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Quote: Original post by paulecoyoteQuote: Original post by superpig
It's also an avenue for your competitors to interfere with your entry, by pointing undesirable elements at your game.
Wow, you are expecting some real dirtbags to enter in to this competition huh [wink]
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Quote: Original post by tgraupmann
I wouldn't expect GameDev to host the server. Maybe the networking is peer to peer. Haven't seen the code yet.
Quote: Original post by paulecoyoteQuote: Original post by superpig
It's also an avenue for your competitors to interfere with your entry, by pointing undesirable elements at your game.
Wow, you are expecting some real dirtbags to enter in to this competition huh [wink]
Quote: Original post by tgraupmann
There are loads of things you can do to protect an MMO from fraud. First of all keep a list of banned trolls. Second, do a trace on every connection and make sure the bot is who it claims to be.
Quote: Original post by tgraupmann
I wouldn't expect GameDev to host the server. Maybe the networking is peer to peer. Haven't seen the code yet.
