Dataminer confirms wave of bans for use of cheats, but without Overwatch’s involvement | DRAFT5

“Bans are not related to specific cheats; only those who used RAGE cheats (Aim, Bunny Hopping, Rapid Fire, No Spread) were punished. Players who used non-obvious cheats (WallHack, RadarHack, or a small vision tweak) remained untouched. This means that the ban occurs on the server side and not on the client side. The bans even came for those who played before the release of Overwatch.“

“The bans have nothing to do with Overwatch; the developers played a lot with adding this line to the changelog. Only players with Premier mode cheats were banned. The global leaderboard, full of cheaters, was very stressful for the developers.“

The reason no one has access to Overwatch is that the system is not yet ready for CS2. Valve continues to update the mode in the game files with each update.

After the last major update to the game, many matches started to stop with the following message “VAC detected irregular gameplay and canceled the game“. With this, players are banned from competitive mode for one day. Gabe Follower suggests that developers set this waiting time duration to send the match demo for review on Overwatch and determine whether players were actually cheated.

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