CS2 cheat developer: "Valve doesn't give a shit"

An anonymous developer of one of CS2's most used external cheats recently said in an interview that it's on Valve to step up and do something about cheating in their game.

Self-described analyst Matt, aka @VACdeluxe on X, shared recently what they claim to be is a conversation between one of his contributors and the "developer of one of CS2’s most used external cheats." @VACdeluxe kept the developer's identity anonymous, though the developer did say they live in Ukraine.

When asked about efforts from Valve to detect or prevent cheating, the cheat developer basically said that Valve doesn't care.

"Valve doesn't give a shit," the cheat developer said in response to a question about efforts to hide from Valve. "VAC can't see our cheat at all because if it ever tried to read our cheat memory it'll get access violation...Basically all VAC can see is some random protected system process with a window it has no access to, neither process or window. That 's pretty much it."

The developer said that if Valve were to implement a kernel anti-cheat, which currently goes against Valve's current policy, then cheats like theirs would suffer. "If Valve pushed a kernel AC, we would first try to fight it, hoping Valve doesn't go overboard, then probably shut down for good, but I find that unlikely...I think a proper AC will be a huge hit on the cheat market."

@VACdeluxe commented on the discussion himself a day later, blasting Valve for letting this happen, calling their post "a spotlight on how a multi-billion dollar company has handed over competitive integrity to a bunch of kids with zero funding and a GitHub repo."

"They exploit, monetize, and outplay VAC like it’s a joke and it is. Because Valve lets them," he continued. "Counter-Strike deserves better, the players deserve better."