alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 hours agoMajor VAC [Valve's non-kernel anticheat] Live updates leaving cheaters cryingweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down11
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minus-squareBlackAura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 hours agoVAC bans are pretty nasty iirc. Your account gets flagged for cheating and you can’t play on any official Valve servers for that particular game ever again. Also if you family share the owner of the game gets the ban (don’t share with people you don’t trust). Edit: oops it’s only for the game you were found cheating on.
minus-squarePlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 hours agoFrom my understanding, it also locks your inventory, which in a game like CS, is a very big deal.
VAC bans are pretty nasty iirc.
Your account gets flagged for cheating and you can’t play on any official Valve servers for that particular game ever again.
Also if you family share the owner of the game gets the ban (don’t share with people you don’t trust).
Edit: oops it’s only for the game you were found cheating on.
From my understanding, it also locks your inventory, which in a game like CS, is a very big deal.
A VAC ban is for life.