Just under a week after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, there apparently are already the first brazen cheaters who happily show their hacks to the general public. One player even showcased his cheat software live on stream, yet played so poorly that his team lost.
The clip shows: On TikTok, the user synfuelss played Modern Warfare 2 in a livestream. The remarkable thing is that he is clearly using hacks. In the short video, the outlines of enemies can be seen through walls, and we see the crosshairs twitching towards heads repeatedly.
Call of Duty is actually protected by the anti-cheat software RICOCHET, which synfuelss apparently did not catch in time. However, the gameplay was already known for other factors.
The cheater shows such a miserable understanding of the game that he regularly ends up being killed himself. Although he gets a kill here and there, he spends most of his time in the dust.
During the rounds, it can even be seen that the cheater’s team is at a significant disadvantage and ultimately loses, even though they should have a tremendous advantage due to the cheater. Josh, a member of the e-sports team 100Thieves, shared a telling clip on Twitter:
“It’s crazy how bad people can be with wallhacks”
How players are reacting: The cheater is receiving a lot of mockery and scorn from the community. Some are wondering how one can be so bad even with hacks. Synfuelss apparently uses wallhacks and an aimbot and still can’t get it together.
One user on Twitter points out that the cheater lacks a basic understanding of Call of Duty and shooters in general. Another notes that the cheats make cheaters so greedy for a killstreak that they recklessly sprint into groups of enemies.
Many are also questioning how the cheater is still able to be live at all. After all, it is not only obvious that he is cheating – he is also openly showing it in the livestream.
Modern Warfare 2 brings several new features:
Why hasn’t the cheater been banned yet? Activision has already explained why some cheaters can stay in the game for a short time even after being detected. In this case, however, players suspect a different reason.
Some viewers have realized that the gameplay is repetitive. Apparently, the player is not actually live, but recorded multiple rounds to promote and sell his cheats. This would also explain why one can see his software so obviously.
How effective the advertisement is, however, when you play so miserably remains to be seen. Modern Warfare 2 was released on October 28, so it didn’t take a week for the first brazen cheaters to promote their software in livestreams – even during the beta of MW2, the first cheaters were already seen.
The battle of developers against cheaters is, however, an endless one. In the coming weeks, there will likely be repeated complaints about cheaters as well as about the measures taken against them. Unfortunately, there have already been unintended collateral damage:
Guy runs to the Activision studio after a “wrong” perma-ban in CoD MW2 – actually gets answers
