Collaborate Disseminate
Interesting story about someone who is almost certainly cheating at professional poker. But then I start to see things that seem so obvious, but I wonder whether they aren’t just paranoia after hours and hours of digging into the mystery. Like the fact that he starts wearing a hat that has a strange bulge around the brim — one that… Continue reading Cheating at Professional Poker
The Independent Commission on Examination Malpractice in the UK has recommended that all watches be banned from exam rooms, basically because it’s becoming very difficult to tell regular watches from smart watches…. Continue reading Smart Watches and Cheating on Tests
Developer Respawn Entertainment banned 355,000 players for cheating. They say they’re just getting started. Continue reading ‘Apex Legends’ Cheating Will Be a Problem as Long as Cheat Sellers Make Money
Forcing a competitive video game to render shitty graphics is cheating, and ‘Battlefield V’ is banning players for doing it. Continue reading ‘Battlefield V’ Players Are Using Shitty Graphics for a Competitive Edge
It’s easy to scam your way to infinite caps, unlimited carry capacity, and as much XP as you need. Continue reading It’s Way Too Easy to Cheat in ‘Fallout 76’
‘CSGO’ player Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat and his team were disqualified and sent home. Continue reading Professional ‘Counter-Strike’ Player Caught Cheating in Tournament
I’ve previously written about people cheating in marathon racing by driving — or otherwise getting near the end of the race by faster means than running. In China, two people were convicted of cheating in a pigeon race: The essence of the plan involved training the pigeons to believe they had two homes. The birds had been secretly raised not… Continue reading Cheating in Bird Racing
It’s exam time again, and aside from panic and caffeine-fuelled all-nighters, that can only mean one thing: A lot of people are getting their internet shut off. Continue reading Internet shut down in Algeria to stop exam cheats
Here’s a really interesting writeup by [Mike] that has two parts. He shows that not only is it possible to load wooden dice by placing them in a dish of water, but that when using these dice to get an unfair advantage in Settlers of Catan, observation of dice rolls within the game is insufficient to prove that the cheating is taking place.
[Mike] first proves that his pair of loaded dice do indeed result in a higher chance of totals above seven being rolled. He then shows how this knowledge can be exploited by a Settlers of Catan …read more
Continue reading How Provably Loaded Dice Lead to Unprovable Cheating
I would run away if I were you, Epic Games: she’s scary, and she’s got good points. Continue reading Epic Games sues 14-year-old cheater, mother launches rhetorical firestorm