chaobreaker
Member
From PC Gamer:
Frankly I'm ameized how Blizzard manages to detect cheaters trying to work their way back in. How does that work? Regardless, get fucked cheaters.
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PC Gamer: Overwatch cheaters are having a hard time.
- Thread starter chaobreaker
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From PC Gamer:
Frankly I'm ameized how Blizzard manages to detect cheaters trying to work their way back in. How does that work? Regardless, get fucked cheaters.
Slamtastic
Member
the game already has aimbots and wallhacks built in
//ARCANUM
Member
Yeah this is the thing I'd worry about :/
Tertullian
Member
Yeeeeessss destroy them and waste their money.
In the mean time, I will get the world's biggest fanfare to celebrate.
Spring Drive
Banned
I remember someone on GAF who hesitated in buying the game on PC because he was afraid of cheaters
Well, there you go
Well, there you go
Dinky Dino
Member
Interesting. They likely use mobo/cpu to identify them.
MS does the same thing with the windows 10 upgrade. If you upgrade the mobo, you need to phone in for a new key. Pretty sure it's the mobo at least getting him flagged.
Night Hunter
Banned
At least now we know how they managed 7 million sales.
Spring Drive
Banned
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind locking cheaters to cheaters-only servers
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
"bought it again"
lmaoooo
lmaoooo
Rockstar does this with their games, right? I thought I had seen that for Max Payne 3, at least.
Stabby McSter
Member
I would spectate the shit out of those servers. It's probably a grand shitshow.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Excuse me one second, LeBron, take it away!
Nice to see there's actual consequences for cheaters in an online shooter for once. Props to Blizzard for having a backbone and not being scared to upset these people. They may have paid for the game but it doesn't give them the right to ruin other peoples matches. Good riddance.
Nice to see there's actual consequences for cheaters in an online shooter for once. Props to Blizzard for having a backbone and not being scared to upset these people. They may have paid for the game but it doesn't give them the right to ruin other peoples matches. Good riddance.
Wouldn't this totally fuck anyone who shares or sells their computer for the rest of time?
I remember a bunch of people in the beta cheating threads saying they'd get the console versions for "no cheating". Despite the fact that when it inevitably does happen it'll be far worse to deal with.
FLUXCapacitor
Member
Take note The Division...
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I was thinking the same thing. Like, what's the point?
AppleSautts
Member
Some dude bought the game 4 times? lmaoooooo
Saucycarpdog
Member
It's a cycle that comes up every time a huge multiplayer game is released.
I'm just used to now.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
What forum is this? Looks amusing.
AnathemicOne
Banned
Get rekt dumbasses. I wonder if Overwatch is using the Warden system or something similar to it.
Dayum
StrikeFirst117
Banned
So their anti-cheat system sounds pretty good in theory, but the false positives are a huge concern considering we don't know what algorithms it is looking for.
Hey, remember this thread?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216223
and how a bunch of people freaked out about the PC version.
good times
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1216223
and how a bunch of people freaked out about the PC version.
good times
Can we talk about this for a minute?
Does a cheater really deserve a permanent lifelong ban? Should a 24-year-old still be banned from gaming ecosystems for mistakes they made while they were a teenager?
I'm glad that Blizzard is cracking down on cheating, but I'm also very skeptical of them banning someone purchasing a new copy on a new clean machine.
How are they detecting that person? What happens if Blizzard makes an error?
The MLB, NFL, NBA, etc. don't ban people for life for making simple mistakes. They suspend them.
Why are videogames so set on permanent bans?
Edit: Again, NOT DEFENDING CHEATERS... Just asking if a 13-year-old really should still be locked out of Blizzard's FPS titles when he's 23. It seems like their current policy reaches new level that are personally disconcerting.
Edit 2: Yes, it is a permanent ban. IGN article: Overwatch To Permanently Ban Cheaters On First Offence
SoulUnison
Banned
God, I hate this gif.
"-lations, you played yo-"
"-lations, you played yo-"
"-lations, you played yo-"
"-lations, you played yo-"
It's like the original creator of the gif had something he wanted to say, but it wasn't even worth putting all the effort into it.
Which is...a pretty good metaphor for responding to things with premade gifs, actually.
roadrunn3r
Member
Next they will buy new CPUs + motherboards and the hardware market will enjoy a boom soon. = cheaters are useful at something.
They would legit have to rebuild the game to fix it.
Client Side hacks can happen because they have no protection there.
WaterAstro
Member
Excuse me one second, LeBron, take it away!
Nice to see there's actual consequences for cheaters in an online shooter for once. Props to Blizzard for having a backbone and not being scared to upset these people. They may have paid for the game but it doesn't give them the right to ruin other peoples matches. Good riddance.
But Lebron's a cheater!
AcademicSaucer
Member
probably astroturfing from blizz to get people scared.
Hip Hop
Member
Yeah, they do. They can fuck off forever.
I'm glad to see stuff like this.
This could be an alternative for permanent long bans though, it's almost the same thing. But more hilarious.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
He was the only person I could get at short notice to play a tiny violin okay? Yeesh!
So when that 13-year-old is 23, you still think Blizzard shouldn't let him back in to their FPS titles?
Seems ridiculously harsh.
deadscreensky
Member
There's nothing to suggest this is permanent. The game was just released. Maybe the serial bans only occur for a month or two.
It might be nice for Blizzard to clarify this publicly, but I'm not going to shed any tears if that's not a priority for them.
False positives are a potential problem, of course.