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A lot of cheaters are detected and banned, but like you say there's probably a lot of 'minor cheaters' not caught. The issue really is the group who are detect
by noxvilleza 6y ago
A lot of cheaters are detected and banned, but like you say there's probably a lot of 'minor cheaters' not caught.
The issue really is the group who are detected and banned - they just sign up with a new account, and then carry on crushing players until they're banned again. The average game quality in this situation is pretty poor - because the rating of a player is very far from their true skill.
- ndiddy 6y agoLichess (a popular chess site) combats this issue by not actually banning cheaters. Instead, the cheater is not notified that they were caught and is still able play or create games, but they're only matched to other cheaters.
- noxvilleza 6y agoA bunch of video games do this ('shadow banning / shadow pooling') - with varying degrees of success. A lot of the cheaters still just create new accounts every so often.
- thom 6y agoTechnically they get a warning label that they use computer assistance (dunno if they themselves can see this or not). Players can still play them if they choose. They just open new accounts though.
- themeiguoren 6y agoThey also ‘refund’ the rating hit you took from losing to the cheater. I think it works pretty well.