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Valorant's new Vanguard update seems to be bricking cheaters' PCs. Riot's response? "Congrats on your $6k paperweights" - PCGamesN

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Congrats on your $6k paperweights" - PCGamesN.

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Congrats on your $6k paperweights" PCGamesNLastest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater) Insider GamingYour SSD could be damaged by playing Valorant, but only if you are cheating Sportskeeda Tech"Congratulations on the $6,000 Paperweight" - Riot takes such radical action against cheaters that it even goes too far for the players Mein-MMORiot remotely disables users' hardware with new Vanguard update Notebookcheck

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