League of Legends catches cheaters by making bots fight each other
The process of catching cheaters in video games is muddled in secrecy: the more developers say, the better equipped deviants are to cheat more efficiently next time around. Recently, however, League of Legends developer Riot Games’ anti-cheat team shared some high-level insights in a blog post as to how they catch perpetrators in the act, and the methods are fascinating.
In League of Legends, there are three primary types of cheaters according to Riot: scripters, who automate actions; boosters, who acquire highly ranked accounts; and botters, who use programs to help them level up. To combat these problems, League of Legends has an anti-cheat team that is composed of analysts, data scientists, and even ex-cheaters who come together to...