warden had sniffed the foreign code. A sudden disconnect, a "CD Key Banned" message, and a PC fans spinning at maximum speed revealed the truth—the "Delay Reducer" was actually a Trojan horse
Despite its utility, W3DR occupied a "gray area" in gaming ethics. While many saw it as a necessary tool to fix flawed netcode, it was technically a third-party modification Banning Risks:
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