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Valve bans 90.000 Dota2 smurf accounts (dota2.com)
3 points by chungus on Sept 7, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"Additionally, we have traced every single one of these smurf accounts back to its main account. Going forward, a main account found associated with a smurf account could result in a wide range of punishments, from temporary adjustments to behavior scores to permanent account bans."

I wonder if they did this by simply checking ip's or mac addresses, or using more sophisticated techniques like analyzing in-game play style.




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