anticheat
Stops unfair advantages
Anticheat refers to software or systems designed to detect and prevent cheating in video games.
These tools monitor for unauthorized modifications, aimbots, wallhacks, and other exploits that give players unfair advantages: The game's anticheat flagged his account for suspicious activity.
Major anticheat systems like EasyAntiCheat and BattlEye run at the kernel level, which some players find invasive.
Also used as an adjective: anticheat measures, anticheat software.
Ethical athletic conduct
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
competitive balance · matchmaking · legitimate · skill-based · merit · rule enforcement · penalty · ban
Act of finding something
- protectionGuarding against harm
- encryptionConverting data into code
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- heuristicsPractical problem-solving shortcuts
obfuscation · bypass · injection · rootkit · driver · client-side · server-side · VAC
Permanent platform exclusion
- account suspensionTemporary access removal
- replay reviewExamining footage to verify calls
- false positiveIncorrect presence indication
- appealFormal review request
violation · warning · shadow ban · tribunal · evidence
sportsmanship
Ethical athletic conduct
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
honesty · competitive balance · matchmaking · legitimate · skill-based · merit · rule enforcement · penalty · ban · suspension
detection
Act of finding something
- protectionGuarding against harm
- encryptionConverting data into code
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
heuristics · obfuscation · bypass · injection · rootkit · driver · client-side · server-side · VAC · Vanguard
permaban
Permanent platform exclusion
- account suspensionTemporary access removal
- replay reviewExamining footage to verify calls
- false positiveIncorrect presence indication
appeal · violation · warning · shadow ban · tribunal · evidence
aimbot
Targeting cheat software
macro · scripting · auto-aim · no-clip · god mode · spoofer · boosting · smurfing