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Cheating in Multiplayer Games

Posted by michael on from the bang-you're-dead dept.

millertime3250 writes "Tom's Hardware is running an interesting article on cheating in multiplayer games. In an issues that has gained increasing notority, it is a great read for those Counter-Strike players and others alike. It defines the different types of cheats like Client Hook, OpenGL Hack, and Hard-Coded Hack, and cheating's effect on gaming."

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  1. Cheaters aren't the bad guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Consider this:
    1) Many of todays multiplayer games are closed-source/proprietary(Q3, Americas Army, Halflife)
    2) Many of the cheats for todays multiplayergames are open-source/free(OGC HL/Q3 Bot, Evilhack America's Army Bot)

    So... before you jump at the cheaters, who are really the bad/good ones?

  2. Re:Damn by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Camping isn't cheating. It's poor playmanship but it's not a "cheat" in that you are given an unfair advantage in the way that this article is talking about.

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