In Call Of Duty: Warzone, there are ongoing issues with hacks and cheats. A Twitch streamer couple has now been banned after the actress who plays Operator Mara caught them cheating.
Who is that? Fans will recognize Alex Zedra as the actress playing Warzone Operator Mara. Mara was the face of Season 1 and even caused conflicts between a photographer and Activision.
What happened? During a tournament, actress and CoD streamer Alex Zedra was the host for a match with streamers IcyVixen and her partner BeardedBanger.
What they are accused of: After the match, Zedra posted a clip of IcyVixen, tagged Twitch in the tweet, and accused them and her partner BeardedBanger of hacking.
Both would be using aimbots and wallhacks. There were further diverse tweets and videos in which the couple’s videos were examined for aimbots and wallhacks.
First counterattack, then silence
How the couple reacted to the accusations: While IcyVixen directly blocked Zedra, BeardedBanger launched a verbal counterattack during a stream with IcyVixen and another person (via Twitter).
In it, he says: “I don’t know who Alex Zedra is, I don’t watch people, I beat them. What the heck. That’s all I can say. Babe, why don’t you go to the leaderboards and show my K/D?”
He also states that he has only been streaming for 10 days and is already close to becoming a Twitch partner. He addresses his critics: “I don’t care about any of you, people.”
Among the numerous players who publicly analyzed clips of BeardedBanger is YouTuber BadBoy Bearman. He draws a clear conclusion: BeardedBanger is, in his opinion, a cheater.
Subsequently, all videos from BeardedBanger disappeared from Twitch, and his Twitter biography was also deleted.
How Twitch reacted: Shortly after, Twitch initially banned IcyVixen, and BeardedBanger’s account followed later. No specific reason has yet been given.
This is the next hacker incident involving streamers in a long series of events. Because CoD Warzone and Cold War continue to struggle with cheaters and hackers.
However, it may be that the hacks are not the only reason for the bans.
Over 40,000 followers after 10 days and 6 clips?
This has additionally raised skepticism: BeardedBanger claims to have been active on Twitch for only about 10 days but already had over 44,000 followers. A rather high number for such a short time.
However, he had so far only around 1,400 viewers and managed to upload just 6 clips before emptying his channel.
Some players suspect BeardedBanger of artificially inflating his numbers through illegal bots. This is further underscored by the raw data.
According to sullygnome.com, where data on individual channels can be found, BeardedBanger’s follower numbers shot up from around 4,600 to over 43,000 in a day at the beginning of March.
It remains unclear whether BeardedBanger has boosted his follower numbers in dubious ways. The fact that both Twitch accounts were banned so promptly would at least confirm the hacker accusations.
What do you think about the story? Do you believe someone was trying to rise too quickly? Write in the comments.
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