[viraptor]

Sometimes... VAC can kick you mid-game for very obvious things. But in other cases you may be able to play for hours until a report goes through and gets verified. That delay (as a side-effect) guarantees that you can't quickly iterate and get immediate feedback on whether you're detected or not.

[mrguyorama]

Often in console land, bans come in "waves" at pre-scheduled times, so you have a hard time matching the cause with the ban