Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ...
by bakoo on Friday February 24, 2023 @05:51AM
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One would think that some of the 40000 dota cheaters weren't as careful and thus easier to spot.
Re:Valve bans 40k accounts after laying a trap for cheaters ...
by Xelbair on Friday February 24, 2023 @06:19AM
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they were reading memory directly, so i assume that they were given more information than usual - maybe maphack-esque cheat, + information about gold/items of enemies that wasn't yet revealed.
It would seem like players had good map awareness, and would be really hard to spot.
Mostly because actually spotting cheaters takes a lot of game knowledge and experience. In FPS games anyone can spot a spinbot, but how you can be sure that someone uses wallhack? or aimbot that just slightly corrects the aim?
Without proper game knowledge you wouldn't be able to distinguish a wallhack from someone listening to footsteps, having info from teammates, and having a good map awareness.
It is very easy to cry 'cheater', especially without any actual proof. Without knowledge that, for example in CS: spray patterns exist, even someone correcting them would look like a cheater to a newbie.
I spent about 300 hours lately playing new COD, and there was only one case where i suspected someone of cheating. One.
And i do play a lot of FPS, and played them for good 25+ years.