PlayVig - fun reward app or banable program?

[Desola-21715]

With Pursuit and Visor having been shut down by Blizzard a few months ago, I’m wondering if PlayVig might face the same issue as well.

What is PlayVig?
It’s an App that you run during your matches in OW and gives no advantage whatsoever. The App allows you to select Quest or Leaderboard Competitions such as “Win a Game of Quick Play” or “Have most Golden Medals in Comp in timeframe x” It also has you watch an Advertisement before the round… once you watched it you can hop into the Game and the App minimizes into a small V Button that turns green if it detects an ongoing match… thats all it does. If you manage to succeed in your task the app will reward you with VigCoins that you can save up to buy giftcards and stuff.

I personally think the App should be no issue since it doesn’t give any ingame advantage whatsoever… yet this was the same with Pursuit…
So I want to ask, preferably someone from Blizzard, wether or not PlayVig is allowed to use in connection to Overwatch?

[ĤolyƆow-1559]

I can see no reason you couldn’t run that or Pursuit for that matter.

Bliz just banned us both on all accounts btw.

[Bombz-1611]

The main problem with Pursuit was the fact that it collected in-game data and submitted it to a cloud service that could do unseen real-time analysis on it. In other words, it’s a problem if a program could be cheating without Overwatch being able to detect it, even if it isn’t actually doing so.

I don’t know anything about this PlayVig program beyond the description you provided, so I can’t say whether it would cause a similar problem.

[Kaedi-11739]

This app sounds identical to Pursuit which Blizzard properly banned last Fall. Learn more here:

Unauthorized Third-party Software

Hi everyone, Recently, we’ve investigated third-party applications designed for use while playing Overwatch and we’d like to reiterate which of these applications are not permitted in Overwatch. To provide more clarity, any third-party application that impedes on the competitive integrity in Overwatch is not allowed. For example, a third-party application that offers users information such as enemy position, enemy health, enemy ability usage, or Ultimate readiness creates an uneven playing fie…

[Desola-21715]

True… I’m personally not sure either… well otherwise I wouldn’t have made this thread after all…
From what I have seen trying it out over the last two days it might check out gameplay, but it also might not. After all … .all it really checks is Gamemode, Win?, Medals?. At least as far as I know… that’s why I’d like someone on the Blizzard team to see this and clarify…

@Kaedi-11739

This app sounds identical to Pursuit which Blizzard properly banned last Fall. Learn more here:

So… this means it is no good to use?
After all something like

@TomPowers

a third-party application that offers users information such as enemy position, enemy health, enemy ability usage, or Ultimate readiness creates an uneven playing field for every other player in the map.

To be honest… It doesn’t really apply to PlayVig as it overall doesn’t offer any Information to the user at all. Like really outside of “You Won” there isn’t even anything after the match like it is with Pursuit.

[Kaedi-11739]

I understand your hesitation, but it really enters too much of a gray area based on what we know of Blizzard’s expectations when it comes to how third-party programs interact with Blizzard’s software.

As a forum MVP, I am going to caution everyone right here and now that you should NOT attempt to install or use this program. I don’t speak for Blizzard, but I believe based on your description it’s close enough to violate the End User License Agreement and the Blizzard Code-of-Conduct.

[sourmoth-1880]

Honestly ANY program that you have to simultaneously run beside Overwatch for it to work is a 3rd party program and probably not a good idea

[Desola-21715]

Is there a way however… a more direct line so to speak to get a definitve Answer?
Customer Support, stuff like that… that one could ask about it? It would be a shame if the people aready using it and not taking note of this post would end up getting banned over it… just as I assume some Pursuit users have been.