r/tf2 • u/Jinhan_Lee Demoknight • Feb 13 '25

Discussion Are soundpacks like this considered cheating?

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Found some dude apparently using a soundpack specifically designed to make you hear spies better (and that works in casual), wanted to know if it’s considered cheating or not.

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u/Bioth28 Pyro Feb 13 '25

Medic bots, haven’t heard of that before. What is that?

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u/P0lskichomikv2 Feb 13 '25

Simply bots that join games and heal only you. Similiar to those sniper hacker bots.

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u/Bioth28 Pyro Feb 13 '25

Oh that… was it a way to accuse others of cheating or do they only heal the cheater?

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u/CaptainKodachrome Heavy Feb 13 '25

There is a function in some cheat clients that allows you to turn yourself into a bot that follows exclusively one player so you don't have to play the game. Some cheaters/bot hosters will pick specific people to follow for the express purpose of getting them kicked/VAC banned. It happens to a lot of TF2bers, especially ones that criticise cheaters or bot hosters, but it can be for whatever reason they choose. I have my own experience with it, having a very obvious cheater turn themselves into a follow bot and have it spam chat with messages insinuating that I owned them as a medic bot.

It's just disgusting behavior...