Our biggest priority with Episode 2 is to make sure that the grind to the top is valiant, fair, and legitimate. We saw that some players also looked to bask in the ill-gotten gains of cheaters by teaming with them-knowing that the cheater would get banned after a few games, but they would get to reap the rewards. Encountering a cheater isn’t just an inconvenience-it could mean a missed promotion, or a demoralizing halt of a win streak.Ĭheaters at the highest ranks also put a stain on the prestige that comes with reaching such heights in a highly competitive game. However, those who were able to cheat impacted players far too often. We’ve worked to make cheating difficult and expensive, and as a result, the percentage of games with a cheater is a fraction of a percent. The VALORANT Competitive ladder doesn’t share the same benefits of the more controlled environment of First Strike. This includes mostly logistical issues, such as handling volume, getting PUUIDs, having regional leads escalate properly, and a few others. We had to make the precedents and rules almost as we went, deciding what exactly constitutes a disqualification, and how we’d handle those.įor a first time event, it could be hectic at times, but we felt we hit a decent mark, and have learned a ton for the next one. Coordinating with every region was not a task Anti-Cheat specializes in, but luckily, we had our heavily experienced friends from the Esports team to assist us. To review every player, we needed to know who every player was. The logistics behind a massive open qualifier tournament for every region was more resource intensive than expected. We were able to perform an in-depth review of every participating account in every region, both before and after First Strike. We wanted this to feel as close to LAN as possible, and a large part of that was making sure everyone played fair. An “esports ready” experience was our goal, and First Strike-our first major tournament series-was our team’s largest test. We believe our game set a high standard right out the gate for our competitive experience, particularly with anti-cheat. With the kick off of a new Episode-and the changes to the game and our competitive system that come with it-there’s never been a better time to regale you with all the dope stuff we’re doing to maintain a high level of competitive integrity in VALORANT.
Hey everyone, it’s Matt “K3o” Paoletti here on behalf of the VALORANT Anti-Cheat team for an update on anti-cheat in Episode 2.
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