
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and the victim is denied any recourse or any fun in playing the game
That is how they get enjoyment from the game, denying other players.
Those are the same type of people that cause damage in the economy by scamming others, leading to preventable deaths.
Being caught cheating in a game, should leave you unemployable, with no welfare, and businesses should refuse to serve you.
Just make a government black list.
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Become a game reviewer and write them off as a business expense
I might be able to finally beat the standard deduction!
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.... Because when it comes to billionaires, gaben is the least of our concern?
Don't get me wrong, billionaires are always bad, but not all billionaires are hated.
You won't see Bezos doing anything that helps people, not unless it will line his pockets. Valve doesn't charge us for using vac, they're unlikely to sell a lot of new copies of CS2 by making it harder to cheat in the game. They have nearly zero financial reasons to bother with any of this. They did it anyways.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I agree he's better than most. But I'm still going to ask why anyone feels the need to own and maintain a fleet of yachts.
It's fucking capitalist brain rot. I will never trust anyone who chooses to live that way.
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so...it's a win/win?
League of Legends was evil for this. I got shadowbanned to rhe quitters server for having a bad internet connection, and parents who'd demand I go buy groceries instantly, and yell if I fon't.
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Does anyone have proof that this is less/more effective than kernel level anti cheat?
Please provide factual evidence, not hearsay. That's % cheaters detected vs % cheaters not detected scaled by the overall player base.
Doesn't matter. I will not install a rootkit
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I agree, they should instead do a 10 gazillion year temp ban. I expect people would change by that point
/j
It does not matter if they change. They violated the community's trust, and should never be allowed to interact with that community again, if it is worth anything.
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Doesn't matter. I will not install a rootkit
No factual evidence provided.
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Does anyone have proof that this is less/more effective than kernel level anti cheat?
Please provide factual evidence, not hearsay. That's % cheaters detected vs % cheaters not detected scaled by the overall player base.
There is evidence kernel level anti cheat can still be bypassed.
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I agree he's better than most. But I'm still going to ask why anyone feels the need to own and maintain a fleet of yachts.
It's fucking capitalist brain rot. I will never trust anyone who chooses to live that way.
It's excessive, I'll give you that. I can't really argue with your point here.
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Does anyone have proof that this is less/more effective than kernel level anti cheat?
Please provide factual evidence, not hearsay. That's % cheaters detected vs % cheaters not detected scaled by the overall player base.
Nobody can have proof of that, because no such proof can ever exist. How would you ever have a proven correct number of cheaters not detected?
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I used to cheat in GunZ online, but to be fair, I was like 11, the game wasn't competitive, and leveling up for cooler gear and to unlock new maps was HARD work.
Eventually I'd git semi gud and stopped bothering with the cheats. But it was fun as hell flying through the map with no clip, as a ball of fire that killed everything except other cheaters with godmode lmao
leveling up for cooler gear and to unlock new maps was HARD work.
There’s something to be said for skipping unreasonable grind. It’s not okay to mess with other players experience, but that other part I do get.
