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I have literally never played a game and encountered an obvious cheater and if I did, I think I'd just change servers. Is this really such a huge problem and if so, what are its consequences beyond maybe being annoyed for 5 minutes?
Some people take their game worlds entirely too seriously. I find far too many in the competitive gaming scene treat video game accomplishments/loot/losses on the same level as real-world ones.
Some games, like Tarkov, are plagued with cheaters, but Linux plays no part in any of it.
First time I went into labs I encountered a cheater, that's when I learned to not play tarkov. Especially solo good lord
I've come across many, is it annoying? Sure. Is it the end of the world? No. You just leave the lobby/server and go in a fresh one.
No cheating is bad enough to justify a rootkit.
I've also been called a cheater a lot and they always sound very convinced even though they have no idea at all. I imagine these are the same people constantly complaining about cheating.
Hundreds of hours in Marvel Rivals and I've also never encountered anyone I was sure was a cheater. Nor have any of the friends I play with, and I've never had anyone on voice tell me about encountering a cheater.
I've definitely had a handful of matches cancel with an alert that a cheater was detected though.
Maybe I'm lucky. Maybe kernel-level anti-cheat is a farce.