R.I.P. Cheating-Death

[CSN NewsBot]

Some of you remember Cheating-Death, right? It was that anti-cheat program that never played nicely with VAC, required a constant update on the client side, and always resulted in a lot of [NO C-D] tags being added to players' names in gldsrc games. There are some people who would swear by its cheat detecting methods saying that it worked better than VAC. Sadly for the program, United Admins decided to take the archaic anti-cheat out back and put it down.



Yes, Cheating-Death is the latest addition to UA's discontinued list. It joins a handful of other programs that include ClanMod, StatsMe, and something called HradBa. This is about where the musical montage would be, complete with highlights of bans issued by Cheating-Death, shots of a server full of [NO C-D] tagged people, and a sequence where someone running C-D couldn't join a VAC-enabled server. We'll miss you Cheating-Death, we'll miss you dearly.

[DevgruSeal H.E]

Any reason for/behind the take-down?

[Shadow]

Well, my guess is that it just couldn't catch up to VAC. It might also be because of all the annoying [NO C-D] tags and that shitty window you had to open up during the middle of CS as you just remembered that the shitty server you frequent requires CD. I'm sure there are other reasons.

[HeLLy]

That sucks.

[Sp00neyG]

poor CD..it was good while it lasted, and until VAC took over as the new kid on the block...



rip CD!

[Que_?]

...but VAC works right?? Why would you need anything else

[washuplushie]

CD was just a pain in the ass and I got kicked from so many CD servers for not having the right version. I wish they would just update VAC so it's not the joke that it is.

[Deletable_Man]

I'm so glad people stopped using this annoying piece of shit long ago, and the fact that it's "officially" been lynched doesn't really matter, but it sure doesn't hurt.

[James Scallywag]

Que_? wrote..

...but VAC works right?? Why would you need anything else

Heh Heh.

[duhhhh]

Open Source That Sh*t.



Why was Cheating-Death ineffective against cheats? Lack of global banning. That means that cheaters and former cheaters (such as myself) could download cheat after cheat until only one of them would be CD-Proof. There was no downside(or punishment) for downloading cheat after cheat until only ONE of them worked.



Cheating-Death is useless without global banning, but Cheating-Death was good at preventing cheats the majority of the time.



Valve Anti-Cheat is good at global banning, but vac does not *prevent* cheats, vac only bans cheaters.

[Zips]

washuplushie wrote..

CD was just a pain in the ass and I got kicked from so many CD servers for not having the right version. I wish they would just update VAC so it's not the joke that it is.

VAC updates more than you think.

[ZackMorris]

/meh



I play Source but Zips reminded me of my old 1.6 days when I would see a server full of the [*****] tags on the end of players names. LoL.

[Shadow]

Strange, I used to recall the tag being on the front of the name...Then again, I haven't played CS seriously (I only accompanied friends on pubs from time to time) in a long, long while.

[Syx]

Cheating Death was crap. Not only did it not stop cheats, but it was a nuissance.

[LeRaldo]

Agreed, Cheating Death has always been terrible, even when there was no VAC.