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> Solving online game cheating is a billion dollar business. The existence of an incentive does not guarantee the existence of a solution. > HN has a lot of v
by Uehreka 2y ago
> Solving online game cheating is a billion dollar business.
The existence of an incentive does not guarantee the existence of a solution.
> HN has a lot of very clever people.
From the way people are talking about this issue (in this and the other thread) I don’t think any solution is going to come from HN commenters. Most of the people here are thinking about the problem from first principles and generating ideas that either:
- haven’t worked in over a decade because cheaters have workarounds
- overestimate the capabilities of AI or statistical methods
- underestimate cheaters or contain false assumptions about how cheaters think/behave
- underestimate how many people are demanding a solution to this and what kinds of strictures they’re willing to accept
- underestimate the backlash in store for any solution that isn’t 100% correct
It’s not like the incumbents are dummies. They’re constantly thinking about this from all angles and are willing to try anything.
- ndriscoll 2y agoObvious, cheap solution (to this controversy): make it optional. If people don't want to install a rootkit, let them play with other people who are willing to play in a rootkit-disabled session. I seem to recall this was how e.g. punk buster worked 20 years ago.
- therein 2y agoThis is technically already the case for many games already. For example for EasyAntiCheat, the EAC kernel module won't be loaded unless you join a server with EAC enabled.