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Valve Gets Tough On Counter-Strike Cheaters

Posted by simoniker on from the crack-down dept.

Tycow writes "Valve is finally getting tough on Counter-Strike cheat creators, according to a post by Gabe Newell on HL2-Fallout, who confirms: 'We've started taking legal action against cheating (cheat-sites, cheat creators,...) both in the US and abroad.' The makers of OGC, one of the mainstream cheat software sites for online games, are apparently seeking legal advice. CS-Nation also has a story noting: 'This is just another front in Valve's anti-cheating campaign. Back in April, Valve began a significantly more aggressive banning methodology, that came as a byproduct of a rapid series of VAC updates silently distributed to all CS servers.'"

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  1. Quit blaming other people for your own problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Perhaps, instead of relying on yet-more-lawyers and yet-more-lawsuits, Valve should try to fix the FUCKING BUGS FIRST.

    The vast majority of exploits and cheats are based on bugs. Fix the bug, you fix the problem.

    Quit blaming other people for your own problems Valve.

  2. And this is legal how? by pilot1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What exactly gives them the right to shut down a website that distributes software that they don't like?
    While I hate cheating, I don't know how they have the legal right to do this.

  3. Cheats are not illegal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Exactly. We all hate cheaters, but mucking around in the legal system isn't exactly the best solution here.

    Is distributing a cheat a violation of the (US and/or international) law? Nope.

    The people who run the cheat website's haven't necessarily violated the EULA either.

    The US and International governments are busy dealing with millions of starving people, wars, trade agreements. Your "cheat" isn't even a blip on anyone's radar...