[diamond-optic]

well VAC actually doesnt pick all that much up..

plus vac uses delayed banning.. where you dont get banned as soon as it detects you...which seems kinda stupid...

theres no 'easy' way to explain how to tell if someone is hacking tho.. especially if the person is 'good' at it.. like obvious cheaters are really easy to tell lol.. for example.. someone sits behind a wall with sniper rifle.. and shoots ppl across the map thru the wall without ever stepping out behind it.. thats pretty obvious

speed hackers are easy to detect too.. usually that blur you saw when some guy knifed the whole enemy team in 2 seconds lol

alot of ppl call 'no recoil' on ppl.. when usually the person is just really good at compensating the recoil of whatever weapon (which is probably one they use a real lot).. but thats kinda easy for 'me' to tell lol as i can spec the player and fire their weapon full auto myself and see if theres recoil lol

it just isnt really possible to 'explain' how to tell if someone is cheating.. it just takes patience & experience.. and even if you have all that.. you'll still likely make mistakes..

i mean shit.. i get accused of cheating all the time.. just last night i had 2 or 3 ppl spectating me lol and half the enemy team calling me a cheater.. and i usually get called a cheater only on avalanche.. which is because ive played avalanche a billion times and am good at it and know the common places ppl hide/camp/prone.. plus side-stepping door & windows seems to result in me being called a hacker lol.. but on other maps.. its rare for anyone to say anything to me lol. basically what i was trying to say with that.. is some ppl are just really good at a map and know the ins and outs of it and usually arent cheating yet because they seem 'to know where ppl are going to be' ppl feel the need to accuse them (usually after killing some noob campers that sit in the same 2 or 3 spots all game)

a good way would may be to try and get hold of some demos of know cheaters...

not sure if steambans.com makes demos public or not, probably not.. but watching demos of 'verified' cheaters might be a good way to start..