Nobody likes to encounter players who cheat in any video game, because all they do is annoy and ruin the experience of those who do play legally. Activision is one of the companies that takes this matter most seriously, but another that has wanted to put even more effort into completely eradicating cheaters is Riot Games.
The creators of League of Legends were working on a new anti-cheat system called Vanguard that from the first moment it was presented has not left anyone indifferent. What’s more, the team itself is aware that this system has generated very different opinions, although the majority are against its operation. Even so, the important thing about this matter is that has announced which will come into force from May 1.
That same day, coinciding with the publication of patch 14.9, all users must install Vanguard on their computers, since it will be an essential requirement to play any of the titles developed by Riot Games, whether its popular MOBA or Valorant. All this because the company assures that the number of cheaters has grown exponentially over the last few months.
Although the majority of users have never shown bad behavior in this regard, Riot reports detail that lately it has been detected that in one in every 15 games there was someone using bots or a script, although in some regions the numbers amounted to one in five games. For this reason, the objective is to make even greater efforts to hunt down these individuals.
How Vanguard works
The real reason why Vanguard is considered such a controversial anti-cheat system is because installs directly into the heart of the operating system, in order to more effectively detect those who are using third-party programs to access the game. According to Riot Games, its goal is to confirm that the game is running in a safe environment, so it will examine everything that is running at that moment and the actions the user takes on the PC.
As soon as the computer starts, the system is activated, although Riot assures that it only works while one of its video games is running. In this way, as soon as the client starts League of Legends, Vanguard will connect to the network automatically to detect if everything is going well or if something is strange. In the event that no cheats are detected, it will be possible to connect to the game as usual.
However, if the Vanguard client closes at any time, even if nothing is being played, it will be mandatory to restart the computer to be able to play, since the program cannot be run again until that action is performed. For all this, Riot Games is convinced that this system will make it more difficult than ever for cheaters to get away with it.
On the other hand, despite what it may seem, the company has wanted to try to calm the waters by declaring that the information they collect from user data will never leave their servers, adding that the information they obtain is only necessary to run and protect your gamesnothing else.
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