As cheapskate circus proprietor Larson E. Whipsnade famously stated, you possibly can’t cheat an trustworthy man*. You can also’t cheat Respawn Entertainment, as a result of they are going to discover out and ban you from Apex Legends. Or so they are saying: that’s the primary takeaway from their wee developer replace on cheaters and spammers, who Respawn have been cracking down on like a lion unfastened in a hot-air balloon. I dunno. I don’t watch many movies.
The Apelegs devs took to Reddit to do their boasting. Are you prepared for some numbers? They’re actual massive, I’d watch out.
Since the game’s launch, they’ve banned 770ok gamers and blocked 300ok account creations. Banning gamers doesn’t imply all that a lot in a free-to-play game the place individuals have evidently had some success simply making new accounts, however hey ho. You gotta attempt.
They’ve additionally banned 4000 cheat-seller accounts within the final 20 days alone. This is all bizarre to me as a result of I don’t consider I’ve encountered any Apelegs cheaters, however then once more I can’t shoot for toffee and so cheaters and merely first rate opponents may need taken me out with equal ease.
“Total affected matches on PC impacted by cheaters or spammers has been reduced by over half in the last month due to recent efforts”, say the banhammer wielders.
There’s no relaxation for the depraved, although: “While we can’t share details on what we’re doing so as to not give a head’s up to the cheat makers, what we can say is that we’re attacking this from every angle, from improvements to detecting cheaters, bolstering resources and tools, to improving processes and other sneaky things to combat sellers and cheaters… It is a constant war with the cheat makers that we will continue to fight.”
Oorah.
The first three feedback on that Reddit publish made me chuckle, by the way, which I wanted as a result of I’ve by no means come into work with a hangover earlier than and now I’ve and it’s all Graham’s fault.
*You can.
