Valve has updated its new multiplayer game Deadlock to let players turn cheaters into a frog.Deadlock is a hero shooter that’s like a mash-up of all Valve’s previous games, including Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike.
It’s in early development, with Valve updating all the time, which leads us to this week’s changes.This week’s Deadlock patch added a novel anti-cheat measure: turning a cheater into an in-game frog.
If you spot a cheater in-game, you can either ban them then and there or transform them into a frog for the rest of the match.Here’s the note in the patch notes:And here’s how it looks:Guys do you ever get this weird glitch in deadlock pic.twitter.com/KxFqBJBg39According to ex-Counter-Strike developer Burton Johnsey, Valve built a system just like this for its legendary multiplayer shooter, codenamed 'FU Surprise Mode,' but it turned cheaters into a chicken.
Unfortunately it was never released.Holy crap, they finally built codename “FU Surprise Mode”?! When I worked on VAC, Rich and I designed this for CS but the cheater was a chicken.
https://t.co/Q6BKGTCZwjDeadlock isn’t properly released yet (it’s still invite only) but it’s already a big hit on Steam, where it’s usually in the top 10 most-played games.