A maphack is a cheat in real-time strategy games that enables the player to see more of the map than the game intends them to see. A common feature in multiplayer real-time strategy games is the inability for the player to see outside the visibility range of the individual units and buildings that the player controls. This concept is called the fog of war or the Blue Fog of Death. Maphacking enables a cheating player to bypass the fog of war, giving them an advantage over a player who is playing legitimately. This advantage is quite large for most of the real-time strategy games that rely on the rock-paper-scissors dynamic to balance out the units' varying strengths and weaknesses. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The fog of war is the lack of knowledge that occurs during a war. ...

Maphacking has also been used to cheat in other games where map visibility provides an advantage, most notably in Blizzard Entertainment's RPG Diablo II. Blizzard Entertainment is an American PC game developer and publisher. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Diablo II, sequel to the popular Diablo, is a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game in a hack and slash or Dungeon Roaming style. ...

The maphack is functionally equivalent to a form of the wallhack for first-person shooter games which allows players to see through walls. The term wallhack is used to describe various methods for cheating by changing the properties of walls in a multiplayer first-person shooter. ...

In recent years people using maphacks on Battle.net have been caught, maphacking is a violation of Blizzard Entertainment terms of use, which condemns the use of any third party software. Thousands have had their accounts banned and in extreme cases, those caught cheating have had their CD key banned Battle. ... Blizzard Entertainment is an American PC game developer and publisher. ... A CD key is a specific software-based key for a certain program or a computer game. ...

Only newbs like "Whacked@lordaeron" need a way to cheat because they cannot be at a pro stat level as everyone else is the legit way.