The YouTuber Vikkstar132 is reducing his content on Call of Duty: Warzone. In his video, he explains that hackers are the reason for this. He caught one streaming his cheat rounds live on Facebook.
Who is it about? You could read a lot about the CoD expert Vikram Singh “Vikkstar” Barn on MeinMMO. His YouTube channel has over 7 million subscribers who regularly watch videos on Geoguessr, Among Us, Black Ops: Cold War, or even Warzone.
His latest video on Warzone is titled “Why I am quitting Warzone …” In the 18-minute VoD, he addresses the current state of cheaters/hackers in Warzone.
“Warzone is in its worst state”
This is what Vikkstar says: Right at the beginning of the video, he makes it clear why he hasn’t released any Warzone videos lately and only occasionally streams Warzone. The last streamed video on Warzone is already over a month old on Vikkstar’s channel.
“The simple explanation for this is hackers. The game is in its worst state ever […].” He then mentions that he encountered a hacker during his stream who was cheating while streaming live.
He adds:
- The hacker would be ranked Prestige-2, have accumulated many hours of gameplay, and still was not banned
- Vikkstar doesn’t even report the hackers anymore because it feels like they don’t decrease by doing so
- This is sad for Vikkstar because he had a lot of success with Warzone videos and won important tournaments
- The Warzone community is filled with hackers that can be seen in every single lobby
- Activision needs to do something now, otherwise it would be “the death of the game”
He then shows in the video the gameplay footage with the hacker who streamed his cheating in front of hundreds of players on Facebook Gaming:
Vikkstar is not the first major YouTuber to take such a step. In July 2020, Drift0r explained that he is tired of the hackers in Warzone. He might have to quit. At that time he had 1.48 million subscribers on YouTube. The problem for Drift0r was also hackers and cheaters. He kept encountering players that played impossibly well or made no noises.
What happens next?
YouTuber in talks with Activision: Apparently, Vikkstar’s video created the desired attention in the right places. Because on Twitter, he writes on February 1:
Thank you all for your support regarding my recent concerns about the current state of cheating in Warzone.
As an update: I currently have a direct line with Activision regarding this issue. I am keeping my fingers crossed for some positive changes.
Source: Vikkstar123 on Twitter
Facebook takes action: On Twitter, esports insider Rod Breslau announces that he has received information from Facebook Gaming. They have removed the streamer from Vikkstar’s videos and many others from their Level-Up program. Cheating is not welcome on Facebook Gaming, they say. You can see the statement in the embedded tweet:
Presumably, the hackers and cheaters are really getting on your nerves too. Then we have a hefty dose of karma for you. Because this Warzone cheater fails in a duel despite aimbot. Thousands have already enjoyed watching him fail.
Now it’s a waiting game to see what comes from the talks between Activision and Vikkstar. Will Warzone finally provide the solution against cheaters/hackers that you have all been waiting for?
