Cheating Call Of Duty Player Caught Out While Trying To Prove Their Innocence
Call of Duty pro Kenji has outed himself as a cheater in the process of trying to prove he isn't one. Whoops.
30th Mar 2022 14:00
Images via Sledgehammer Games | Kenji
Cheating Call Of Duty Player Caught Out While Trying To Prove Their Innocence
Call of Duty pro Kenji has outed himself as a cheater in the process of trying to prove he isn't one. Whoops.
30th Mar 2022 14:00
Images via Sledgehammer Games | Kenji
Cheating in Call of Duty is not a new phenomenon, but it's safe to say that it has taken on one hell of a new life after the launch of Warzone.
Hackers are everywhere across all facets of the shooter franchise, and despite the many efforts from the series' gallery of developers, they're still loose. Ban waves and new anti-cheat measures can't seem to wipe them out, and with every new fix comes a new wave of cheaters. It's sad to see, but incredibly hard to avoid at this stage.
But, it seems that some cheaters are still nervous to confess that they're hacking the game - and one player has outed himself while trying to prove that he'd simply never cheat in Call of Duty.
Call Of Duty Hacker Accidentally Outs Himself On Twitch Stream
A Vanguard player has accidentally outed himself as a cheater while playing in a paid tournament. After his plays were called into question during a Checkmate Gaming 2v2 tournament, streamer Kenji made an attempt to clear his name by pointing a camera at himself and his screen while playing his next game - but accidentally proved that he was actually cheating in the process.
The video that he intended to clear his name with shows, clear as day, red boxes hovering in-game through walls - a clear indicator that Kenji was using wallhacks to spot his foes before is legal by the rules of the game. He was hacking, and it's incredibly hard to deny.
Kenji Gets Permanently Banned From Tournament
In the wake of his proven cheating, the College CoD League has now issued the player a permanent ban for the league, and sadly, Kenji has cost his teammates the league, as they've all now been disqualified from the tournament, and Grand Canyon University is no longer in contention for the league title.
"Kenji is permanently banned from the CCL," reads the statement issued by the league. "Grand Canyon University is disqualified from the rest of the 2022 season and post-season. All GCU players listed below that competed alongside Kenji are banned until the beginning of the 2023 Season and may return to competition in the 2023 Season."
It's sad that Kenji has cost his teammates their spot in the CCL, but at least it's indicative of independent leagues having a no-tolerance policy against hackers. It's nice to know that indie organisations are more vigilant on hacking than Call of Duty themselves. Probably.
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