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Rockstar condemns Max Payne 3 cheaters to play only against each other

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Re: Rockstar condemns Max Payne 3 cheaters to play only against each other

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This is effectively what a VAC ban does, isn't it? I can't imagine why else you'd play on a non-VAC-secured server. (for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Anti-Cheat )

Close. It's not clear if cheaters are actually informed they've been sent into no-man's-land.

Re: Rockstar condemns Max Payne 3 cheaters to play only against each other

#8

As long as they don't have the false and shocking "we NEVER make mistakes!" attitude towards their ban software that companies like EA, Valve and Bungie had, then that's neat.

Bungie I don't think ever really did make mistakes though, mainly because their bans were based off of the number of times and frequency at which a player would betray teammates and get ejected from games/back out of games early to avoid a loss. I agree though, that mentality isn't really needed.

Re: Rockstar condemns Max Payne 3 cheaters to play only against each other

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I agree with the author that the cheater's pool would be cool to keep. I could imagine having two accounts - one account for regular play and one account for cheating to see who can do the best hacks. The author is probably right that it would just turn into a complete mess though.
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