Cheating online: how, why, and stopping them. (peppinion)

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Published on July 10, 2017 1:08:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnM5QJCweaY

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Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

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Online cheating to gain an edge is terrible and not in the spirit of the game. How are games affected by cheating and exploits, why do people cheat at all and how does anyone even combat this? I answer these questions.

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References
1. Mia Consalvo’s Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames
2. Origin of Diablo bugged items https://web.archive.org/web/20080313143302/http://www.diabloii.net/columnists/a-items-origin.shtml
3. Why Blizzard loves Diablo 2 cheats https://floodyberry.wordpress.com/2006/10/06/why-blizzard-loves-diablo-ii-cheats/
4. The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat http://www.fudco.com/chip/lessons.html
5. One Shot, One Kill, No Skill https://kotaku.com/5919160/one-shot-one-kill-no-skill-why-a-regular-gamer-started-paying-to-cheat-at-video-games
6. Rockstar Blows up GTA 5 cheaters http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/04/rockstar-blows-up-gta-5-cheaters
7. Defining Grief play in MMORPGs https://wiki.cc.gatech.edu/designcomp/images/0/00/P245-foo.pdf
8. Reddit post about Pokemon Go shadowban https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/6cq54q/progress_in_the_fight_against_bots_the_new/

Games
1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2. StarCraft 2
3. Habitat
4. Diablo II
5. Diablo III
6. Far Cry 3
7. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
8. Dota 2
9. Blacklight: Retribution
10. TERA
11. Team Fortress 2
12. World of Warcraft
13. Pokemon Go

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