Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters in Dota 2

Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by Aeolun on Thursday February 23, 2023 @08:21PM (#34919396)

If I’m not able to determine that someone is cheating, do I care? That’s no different from my perspective as them just being really good.

Whether they’re actually that good is immaterial.

When they go beyond what a good player could do is where it gets problematic.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by Gigachad on Thursday February 23, 2023 @09:23PM (#34919939)

If you accept that, then you may as well play against bots locally.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by vintermann on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:16AM (#34922618)

Why do you even play online then? You could play against local bots.

The human connection matters, even to cheaters. Cheating against the computer isn't very satisfying.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by rowanG077 on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:30AM (#34925432)

That's totally false. Many single player games have build in cheats precisely because it's fun. Even if it's against the computer.

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Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ... by Aeolun on Saturday February 25, 2023 @06:25PM (#34941504)

Do you ever feel like bots feel like really good humans? Even a (potentially) cheating human player is more interesting than a bot

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