The new ranking mode of CoD Vanguard is now embroiled in a solid scandal. The player in 2nd place had technical issues in his stream for 3 seconds. During that time, his viewers briefly saw something unusual: solid wallhacks. MeinMMO tells you more.
Update: It is now also known how the player explained his wallhacks. You can find his reasoning and the latest developments in our follow-up news:
In the new ranking mode of CoD Vanguard, streamer pplehx is in 2nd place. This honor was bestowed upon him because he could read situations very well and had a good instinct for where the opponents are.
He was so good at it that after particularly impressive kills through walls he said, ‘Oh my God, I’m cheating, no joke’ (via Twitter).
As it turns out, this was really no joke.
Ranking mode is actually for the best players – But a cheater is at the very top
On Twitch, pplehx plays the WWII shooter and is experiencing some technical issues. His video lags for 3 seconds, and the player complains in the stream that his game “keeps crashing”.
His viewers could clearly see during those 3 seconds why pplehx is so good at CoD Vanguard: This brief stutter clearly revealed his wallhacks.
The streamer apparently doesn’t notice immediately – likely also due to a loud burp.
Here is the clip on Twitter:
This clip spread like wildfire through the CoD community. The cheater was already suspicious to other players, but with this evidence there are no more doubts.
After the community got wind of the cheats, pphlex immediately reacted. His Twitter and Twitch accounts have been deleted, and nothing has been heard from him since.
The player is currently still in 2nd place in the ranking mode. However, this probably won’t last long.
This situation is particularly frustrating because the ranking mode aims to attract the best players with highly competitive rules. In this competitive mode, the wheat should be separated from the chaff – instead, cheaters dominate the leaderboard.
This is the second news in a few weeks where a Vanguard pro has been caught with wallhacks. In the other case, the streamer even accidentally exposed himself:
CoD pro wants to show the world that he is not cheating – while showing off his cheats
