Activision is cracking down on Call of Duty’s big boosting problem

Boosting has been a problem in Call of Duty for a decade, but the harmless losers who used Tac Inserts to get their K/D above a 1.0 ratio back in Black Ops 2 have since been distinguished.

Now, boosting and its sister reverse boosting have become a real issue in the community again, and this has only festered to new heights this week. Boosted players have currently overtaken Warzone, as the Top 250 charts appear to have been soaring through games, getting maximum SR additions every few minutes.

Call of Duty has a big boosting problem

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As pointed out by some of Warzone's legitimate grinders, such as Mason "Symfuhny" Lanier, players in Ranked have been knocked off the Top 250 leaderboard by a wave of new blood who appear to have been boosted through the ranks and have an almost flawless record.

This comes after reports emerged that a Chinese boosting service has been placing these Ranked players in physical "Bot lobbies" against AFK players, where they can get the highest placings and kills possible. They can reportedly earn up to 500 SR per match.

As per Symfuhny and Hector "Repullze" Torres, there are around 100 new names on the Top 250 list, some of which have records of +350 SR in their last three consecutive matches (which is astonishing considering you start with -280 every Iridescent match).

Before the complaints get too much, Activision is thankfully on high alert and has instantly waged war on this new boosting system.

Activision instantly wages war against new wave of CoD boosters

Taking to the CoD Updates page on social media, Activision has revealed that its stance on anyone boosting will be "banned". "Artificially inflating SR won't be permitted. Accounts engaging in this behaviour will be banned," says the publisher.

Activision has also said that it will seek legal advice on how to permanently combat these types of exploits, which comes shortly after it worked to close down one of the biggest cheat providers. Still, Warzone's Top 250 is looking a bit of a mess right now.