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  2. Griefer - Wikipedia

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    In Minecraft freebuild servers, griefing is often the destruction of another player's build, and in other servers the definition ranges, but almost all servers recognize griefing as harassment. Most servers use temporary bans for minor and/or first-time incidents, and indefinite bans from the server for more serious and/or repeat offences.

  3. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    One of the examples of this is the Windows version of The Orange Box, which uses Steam to enforce the regional lockout. [36] Steam also enforces a form of regional lockout in adherence to German law by offering to German users special versions of some games with banned content – most notably swastikas – replaced. [37]

  4. Video game modding - Wikipedia

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    [49] [50] Other concerns identified included that being able to mod the game was a reason why players bought the game on PC in the first place, a worry that newbie modders would not be able to stand on the shoulders of giants by modding pre-existing mods, and that mod teams would become unworkable. [42]

  5. Zero-day vulnerability - Wikipedia

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    A zero-day (also known as a 0-day) is a vulnerability in software or hardware that is typically unknown to the vendor and for which no patch or other fix is available. The vendor thus has zero days to prepare a patch, as the vulnerability has already been described or exploited.

  6. Cheating in online games - Wikipedia

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    The server will be very fast, but any wallhack program will reveal where all the players in the game are, what team they are on, and what state they are in — health, weapon, ammo etc. At the same time, altered and erroneous data from a client will allow a player to break the game rules, manipulate the server, and even manipulate other clients.

  7. Dead by Daylight - Wikipedia

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    Dead by Daylight is an online asymmetric multiplayer survival horror video game developed and published by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive.It is a one-versus-four game in which one player takes on the role of a Killer and the other four play as Survivors; [a] the Killer must hunt and impale each Survivor on sacrificial hooks to appease a malevolent force known as the Entity, while the ...

  8. Games as a service - Wikipedia

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    Revenue from these subscriptions pay for the computer servers used to run the game, the people that manage and oversee the game on a daily basis, and the introduction of new content into the game. Several MMOs offer an initial trial period that allow players to try the game for a limited amount of time, or until their character reaches an ...

  9. Microtransaction - Wikipedia

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    Smartphone, console, and PC games all have conformed to the use of microtransactions due to its high profitability. [71] Many companies and games, especially smartphone games, have taken on a business model that offer their games for free and then relying purely on the success of microtransactions to turn a profit.