Is Overwolf extension a cheat program?

As we all know, Dota 2 is a game of a lot of skill but, above all, of a lot of information. Therefore, it is common for players to have to elaborate different strategies based on the specific information they have.

This is where the popular Overwolf extension comes in, helping Dota 2 players become a kind of the third eye.

The Overwolf extensión

Players using this extension can see which heroes are the most played by their opponents when entering games. This allows them to ban their favorite heroes and has some advantages. While this may be seen as the “ideal,” the truth is that players always have to choose other heroes.

This has been a hotly debated topic in many forums by the Dota 2 community. Many players claim that it is cheating, while others disagree with it.

Many players justify that it is not cheating to use this extension because this program uses publicly available data. This is because many players share their statistics with unofficial Dota 2 tools, which is why this extension can access them.

Without going too far, anyone could do the same task of the extension; that is, we can investigate without using a program, but it would take 10 minutes to do it. At the same time, the extension will give the information in a matter of seconds.

Advice to those who are against this extensión

For those players who want to prevent such extensions from finding out their statistics, they should adjust their privacy settings. But keep in mind that this is not likely to work, according to several reports.

Many players claim that this extension can ignore Dota 2’s privacy settings, so the program will still capture the information even if you have public game data sharing disabled.

Using public player data puts the Overwolf extension in a natural gray area. Many players who do not use this extension tend to wonder why their favorite hero is banned in every game.

This program is entirely free and can be used by any player, but it is clear that Dota 2 players are generally not aware of trends and community forums.

This may be one of the reasons why some players have decided to leave the Dota 2 scene. However, using these extensions can affect the overall quality of the games for those players who do not use them or do not know about them.

Valve keeps quiet

The developers of Dota 2, Valve, are still keeping quiet about this situation in the game community.

There is still no official statement about using different extensions and programs in the game. However, let’s remember that Dota 2’s main competitor, League of Legends, suffered something similar with OP.GG and other similar websites.

Faced with this situation, Riot Games solved this problem by adjusting the API to prevent these programs from accessing player data before matches.

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