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ELI5: Why is cheating in online games seemingly so prevelant? (self.explainlikeimfive)

submitted 2 months ago by Mandy to c/[email protected]

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What do these people think they gain?

Whats the point?

Do they really just want to ruin stuff for everyone?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's to the point now where they are using DMA (direct memory access) cards to read memory directly from the PCI bus and bypass even the most invasive anticheats. Valorant has a ton of DMA cheaters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ok that's impressive! I had no idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That seems like a lot of time and effort ... what is actually being gained by this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

For the cheaters? A feeling of superiority. For the people that make those cheats? Money from those losers, apparently enough to be worth the trouble sadly.