10 nasty ways video game cheaters were punished (part 2)
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So, not only did they create a cheat engine to make the gacha system trivial, they also profited from it. Hence, jail time. For example, leakers that are caught just get fined, but these three individuals got fined and got jailed because they went far above what leaks do to the game.
Date: 2023-01-09
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Seth
For Genshin Impact, they likely go that harsh to protect all that microtransaction money people spend on gotcha. Otherwise I doubt they would go as harsh.
As for those corrupting game ones, my guess would be that if they crash the game or even break it, it likely was some code they didn't update and started to cause issues, but never bothered to go back, since it was not intended to be a problem through normal play. Though for singleplayer only games, it is ridiculous to have anti cheat measurements, since whole thing with cheating hurts no one. Like at best I could stand behind disabling achievements, like you get with Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition for example.
Bethesda is funny though, they let you have achievements with cheats, but god forbid you install a mod, then you got to also add achievement re-enable mod to it. :-D So yeah, typical Bethesda competence on same level as their ability to fix bugs without fans doing it in mod for them. :-D
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For Genshin Impact, they likely go that harsh to protect all that microtransaction money people spend on gotcha. Otherwise I doubt they would go as harsh.
As for those corrupting game ones, my guess would be that if they crash the game or even break it, it likely was some code they didn't update and started to cause issues, but never bothered to go back, since it was not intended to be a problem through normal play. Though for singleplayer only games, it is ridiculous to have anti cheat measurements, since whole thing with cheating hurts no one. Like at best I could stand behind disabling achievements, like you get with Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition for example.
Bethesda is funny though, they let you have achievements with cheats, but god forbid you install a mod, then you got to also add achievement re-enable mod to it. :-D So yeah, typical Bethesda competence on same level as their ability to fix bugs without fans doing it in mod for them. :-D
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BigMobe
To be honest sometimes the developers are worst for a game than the cheaters. I have been playing GTA Online since the start & have seen things changed for the worst for normal players to deal with people that exploit bugs. Passive mode no longer being available in certain vehicles, yacht defenses being disabled for flying near it, & my personal favorite the Cargobob hook being shortened to deal with car duplication cheaters. That made it no longer functional for lifting certain things such as the Chernobog & Graintrailer without losing control & crashing or dropping them.
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To be honest sometimes the developers are worst for a game than the cheaters. I have been playing GTA Online since the start & have seen things changed for the worst for normal players to deal with people that exploit bugs. Passive mode no longer being available in certain vehicles, yacht defenses being disabled for flying near it, & my personal favorite the Cargobob hook being shortened to deal with car duplication cheaters. That made it no longer functional for lifting certain things such as the Chernobog & Graintrailer without losing control & crashing or dropping them.
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Nathy835
Honestly, the amount of bots in Runescape (Old School in this case) is unimaginable. since the in-game economy is player driven, the bots actually have a huge impact on it by farming loads of high value items, saturating the market, causing the prices to go way down. It might seem like a good thing if you want to buy a certain item and you're not rich, but the way to make money in this game is to actually grind for such items so you can sell them for profit. In the end, it makes the grind even more tedious.
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Honestly, the amount of bots in Runescape (Old School in this case) is unimaginable. since the in-game economy is player driven, the bots actually have a huge impact on it by farming loads of high value items, saturating the market, causing the prices to go way down. It might seem like a good thing if you want to buy a certain item and you're not rich, but the way to make money in this game is to actually grind for such items so you can sell them for profit. In the end, it makes the grind even more tedious.
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VisionHawk440
I don't get anti-cheats for single player only games unless there's some kind of leaderboard or something like that. Need For Speed Heat had all of your cash stored server side for whatever reason. I guess to make you grind for money way more. There are many ways to get around it and it all does is let you beat the game faster. So what? Multiplayer is a whole different thing though. You're not just screwing around with your game, you're screwing up other peoples' games and that's total BS.
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I don't get anti-cheats for single player only games unless there's some kind of leaderboard or something like that. Need For Speed Heat had all of your cash stored server side for whatever reason. I guess to make you grind for money way more. There are many ways to get around it and it all does is let you beat the game faster. So what? Multiplayer is a whole different thing though. You're not just screwing around with your game, you're screwing up other peoples' games and that's total BS.
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Terra
In Runescape, before Botany Island, I had reported a player for using a bot. It was obvious and he was making mining hard for a legitimate player like me. A moderator actually teleported to me after responding to my ticket, and tried talking to the bot. Gave him a warning if he didn't reply he would be banned. then promptly banned the bot. You cannot AFK collect resources in Runescape and there is no feasible way you would miss a moderator prompting you to respond.
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In Runescape, before Botany Island, I had reported a player for using a bot. It was obvious and he was making mining hard for a legitimate player like me. A moderator actually teleported to me after responding to my ticket, and tried talking to the bot. Gave him a warning if he didn't reply he would be banned. then promptly banned the bot. You cannot AFK collect resources in Runescape and there is no feasible way you would miss a moderator prompting you to respond.
