Ubisoft recently announced a ban wave for Rainbow Six Siege. The ban hammer has now struck and could be seen live on the official R6 stream. The ban wave was intended to quickly take action against some players who exploited a particularly nasty exploit: By using particularly long strings in the chat, they caused their opponents to lag.
What was this ban wave about? Recently, Ubisoft announced a ban wave for its successful shooter Rainbow Six Siege. This was supposed to affect players on July 10.
And it indeed had an effect, as seen on the official Twitch channel of the game. Currently, the matches of the Pro League are being broadcast there. The ESL tweeted a clip of a scene where the ban announcements filled the entire kill feed.
Ban targets only serial spammers
Why were the players banned? The penalties were particularly aimed at players who believed they had to exploit a particularly nasty exploit. They flooded the in-game chat with particularly long strings of characters, which led to lag or even disconnects for the opponents. Especially in tight situations, the exploiters were able to gain an advantage.
Ubisoft stated that players who used this method would be punished according to the severity of their actions. The more often they used the exploit, the harsher their punishment would be.
Some YouTubers or streamers were concerned that they too would be punished for having tried or shown this exploit for educational purposes. As Community Developer Craig Robinson stated on Twitter, any player who had used the exploit less than ten times would be safe from the ban.
What does the community say? Players are grateful that Ubisoft fixed this exploit with a patch this week and that the ban hammer did not take long to follow. Ubisoft is even enticing its players with rewards to find bugs. Still, according to some R6 players, this is not enough.
They believe Ubisoft has addressed the wrong issue. Now the exploiters may be gone, but cheaters and hackers are still causing a lot of damage in the game.
Just like this player, who used a hack and mocked it by saying, “It’s my gaming chair’s fault”:
