Esports has the capacity to give gamers a great many things. From allowing those who are incredibly good at a game to pursue playing that game as a career, to legitimising gaming as a hobby by validatingeSports through the Olympic Virtual Series. With increasing prize pools and millions of dollars to be won through playing games competitively, eSports has become a pillar of gaming, with plenty of players and viewers to keep the industry going.
However, as with any sport, cheating within eSports is something that does happen and can ruin entire tournaments, careers, and even the reputations of games. Studios and developers have taken to new measures to help prevent cheating, such as Valve’s VAC bans forCS:GOand the recent inclusion of theRicochet Anti-Cheat system inCall of Duty: WarzoneandVanguard.However, these preventions aren’t always foolproof, and cheaters will find new ways of unfairly turning the tides in their favour.Halopro player Royal2 was one such cheater who has been recently discovered.
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Royal2, who was a player with Sentinels, was suspended from allHalocompetition after he was discovered to be cheating in a recent qualifier for the Halo Championship Series Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021. Officials found that Royal2 was guilty of “geofiltering,” which allows a player block out servers that give them a high ping, causing opponents to often suffer from high ping. TheHalopro will be suspended from all competition until January 28, and penalties were handed out to the entirety of the Sentinels team as well, docking their points and removing their seeded position.
Furthermore, Sentinels will have to field an entierly different team for the Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021 if the team wants to play in that tournament. As with many other gaming communities, those involved withHalotake cheating incredibly seriously, and with the recent release ofHalo Infinite,pro players are speaking out against cheating as they continue to see the practise in thefree-to-playHalo Infinitemultiplayer.
Many fans have blamed the pervasiveness ofHalo Infinite’scheaters on the crossplay feature of the game. Many believe that PC players specifically have easier access to cheats and modifications which will give them an unfair advantage. Some players believe that turning off crossplay or adding an option allowing a player to do so would fix the problem, though cheating inHalo Infiniteand other titles is not so simple as to be fixed by a single option. With many cheats available, from aim hacking to “geofiltering,” fixing the cheating problem inHalo Infinitewill take time and effort.
Halo Infiniteis available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