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Amr
Coming to think about it, I think putting cheats in SP games should be a given these days.
I mean, I bought the game, it is SP, so I am not harming anyone, the only thing in jeopardy is my experience, and I choose to use these hacks.
So, such hacks like god mode or infinite ammo should be readily available in the SP games' settings, I should have the freedom to activate them without any external software or without putting myself in danger.
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Coming to think about it, I think putting cheats in SP games should be a given these days.
I mean, I bought the game, it is SP, so I am not harming anyone, the only thing in jeopardy is my experience, and I choose to use these hacks.
So, such hacks like god mode or infinite ammo should be readily available in the SP games' settings, I should have the freedom to activate them without any external software or without putting myself in danger.
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Juston
On the last one, I can only think that they took some of the intellectual property to create the cheats, and then sold them as their own. In a way, they committed piracy. That s the only thing I can think of. I ve never made cheats myself because it takes development skills I m just not privy to, but don t you have to have access to the actual property itself to make the cheats in the first place?
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On the last one, I can only think that they took some of the intellectual property to create the cheats, and then sold them as their own. In a way, they committed piracy. That s the only thing I can think of. I ve never made cheats myself because it takes development skills I m just not privy to, but don t you have to have access to the actual property itself to make the cheats in the first place?
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Macyle
I find it super ironic how those Genshin cheaters put to jail, branding them as criminals even though at best all they rightfully deserve a ban hammer
When Hoyoverse themselves are just as if not far more worse thanks to their aggressive FOMO, scummy microtransactions and monetization that makes EA jealous.
The Only reason why they are getting away is because the game itself is alright.
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I find it super ironic how those Genshin cheaters put to jail, branding them as criminals even though at best all they rightfully deserve a ban hammer
When Hoyoverse themselves are just as if not far more worse thanks to their aggressive FOMO, scummy microtransactions and monetization that makes EA jealous.
The Only reason why they are getting away is because the game itself is alright.
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Joe
Me and a few friends were in our own server on CIV 5 all using the same trainer and same cheats just because there were mechanics we wanted to bypass as part of our game. GTA: O was ridiculous with exploits and I never met someone who hasn't duped a car, or used a heist restart glitch. As long as you aren't using the glitches to grief someone in GTA, I don't see a issue with doing them.
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Me and a few friends were in our own server on CIV 5 all using the same trainer and same cheats just because there were mechanics we wanted to bypass as part of our game. GTA: O was ridiculous with exploits and I never met someone who hasn't duped a car, or used a heist restart glitch. As long as you aren't using the glitches to grief someone in GTA, I don't see a issue with doing them.
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Caleb
Ricochet is saying their system
analyzes what methods a hacker is using, allowing them to identify all the other hackers who use the same method. Then they can improve the system so no one can use that method anymore, banning all the hackers at once.
Basically rather than banning the hacker automatically, they just figure out how they did it.
Then slam the ban hammer.
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Ricochet is saying their system
analyzes what methods a hacker is using, allowing them to identify all the other hackers who use the same method. Then they can improve the system so no one can use that method anymore, banning all the hackers at once.
Basically rather than banning the hacker automatically, they just figure out how they did it.
Then slam the ban hammer.
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Casual_Gamer
for the genshin impact one, im guessing they probably got the massive fine and jailed because the cheat allowed them to bypass the gacha system (essentially loot boxes by another name) and they were swimming in high level characters items and materials. so hoyoverse could argue they were stealing from them by not paying for the loot boxes, oh sorry the gacha system.
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for the genshin impact one, im guessing they probably got the massive fine and jailed because the cheat allowed them to bypass the gacha system (essentially loot boxes by another name) and they were swimming in high level characters items and materials. so hoyoverse could argue they were stealing from them by not paying for the loot boxes, oh sorry the gacha system.
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Heofonum
Seems like the bad egg from Pokemon was the only one that truly punished cheaters. Corrupt egg leads to corrupt save file leads to corrupt SYSTEM? I mean holy heck, that's a brilliant business strategy from companies like, saaaay, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony.
So we got to pay them AGAIN? To cheat on THEIR systems? Nah. Forget it.
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Seems like the bad egg from Pokemon was the only one that truly punished cheaters. Corrupt egg leads to corrupt save file leads to corrupt SYSTEM? I mean holy heck, that's a brilliant business strategy from companies like, saaaay, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony.
So we got to pay them AGAIN? To cheat on THEIR systems? Nah. Forget it.
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Part
Yeah that's wild that guy should have never saw a jail cell the only way he should have been able to go to jail would have been if he developed something that somehow stole a game they were about to release or some s like that like all he did was make cheats for a video game we're living in the Land of Oz dude this is unreal
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Yeah that's wild that guy should have never saw a jail cell the only way he should have been able to go to jail would have been if he developed something that somehow stole a game they were about to release or some s like that like all he did was make cheats for a video game we're living in the Land of Oz dude this is unreal
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