Halo Infinite seems to have another cheating scandal in the pro scene. One pro accuses another of using wall hacks in an online tournament. It was about almost 10,000 euros in prize money.
What happened? Minds, an American esports player in Halo Infinite for the team Built By Gamers, is said to have used cheats. At least that’s what Roman “Druk” Nasirudin, also a Halo pro, claims.
It is alleged to have happened in a weekly online tournament organized by the NFT collective Magic Mushroom Clubhouse. In this tournament, there was $10,000 (approximately €9,000) to be won.
One of the losers now says: There was a cheater among the winners.
Video clips are said to prove wall hacking
What are the allegations? After Minds was able to win the tournament with his team, Druk posted on Twitter and YouTube. There he shows several “suspicious clips” that are said to show Minds cheating. Specifically, these are said to be wall hacks – cheats that reveal the position of opponents through walls.
In Druk’s Twitter thread, you can form your own impression of these scenes. The tweet links to a longer video with several scenes. These clips are said to show that Minds repeatedly targeted, shot at, and reacted to players he shouldn’t have been able to see:
Druk lost the decisive match against Built by Gaming by the narrowest margin: 50 to 49. He says that this is also due to a cheater on the opposing team.
Nickmercs, a well-known streamer and pro player with the esports team FaZe, has also reacted to these clips. He also finds Minds suspicious and writes: “Isn’t that the guy who beat us in Rivals?” (via Twitter).
Druk also says that Minds was already banned from another Halo tournament on January 9, 2022, after evidence of cheats was supposedly presented (via Twitter). The player from the Pioneers team does not provide evidence for these claims.
Defendant player denies allegations
How does the accused respond? Minds also reacted in a tweet to the allegations. There he writes:
I am very sad about the cheating allegations that were made against me today. I am not a cheater and take this game very seriously and would never jeopardize my career with cheats. I am open to all necessary investigations.
The accused Halo pro Minds on Twitter
The tournament organizers have not yet made an official statement.
However, these cheating allegations are not the first in Halo Infinite. Recently, there was a cheating scandal in this young esports scene. In a tournament hosted by the Halo developers, a player from the team Sentinels was found guilty and temporarily suspended:
Halo Infinite: Pro cheats in tournament, delays queue for everyone by over 4 hours
