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ELI5: Why is cheating in online games seemingly so prevelant?

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What do these people think they gain?

Whats the point?

Do they really just want to ruin stuff for everyone?

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kitnaht@lemmy.world
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It’s to the point now where they are using DMA (direct memory access) cards to read memory directly from the PCI bus and bypass even the most invasive anticheats. Valorant has a ton of DMA cheaters.

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Shadow@lemmy.ca
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Ok that’s impressive! I had no idea.

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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That seems like a lot of time and effort … what is actually being gained by this?

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AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca
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For the cheaters? A feeling of superiority. For the people that make those cheats? Money from those losers, apparently enough to be worth the trouble sadly.

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