The new anti-cheat system “RICOCHET” has been hunting cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone for a few weeks now. However, it is far from perfect. Reddit users have now discovered a brazen player who has been streaming his cheats on Facebook Gaming for over a month.
Here’s what it’s about:
- Since December 15, “RICOCHET” has been online, the new anti-cheat system of the cheater-plagued, free battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone
- Although there have been significant successes in banning cheaters – the system is not perfect and cannot detect every cheater immediately
- A player was found on Facebook Gaming who has been streaming with cheats for over a month: How can that be?
Cheater showcases hours of cheat gaming
The streamer is “Nitrothecheat” on Facebook Gaming (via facebook.de). We decided to show the account and possibly bring the necessary attention to the cheater that leads to a ban.
The account has existed since October 2021 and has had over a dozen streams with cheat gameplay since early December. He announces his streams with phrases like “Only assault rifle headshots today” or simply writes “AIMBOT/WALLS”.
The cheater was discovered by players on Reddit (via reddit.com).
Why has the cheater not been detected yet? The new anti-cheat system “RICOCHET” relies on a PC driver that is deeply embedded in the system and monitors suspicious software interactions between CoD games and other programs.
However, this driver is not an alarm system that goes off immediately when a breach occurs.
Like all measures of the anti-cheat system, the focus is on observation and recognizing patterns. The system is only as good as the data it is fed.
If the cheater uses new or modified cheat programs, it may take some time for the system to recognize the different programs.
In the case of “Nitrothecheat”, it could also be that the player does not go rampaging through Warzone with his cheats every day. It is quite possible that he has already received a shadow ban and is on an observation list.
Also, the streaming platform of the cheater is somewhat lenient with streamers. While Twitch explicitly prohibits cheating in games in its community guidelines (via twitch.tv), this is not mentioned in Facebook’s guidelines (via facebook.de).
What can I do to help? Manually reporting players during or after a match remains an important tool in the fight against cheaters. If you have a strong suspicion, report the other player.
You can do this during the killcam, or you can remember the name of the cheater and report him after the match.
“RICOCHET” learns every day, getting new and important information with every banned cheater. Unfortunately, this means that not all cheaters can be banned directly – also because innocent players should not be banned without reason.
If you are looking for more information about RICOCHET and answers regarding the kernel driver on PC, then check here: The anti-cheat system of CoD Warzone is online – This is “RICOCHET”
