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  2. Valve Anti-Cheat - Wikipedia

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    Valve Anti-Cheat ( VAC) is an anti-cheat tool developed by Valve as a component of the Steam platform, first released with Counter-Strike in 2002. When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. [1] It may kick players from the game if it detects errors ...

  3. Valve Anti-Cheat’s permanent bans no longer ... - Engadget

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    VAC bans are permanent, non-negotiable, and cannot be removed by Steam support,” the company says at the top of the support page detailing the system. To make a carve-out like this is a ...

  4. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    A subunit of a player's turn. For example, a game may allow an action to occur only so long as the player has sufficient 'action points' to complete the action. [8] [9] action role-playing game (ARPG) A genre of role-playing video game where battle actions are performed in real-time instead of a turn-based mechanic.

  5. Counter-Strike Major Championships - Wikipedia

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    Banned players. Valve has banned players from attending the Majors for violations of competitive integrity. A Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) ban is the most common way players get banned. VAC is an anti-cheat program designed by Valve to detect cheats running in various games, including Counter-Strike. If cheats are detected, the account is given a ...

  6. Valve responds to claims it has banned AI-generated games ...

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    The game they had submitted had “a few assets that were fairly obviously AI generated,” and Valve appeared to take issue with this. “As the legal ownership of such AI-generated art is ...

  7. Valve warns that AMD’s anti-lag feature can lead to Counter ...

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    Valve has warned Counter-Strike 2 players that AMD’s latest graphics driver could get them banned. The problem lies in AMD’s Anti-Lag+ feature, which triggers the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system ...

  8. A brief history of cheating at video games - Engadget

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    "If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed," the page explains, "the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers ...

  9. Counter-Strike in esports - Wikipedia

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    Cheating, particularly through the use of software hacks on online servers, has been a problem throughout the history of Counter-Strike and generally results in a game ban if discovered. A Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) ban is the most common way in which players are banned. VAC is a system designed by Valve to detect cheats on computers. Any time a ...