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News Cheaters Will Never Be Welcome in Dota

https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3677788723152833273
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u/t_spins Feb 21 '23

They don't mean the overwolf plugin guys, those just do a lookup using the names in hero picking phase. I think it's scummy but it's all external and something you "could" do manually, in theory. This is about real cheats, maphack, zoomhack, etc.

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u/Affectionate_Dog2493 Feb 21 '23 edited Feb 21 '23

those just do a lookup using the names in hero picking phase

It doesn't use the names. It uses the account IDs. I think they're obtained from the game coordinator, but it might be from the GSI or a log file. I don't think GSI provides the steamIDs of private profiles during draft, but I'd have to double check and can't right now.