In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare there is currently a discussion about a well-known exploit. This allows players to briefly see the enemy minimap. Professionals are not thrilled about this considering the upcoming tournament.
What is this exploit? According to several professionals, there is currently an easy way to spy on the enemy minimap. In the case of a death, one should open the start menu during the kill cam, which supposedly will allow one to see the minimap of the player who killed them for a brief moment.
Information from the minimap can be relayed in voice chat to allies, who may use it to their advantage.
This bug poses a problem, especially regarding the large CoD Champs tournament, which has a prize pool of $4.6 million, the highest prize money to date. The playoffs will take place from August 19 to 23, with the final on the last weekend of August.
Accordingly, discussions among professional players are quite intense at the moment.
There is distrust among the teams
What exactly happened? The trigger for the discussions was a tweet from Austin ‘SlasheR’ Liddicoat, who placed 2nd in the World Championship in Call of Duty in 2019. In the tweet, he notes that the bug is currently a topic and has likely been present in the game for a long time.
In doing so, he poses an open and somewhat ironic question about how many teams might have already exploited this bug.
This tweet led to many ironic reactions, as players assume that most teams are likely exploiting this bug:
- One should not make a fuss and just stick to the mutual agreement. After all, players in shooters are known for fair play.
- Others jokingly call it a “game mechanic” that everyone uses.
- Still, other users are counting on the developer Infinity Ward, who will not fix the bug but may issue threats. Austin Liddicoat only comments on this with an ironic “we are saved!”.
And this is not the only problem. Just on July 18, there was an incident in the CoD League that caused a lot of discussion. There was a disconnect during a game that suddenly led to a defeat from a favorable position.
However, the league decided that it was a player error and therefore there would be no rematch. Accordingly, the professional was quite angry.
But even outside of the league, there are constantly issues, especially with cheaters. A hacker now explains how you should best deal with cheaters.
