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Plenty of server admins even back then thought that wouldn't scale, and it hasn't. Anti-cheats like BattlEye and Easy Anti Cheat started as community developed
by ThatPlayer 2y ago
Plenty of server admins even back then thought that wouldn't scale, and it hasn't. Anti-cheats like BattlEye and Easy Anti Cheat started as community developed anti-cheats. Even Starcraft 1 ICCUP (3rd party Battle.net clone) had additional "anti-hack". Counter-Strike still has 3rd party servers with ESEA/FaceIT. They have additional anti-cheat, not less.
Especially with gaming becoming mainstream compared to early 2000s. The majority of players are now casual gamers who are not interested in a job as a server admin/hoster.