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Riot have banned nearly 9000 Valorant cheatersA good Omen
A good Omen
How manyValorantcheaters does it take to change a light bulb? Just one Phoenix, and he’ll do it in a flash. Haha. But no, let’s be serious. Riot have dropped the ban hammer on 8873 cheaters in their new guns ‘n’ wizards FPS, and say “this banwave is still only the beginning”. It seems like all that (possibly!) over-invasive anti-cheat software is paying off.
Riot announced this via Twitter, as is the modern way.
Even though this is just closed beta, we’ve promised that we’re going to be heavily committed to anti-cheat. This banwave is still only the beginning. We’re going to ensure the highest standard of competitive integrity in VALORANT.https://t.co/EjxuYG0JEE— Riot Vanguard (@RiotVanguard)May 12, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
Even though this is just closed beta, we’ve promised that we’re going to be heavily committed to anti-cheat. This banwave is still only the beginning. We’re going to ensure the highest standard of competitive integrity in VALORANT.https://t.co/EjxuYG0JEE— Riot Vanguard (@RiotVanguard)May 12, 2020
Even though this is just closed beta, we’ve promised that we’re going to be heavily committed to anti-cheat. This banwave is still only the beginning. We’re going to ensure the highest standard of competitive integrity in VALORANT.https://t.co/EjxuYG0JEE
Cool. Yep. Ban ‘em good.
My feelings are mixed, though, because this is possible thanks to Riot’s anti-cheat software. What’s concerning is the way the software automatically boots up whenever your computer does, and takes a long hard look at what your computer’s up to.
I won’t pretend to fully understand the tech, but the gist is that some cheats involve trickery at a deep level of Windows. To detect them, the anti-cheat software (Vanguard) needs to look there. The worry is that gives Riot access to your personal information.
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Riot did recently make it easier to turn off the anti-cheat softwarewhen you’re not playing, but that doesn’t really change much. If you want to play, it will still peep.
I’m not too fussed myself, although part of me thinks I should be. My standards for privacy have slipped in an age when so many tools I want to use and games I want to play require me to forsake it. But I can totally understand why people wouldn’t want to trust a company that boasts about how easily it can get its hands on your grandma’s recipes.
Riottold Polygonthat they’ll keep banning offending players, but “probably never at a ‘set’ cadence because [they] like spooking cheaters”. Yeah, OK. Spook ‘em good.
