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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by jmacd on Thursday February 23, 2023 @02:19PM (#34915055)
Did they lose, or did they just have a lot of fun coming up with ways to mess with people?
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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by ctvo on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:12PM (#34915826)
They tried very hard to stop it. Eventually the lead developer of the WarForge (emulated server) effort was approached with a job offer from Blizzard.

One thing about Blizzard is they’re extremely litigious wrt to piracy and emulated servers. See WoW, etc..

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