Overwatch Bans: August 2021 Update

General Discussion
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And how many racists, sexists, homophobes or throwers have you banned on console in this time?

Or do you only care about what streamers report?

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Good. The less cheaters infecting the game the better.

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You don’t do ban waves for that, you just immediately ban them.

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Sadly this will do nothing. Unless you go full scorched earth with a root-kit like Valorant did, the cheating problem in Overwatch isn’t going to change.

I beg you to prove me wrong.

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YOU would, Blizzard don’t.

I haven’t had a ban report on PS4 in 3 years and everyone has said the same, hence my question.

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And majority of those people already began a new account.

Sad, but true :sob:

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A very oddly specific number there

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A majority of the accounts banned today used a driver as part of their cheat. While I do understand where you’re coming from, having a driver of our own is not necessarily the only way we can detect cheats.

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…and how does this make playing the game better?

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Thanks for the update!!

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Yes ban cheaters but not throws nice :slight_smile:

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any particular reason both numbers are 003 or just coincidence? just curious

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Its probs just a coincidence,

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Excellent. Now do smurfs.

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because now you’re that much less likely to get a cheater in your game?

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Completely coincidental, but feel free to let your imagination run wild.

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Fresh Accounts aka Smurfs/Griefers (derankers, and try hards), Hard Throwers, OneTrick Alt Accounts “Insert Name Only” character, and other new accounts that don’t care to win in comp or play in a low rank to have “less stressful games”: Fair you say?? HahA!!

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That’s almost half the active competitive scene!

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That’s less to do with them not caring about racism, and more to do with them not caring about consoles.

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please blizzard dev, admins, powers that be or whatever you are go do a permanent mac address ban for all folks running smurf accounts…force them to purchase a whole new system if they wanna keep playing to grief other players who are trying to have a fun, fair match.

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