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Path of Exile Co-Creator Trolled Data Miners with Fake Assets

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Chris Wilson shared his thoughts on data mining and how to prevent it, admitting he pranked data miners by planting fake assets.
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Dadaminers can harm games like Path of Exile, says the former boss. His plan against it: bait in the code. The post Ex-Chief of Path of Exile admits: He has hidden piles of false assets, only to troll dataaminers appeared first on My MMO.

Grinding Gear Games deliberately misled curious path-of-exile fans: Chris Wilson reveals that even false assets were developed for this.

The creators of Path of Exile deliberately placed fake material in the game files to confuse dataminers. However, this was not a very effective way of fighting.Information The creator of PoE admits: trolling dataminers was a lot of fun, but also a complete waste of time was published by GryOnline.pl on September 9, 2026.

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GRY-Online.pl broke the news on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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