Cheats for PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) mainly come from China. Players wish for radical bans that the developers do not implement.
Players in PUBG who gain an advantage with cheats like aimbots or speedhacks annoy the “fair” players in matches. In a competitive environment, one does not like to match up against cheaters.
To combat the cheaters, the anti-cheat service “BattlEye” is in place for PUBG. This confirms that most cheats in the battle royale shooter “PUBG” come from China. However, the developers will not act as radically as the community wishes.
Players want China ban, but PlayerUnknown is against it
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene spoke with Kotaku about the cheater problems in PUBG.
“BattlEye has tweeted, I believe, that about 99% of the cheats in the game come from China,” Greene said. “There is a huge market for cheats worldwide, not just in China. However, it seems to be more accepted to cheat in video games there,” he adds.
The increase in cheaters in PUBG over the past months has brought the sellers of this cheating software to creative ideas. They show players directly in the game how the hacks work and what they provide.
Players who are really annoyed by the many cheaters wish for bans for all players from China. This player in the PUBG forum suggests a China ban (here’s the link to forums.playbattlegrounds.com). “Chinese players should only be allowed to play on China servers and should be blocked when using VPNs,” is the user’s suggestion.
However, Brendan Greene thinks this is not a good idea. Even though the majority of cheats come from China, it does not mean that every Chinese player is a cheater. He does not want to ban an entire country because of a few black sheep.
The Chinese PUBG community is large. “They love the game,” Greene says. “Why should we stop them from playing on certain servers? I just don’t understand some people’s attitudes.”
With the police against cheat sellers
Apparently, measures are already being taken in China against the sellers of cheating software. Tencent has reportedly set up an anti-cheat team that works with the police. So far, there have been 120 arrests against sellers of illegal cheats.
Anti-cheat measures continue to improve
With automated countermeasures against hackers, the number of PUBG cheaters is to decrease in the future. These systems are still being worked on and are continuously improved. According to Greene, the plan is that soon there should hardly be any cheaters in PUBG.
At the moment, it is important that the cheaters in the game are reported. “Anyone who tells me that they have seen 50 cheaters in a game throughout the day should hopefully also report them in the forum. We look closely at the numbers and reports. When players encounter cheaters, they should report them. If they are not reported, we can do nothing about it.“
So, you should continue to diligently report the cheaters in the future.
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