Cheating in Multiplayer Games

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."

Comments

interesting

[no reason to be here]

In an issues that has gained increasing notority

George W. Bush has started submitting articles to /.?

That's an interesting strategery for the upcoming presidential race.

Good election karma

[irokitt]

Hey, it might make me vote for the guy...

TCP to the rescue!

[ArsonPanda]

Man, its a good thing we'll have MS's Trusted Computing Platform soon, to help deal with things like cheaters.
Counter Strike - Palladium Edition

Damn

[Timesprout]

No one ever accuses me of cheating, probably cos I am so crap. Does camping count ? I'm really good at that.

More whiners than cheaters

[Anonymous Coward]

For every cheater, there are at least ten players who'll complain that you're cheating when you kill them - sour grapes.

Sorry...

[dethl]

I'm too busy cheating on Counter-Strike to go read the article.

This always makes me laugh.

[Dthoma]

If I were placed on a multiplayer game server where half of the players are cheating, I think I'd just sit and watch the other half frantically screamed "OMG HAX!!!1" messages scrolling down the screen.

If this continues then the only players of CS and the like will be hardcore cheaters. This will be even funnier because often cheaters consider themselves to be above reproach and will threaten and verbally abuse anyone else who cheats as they do. So all game servers will be infested with retards squawking at each other.

Looking further into the future...
An arms race of cheats is almost inevitable. As with a real life arms race it will continue indefinitely until someone comes up with The Ultimate Cheat. By analogy with real life, we can see that this Ultimate Cheat will probably consist of submitting a link to the game server to Slashdot, causing it to be turned into a molten pile of slag and driving everyone playing bonkers. Then no one will play the games any more because of the risk of their computers exploding and I will be happy, for then I will have other freeciv players to play with.

Then someone develops a wallhack for freeciv, and the cycle starts over again...

Re:The game architecture is part of the problem

[Cyno01]

I would think most multiplayer gamers would give up a few FPS to play cheat-free.

Give up FPS? You're new here, right?

Dear God...

[ffatTony]

Ok, ok, I promise never to cheat in multiplayer games again, just for love of god change the color scheme on this page.

Gotta Communicate Re:More whiners than cheaters

[SpikeSpiff]

Communication among non-cheating players is important. One incredible shot is skill. 10 incredible shots in a minute is a cheater. Problem is, opponents only see the one shot. Talking about it helps sort out the skills from the cheaters.

Best way to do it: call incredible shots - "nice shot sChmUcK sNiPP3r! Way to shoot me from behind you in the head while I was jumping from across the map through a crate!"