Cheating in StarCraft II

Cheating in StarCraft II

Blizzard Entertainment has always taken cheating in any form in Blizzard games very seriously, and that's no different for StarCraft II. If a StarCraft II player is found to be cheating or using hacks or modifications in any form, then as outlined in our end user license agreement, that player can be permanently banned from the game. This means that the player will be permanently unable to log in to Battle.net to play StarCraft II with his or her account.

Playing StarCraft II legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client. Doing otherwise violates our policies for Battle.net, and it goes against the spirit of fair play that all of our games are based on. We strongly recommend that you avoid using any hacks, cheats, or exploits. Suspensions and bans for using them will begin in the near future.

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Snafu #397
Snafu
15/10/2012
http://www.twitch.tv/skillcapped_legucci
Map hacking openly on Twitch
Titles his stream "1v1 Ladder from GOLD to MASTERS smurf account with MAP HACKS, ban inc?" - can you oblige and ban him?
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Altair #188
Altair
19/03/2011
cheaters they suck u know they just do that to get stronger and they think they can beat everyone. So vs them online and see whos better me or him and then they will never use cheats again
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Odin #459
Odin
26/02/2011
I think that Blizzard should have some one that works at Blizzard, to make a account and play Sc2 and wow to cath the people ho is cheating, and then ban them for life, but the problem is that the players that got baned, is going to make another account with a diffrent E-mail(sry I suck at righting english).
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Malekith #642
Malekith
16/02/2011
there are also people who always think that they lost because the other palyer was cheating or something or are cursing in game and acusing you of this, i for see a lot of cheaters will be caught but maybe also people whit good skills and that cant happen
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Ahraneas #940
Ahraneas
23/11/2010
Very kind of u Blizzard that you like to stop the cheaters all around. But in World of Warcraft Blizzard does nothing against the goldsellers who either spam, or aswell bug exploit in Wintergrasp or botting. Don't say you take it serious if you don't give a crap. If you post something like this, tell us where we can report those bastards. I just lost to someone using maphack in SC2. Do something about it!
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Joopy #720
Joopy
02/11/2010
Cheaters......i cant catch any kind of reason why peeps do it only thing i could come up with is you fail you re dumb and think you get good by cheating...... Or maybe you think someting grows faster by winning this
Blizz should make a Scumbagg legeu for them so the cheaters need play the other cheaters(and then they find out OMG i fail) And then show them on the net for us
(sry for bad eng).
Ps would be funn too make name for the *cheater legeu*
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Joopy #720
Joopy
02/11/2010
Cheaters......i cant catch any kind of reason why peeps do it only thing i could come up with is you fail you re dumb and think you get good by cheating...... Or maybe you think someting grows faster by winning this
Blizz should make a Scumbagg legeu for them so the cheaters need play the other cheaters(and then they find out OMG i fail) And then show them on the net for us
(sry for bad eng).
Ps would be funn too make name for the *cheater legeu*
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IvanDrago #135
IvanDrago
12/10/2010
Well done Blizzard, keep the nest clean.
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Jehuty #785
Jehuty
30/09/2010
Cheating - Player Enter and instantly leave the queik Match before it even started to leave his allys to do all the dirty Work for him and when they win he get the win points and the Icons. Player Have Been Reported to Blizzard

Report all leavers!!
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IonDou #572
IonDou
25/09/2010
Does anyone know if this is in effect and if so where we can send the replays with maphackers?
Just played about an hour ago a PvP Kulas Ravine and realized watching the replay from the opponents view that he did not scout me once, always looked at the part of the map where I spawned and where my army was sent, saved the replay just want to forward it.
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DTEsBryan #930
DTEsBryan
24/09/2010
sad thing is when you play a newbie he always goes "you maphacker ! you cheater !". Get a skill ! Gees!
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i have play many games, but this night i have noticed somthing wery nasty.
i played 10 - 4v4 , 6 - 3v3, and some 2v2. i have lost every battle, i ha saved the replay and i have see that the people gain more minerals and gas then usual. without expandig (all races) in 15 min, they had a GIANT number of units. really not normal. an looking the replays i have see that it's impossibile to build like them ...
i really hope that Blizz Stop this Cheaters ASAP !!!!
it's not fun to play like that ... yesterday i have lost every battle .... and i really can say that they have cheated .
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NaNNéoWnT #320
NaNNéoWnT
25/09/2010
@Pan: just go play 1v1, than u get a real skill of playing 4v4/3v3 srs only for fun, 2v2 need some teamwork but srsly u wont'get really good of that
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Malekith #642
Malekith
16/02/2011
@Pan: upload the replays on youtube with a really ironic comments and a lot of prais for there skills
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Miguel #331
Miguel
24/09/2010
I really hate people that cheat.However, how will we know when they are hacking?PLS add me as ur friend my character cod is:331!
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CisuM #996
CisuM
23/09/2010
How can i tell if people are cheating? I really hate cheaters and i hope blizzard will catch people who use foul play.
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Kenyiro #210
Kenyiro
23/09/2010
oki hate stupid ppl and report named here who use cheats etc
Gameover player name mobs very very fast moved production incrased and minerals in 5min 20k minerals my minerals 3k only #@*! sake blizzard go work to ban (permamently} all ppl who use cheats game = sux if ppl use cheats
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Chucky #666
Chucky
24/09/2010
@Kenyiro: hello, english please
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Miguel #331
Miguel
24/09/2010
kenyiro please speak english.
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Random #142
Random
23/09/2010
When will the maphackers be banned? and something done about the maphack?
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CisuM #996
CisuM
23/09/2010
@Random:

