The official websites of Overwatch, Wolf Soul, and Fiery Assault all made announcements to calm the players down, explaining the problem of cheats and how to solve it. They were also doing their best to ban accounts.
However, the effects of the incident were still spreading.
Among them, Overwatch's cheats were the most serious.
The root of the problem was the profit model. The other two games cost around a thousand RMB each. If a cheater's account was banned, they would have to spend another thousand RMB to try out the game, increasing the cost of the cheater.
Moreover, with a smaller player base, the number of cheaters decreased correspondingly.
Since Overwatch was free to play, there were a lot of cheaters as well as a lot of players. Moreover, after an account was banned, they only needed to buy a new ID to register again, greatly reducing the cost of cheats.
Many players were complaining on the forums of Overwatch.
"Can this work? Why hasn't the cheater I reported this morning been banned yet?"
"Damn, I'm speechless. Isn't Chen Mo a bit slow on the uptake?"
"Didn't the announcement say so? The Game Committee is still researching it, and Emperor Dynasty and Zen Entertainment can't do anything about it. What do you think Chen Mo can do? "
"Yeah, we'll have to wait for the technicians to solve it."
"But I'm so pissed off. My good mood for the day was ruined by one cheater! I wonder if reporting them would work! "
"Geez, I thought Overwatch was great when it was free to play, but it seems like I'd rather pay a few hundred RMB more. At least that would reduce the number of cheaters!"
"Geez, it's not that much. Don't you think Wolf Soul and Fiery Assault have a lot of cheaters?"
"We'll just have to wait a little longer. We'll just stop playing for the next two days."
Although many players weren't happy, they knew that the main reason for the cheats was a technical issue. It had to be solved by the technicians. Chen Mo didn't have any other solutions other than increasing the scrutiny.
However, just as many people thought Chen Mo would be like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment, placing all their hopes on the Game Committee, Chen Mo made a long Weibo post.
The content of this Weibo post left the players dumbfounded.
"Regarding the recent cheating incident: We're still unsure when the Game Committee can update the game's checks. Before that, we can't use the game's checks to automatically check and ban cheats.
"However, this does not mean that we will do nothing. At present, we are already screening the in-game data and abnormal accounts with a significant increase in hidden points. The relevant staff are currently conducting a manual review of these suspected cheating accounts. Once confirmed, we will freeze them. "
"In addition, tomorrow at noon, we will be updating the game. The contents of the update are as follows:
"Overwatch will be updating with a new inspection program. This program will fully inspect the VR gaming cabin of the players and all external devices installed on the gaming cabin. In other words, all VR gaming pods must have the highest level of access to Thunderbolt Gaming Platform to run Overwatch. "
"While the game is running, the detection program will detect the player's VR gaming pod and all external equipment. Apart from some normal peripherals that are whitelisted, any peripherals of unknown origin detected will interrupt the Overwatch game. "
"In addition, we encourage players to report suspected cheaters. If a player is found to have cheated, we will give a small gift to the first thirty players who reported them. "
"Of course, every player has a limit of twenty reports per day. Please cherish your reports and don't abuse them or report them maliciously."
"In addition, if a player is found to be a cheater, the accounts of the players who are in the same team as them will be temporarily frozen. If they are found to have cheated, even if the player didn't cheat, the account will be permanently frozen. "
"A fair and just competitive environment needs to be maintained by everyone. Please believe that Thunderbolt Entertainment will not forgive any cheaters!"
As soon as this long Weibo post was posted, it immediately caused an uproar among the players!
"What is this? Inspection program? "
"This … this feels like anti-virus?"
"But isn't it a bit too much to ask for the highest level of access from the VR gaming pod?"
"That's a bit too much!"
"Is Chen Mo getting cocky? Which video game company would want this level of access? And you can't play without it? "
The other measures weren't that big of a deal, but the 'inspection program' installed in the update made a lot of players unhappy.
This was because after the inspection program was installed, players would have to give the highest level of access to the VR gaming pod to play the game.
It was like buying an oven to roast sweet potatoes, but the oven could enter any of your rooms at will. Obviously, any owner in their right mind would think that this was very inappropriate.
The VR gaming pod was like a PC, there was some personal information inside. Who knew if this information would be leaked after giving the highest level of access?
Obviously, what Chen Mo was trying to do wasn't that complicated. Make a inspection program to see if there were any unknown programs or peripherals in the VR gaming pod. If there were, then they wouldn't be able to play the game. It was that simple.
Other video game companies weren't stupid, why wouldn't they do it?
Simple, because they would be scolded for doing so!
Video game companies weren't anti-virus companies after all. Asking for the highest level of access from the players would be overstepping their authority. Moreover, could the players be trusted? What if you tamper with the players' VR gaming pods and steal their information?
Just like in Chen Mo's previous life, Penguin Games was the biggest video game company in China. But what if he wanted the players to give Penguin Games the highest level of access on the PC, allowing them to check the status of the PC and even modify the data in the PC? They would be drowned in their spit.
In the parallel world, even giants like Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment wouldn't dare to do something like this.
But obviously, Chen Mo dared to do it!
Many players were reposting and commenting. Although most of them were praising it, there were also many who questioned the inspection program.
"Asking for the highest level of access? I've never heard of a video game software that's this good! "
"So you're saying I can't play Overwatch if I don't give it the highest level of access?"
"Does the Game Committee know you're so awesome?"
"Who's going to be responsible if my personal information is leaked?"
Chen Mo was very straightforward in his response.
"Yes, you can't play Overwatch if you don't give it the highest level of access. You don't have to play if you don't like it.
"If you don't want to play and spend money in the game, then come to customer service. I'll ban your account and give you a full refund."
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