$100,000 CDL Warzone Tournament 'Chalked' As Hackers Run Riot
The Opening Qualifiers of the $100,000 Call of Duty League Warzone tournament have been riddled with cheaters.
08th Apr 2022 10:00
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$100,000 CDL Warzone Tournament 'Chalked' As Hackers Run Riot
The Opening Qualifiers of the $100,000 Call of Duty League Warzone tournament have been riddled with cheaters.
08th Apr 2022 10:00
Call of Duty League | Anonymous
Despite Ricochet's introduction, it seems there are no beating cheaters and hackers, as a wave of brand-new accounts has been worming their way into one of the biggest Warzone events to date, riddled with unfair advantages.
It was almost inevitable that one or two cheaters may have slipped through the cracks as Activision combined their beloved battle royale with the Call of Duty League. However, as the developers introduced the very-first in-game playlist that acted as an open qualifier for the main competition, hackers and cheaters have "chalked" the event. *Pretends to be shocked*
CDL Warzone Event Riddled With Hackers
The $100,000 CDL Resurgence Warzone Tournament is set to pit the Call of Duty League professionals against each other, with the inclusion of eight random teams consisting of absolutely anyone - barring you can sweep through the qualification stages.
No ID, no verification, no anything was added to make qualifying for the event legitimate, just a console or PC and a sharp shot. To no surprise, this has meant a wave of brand-new accounts have taken over the competition and wiped actual players from the qualifiers.
Even in the playlist itself, streamers such as New York Subliners' "Swish" have branded the competition "chalked".
"This CDL rebirth qual tourney is chalked. Fresh accounts, hackers, streaming isn’t required, CHALKEDDDD," Swish said on Twitter.
The top 40 squads from the CDL Rebirth Resurgence playlist tables will be invited to the next round of qualifying, where they will be pitted into four groups to determine the final eight quads that will go head to head with the CDL Pros.
Raven Software has yet to comment on the 'hackusations', although they will likely only be keeping an eye on the final forty, rather than the mayhem that is the open qualifier.
Unfortunately for those who have run into hackers, it looks like you've been dealt a bad hand, and won't have a second chance to rival OpTic Texas and Atlanta FaZe in the Main Stage event on YouTube.
For Raven Software, whilst the thought process behind an open qualifier in-game playlist has been very well received, they will need to tighten the bolts on their anti-cheat in the future.
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