How do you know if people use cheats? Since i'm only in the bronze league, i guess it's not that much of an issue like in diamond, but there's any way i can tell if someone is cheating i would like to report this!
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Checkout #107
Checkout
23/09/2010
@Carniwar:
Well, save the replay and watch it from his view. If he is often watching near an empty space.. where your base is.. you know enough.
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TheCybo #346
TheCybo
23/09/2010
Cheating in a game takes away all the fun, whether it's a cheat code in a boring single-player game or some "1337 hacking skills" in a MMO or any other multiplayer game.
Takes away the fun.
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Colorado #687
Colorado
23/09/2010
Arrrgghhh....i´r hate´r this Chitaaaas!!!
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I've never cheated in a online game, and I never will... So don't misunderstand my question, but: How can you cheat in SC2 ?? :)
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Chucky #666
Chucky
22/09/2010
@kAz: There is "tools" that remove the fog. Obviously you'll get caught. I used it once back then in WC3, that was more out of curiosity that willing to win. I got banned for a few weeks. Even tho I'm 100% sure I used it only during one game. They should permanently ban thoses that use it heavily, on first offense no warnings.
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WraitHlol #160
WraitHlol
23/09/2010
@kAz: war3 got completely ruined by hacks even though it claimed to have a "warden" system that was seemingly unbreakable but that just made the hackers compile their own code (thus making the hash signature of the hack unique and undetectable by the classical program), those cheats either changed your name, removed fog of war, made buildings indistructible, disconnected the enemy, created lagg for the enemy etc...
there are also many other "cheats" that are in the gray area such as letting a diamond friend play on your account so you'll get "boosted" but that doesn't impact the game much anyway
i never cheated and completely hate the way excessive cheating can ruin a game, so i'm researching the subject in hopes of making games as hack free as possible.
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WraitHlol #160
WraitHlol
23/09/2010
@WraitHlol: also accounts that don't have an authenticator can be hacked , thus having your game/identity stolen or just having your stats ruined by someone that freeloses a lot, bots can also connect to an account to create a lot of losses for a player to get him to a lower league, and if a diamond skill player gets into lets say... silver he can probably win the 1000 games required for an icon quite fast (he won't be no1 diamond, but some players just play for all the icons) there were cases in warcraft 3 with people having stats like 100-1500 and then 1500-1600 :P
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Bajingan #617
Bajingan
24/09/2010
@kAz: You are planning to cheat aren't you?
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I've never cheated in a online game, and I never will... So don't misunderstand my question, but: Hwo can you cheat in SC2 ?? :)
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report all your findings to here please:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&tag=hacksform
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Blitz #309
Blitz
22/09/2010
Hell... It's about time!
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FinalPush #166
FinalPush
22/09/2010
@Blitz: Well said!
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Chuck #125
Chuck
22/09/2010
@Blitz: Agreed
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Topaz #481
Topaz
22/09/2010
@Blitz: thumbs up ^
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syncoke #161
syncoke
22/09/2010
experienced players send units to expansions where it is likely that their opponent has scouted, predicts enemy army movements across the map and frequently review what they (or their ally) have scouted, in the fog of war, or simply move their view to a location prior to sending in an attack just because clicking in the main view is more precicse than clicking on the minimap.
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syncoke #161
syncoke
22/09/2010
@skatoll: that was supposed to be a reply to another post
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Johnboy #690
Johnboy
21/09/2010
OMG> REMAPING KEYs.

Why dont you just go into the game options and change to "CLASSIC" hot keys?

And HUNTER did you read the article. Please dont skim read. they said they adding the US hotkeys.
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Johnboy #690
Johnboy
21/09/2010
@Johnboy: On the Patch 1.1 Hotkeys are being introduced. from US server
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oZok #155
oZok
21/09/2010
hmm hotkeys change ... I would really be interested in this, because I use external application to remap keyboard in windows ...