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by waterhouse 2026 days ago
Years ago I read about some game service that detected cheating and put cheaters into games with other cheaters. The author said it was pretty effective.
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Reminds me of Game Dev Tycoon's clever anti-piracy trick, where they released a "cracked" version of the game on file sharing sites shortly after launch. The "crack" disabled the copy protection but also changed the gameplay so that NPCs would pirate your products in-game and drive you out of (virtual) business.