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People are discussing Riot Vanguard’s apparent anti-cheating impact, with claims that it can brick cheaters’ PCs and trigger an aggressive response from Riot. Separately, the name “Vanguard” is also used in unrelated gaming contexts (EVE Online’s extraction shooter spinoff) involving ship salvaging and parts resale.

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Also known as vanguard anti-cheat·valorant vanguard·vanguard update·vanguard kernel anti-cheat·riot anti-cheat vanguard

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Valorant's new Vanguard update seems to be bricking cheaters' PCs. Riot's response? "Congrats on your $6k paperweights" ·
Key Takeaway Riot Vanguard is being framed as an anti-cheat system that can severely disrupt cheating setups, while “Vanguard” also appears in other game concepts.
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Riot Vanguard is being framed as an anti-cheat system that can severely disrupt cheating setups, while “Vanguard” also appears in other game concepts.

People are discussing Riot Vanguard’s apparent anti-cheating impact, with claims that it can brick cheaters’ PCs and trigger an aggressive response from Riot. Separately, the name “Vanguard” is also used in unrelated gaming contexts (EVE Online’s extraction shooter spinoff) involving ship salvaging and parts resale.

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Rock Paper Shotgun · 4d ago
Extraction shooter spinoff EVE Vanguard will let you salvage ships destroyed in EVE Online, then flog the parts back to their owners
Tweakers · 7h ago
Vanguard blokkeert dma-cheathardware: 'Apparaten worden vrijwel onbruikbaar'

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game context Valorant
update behavior claimed New Vanguard update seems to brick cheaters' PCs
quoted response “Congrats on your $6k paperweights”
DMA claim Vanguard blocks DMA-cheat hardware; devices become nearly unusable

What to Watch

  • Follow r/pcgaming for additional reports on Valorant Vanguard update PC-impact outcomes. r/pcgaming
  • Check for more technical/community coverage on Vanguard’s DMA blocking behavior and affected hardware classes. Tweakers

Recent signals

  • Valorant's new Vanguard update seems to be bricking cheaters' PCs. Riot's response? "Congrats on your $6k paperweights" r/technology
  • Vanguard blokkeert dma-cheathardware: 'Apparaten worden vrijwel onbruikbaar' Tweakers
  • Extraction shooter spinoff EVE Vanguard will let you salvage ships destroyed in EVE Online, then flog the parts back to their owners Rock Paper Shotgun
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Rock Paper Shotgun · 1 article
Tweakers · 1 article

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