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The '''Cheater Frog''' is an anti-cheat mechanic in ''[[Deadlock]]''.

== Overview ==

When the game's anti-cheat algorithm identifies a player as a cheater, a pop-up appears to the other players to choose between banning the player immediately or turning them into a frog before banning. The frog is unable to perform any actions besides moving. The match also becomes free to leave and the result is not counted for matchmaking.

== Trivia ==
* The Cheater Frog was based on an unused mechanic designed for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive Counter Strike: Global Offensive]'' that turned cheaters into chickens.<ref>2024-09-26 - [https://x.com/sptonjohn/status/1839477885582905651 @BurtonJ] on [https://x.com/ X] - ''"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."''</ref>
* The Cheater Frog model is the same used in {{HeroIcon|Pocket}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Affliction}}. The frog was also originally used for {{HeroIcon|Sinclair}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Rabbit Hex}}.

== References ==
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