Chen Mo didn't care what other companies did, but Chen Mo was willing to deal with Overwatch with a heavy hand.
Of course, there were many players who supported Chen Mo's decision. Most of them were Chen Mo's fans and trusted him. Moreover, they were all frustrated by the cheats and wanted to solve the problem of cheats once and for all.
At least Chen Mo gave a strong solution, it was much better than other video game companies not doing anything and allowing cheats to proliferate.
The players were arguing fiercely.
But Chen Mo wasn't affected at all. One day later, Overwatch received an emergency update and added a detection program.
On the day of the version update, Chen Mo obtained some shocking data from this program.
On the first day of the update, 3.28 million players logged in, and four percent of them were intercepted by the detection program.
Were there any interceptions by mistake? Of course there were, as some players would install support devices for single player games or RPG games in their VR gaming pods, similar to plugins, but not necessarily cheats.
These support devices of unknown origin would also be intercepted by the detection program and banned from logging in.
But what was certain was that a large portion of the players that were intercepted were cheats.
At the same time, the first list of banned accounts was released, there were four thousand of them.
These were the ones that were reported a lot, and they were blatantly cheating without any acting skills.
While the players were still arguing over Chen Mo's long Weibo post, Chen Mo's next Weibo post came.
"Notice of punishment for cheating in Overwatch:"
"After the detection program for Overwatch, a total of two hundred and ten thousand gaming pods have been banned from logging in. Being banned by the detection program doesn't mean they used cheats, some support devices of unknown origin can also trigger an alarm.
"For players that were intercepted by mistake, they can continue playing as long as they don't use support devices of unknown origin. As we can't confirm if these players are using cheats, we'll only be intercepting them without any punishment.
"Furthermore, through manual investigation, we've locked onto the first list of cheats. All accounts that are found to be in violation of the rules will be permanently banned, including the ID of the account. We also reserve the right to impose further punishments.
"Thunderbolt Entertainment hereby guarantees that we will continue to provide a fair and just environment for Overwatch players, and will severely punish anyone who tries to break the fairness of the game."
"Justice will not be absent, nor should it be late!"
"Lastly, I'd like to thank everyone for your support and love for Thunderbolt Entertainment and Overwatch, thank you!"
The Weibo post was a picture of the Pharaoh Eagle flying in the sky and releasing the ultimate skill. It was accompanied by the words "Justice from the Heavens", which made the players very excited.
At the bottom of the long Weibo post, there was a list of banned accounts. The list clearly indicated the account names and game IDs of the more than 4,000 accounts.
As soon as this Weibo post was posted, a large number of players applauded!
"They're out! Justice from the heavens! "
"Amazing, Chen Mo's reaction is so fast! The first batch of titled battle pet warriors is out! "
"Actually, the title isn't important. What's important is the testing procedure! What happened to the saintesses who criticized Chen Mo? Look at this data, 210,000 gaming pods have been banned from logging in! "
"That's right. Even if there are some interceptions by mistake, most of them should be cheats, right? Tsk tsk, hundreds of thousands of cheats. I was wondering why this game couldn't be played anymore. There are so many cheats! "
"I thought Chen Mo was making a mountain out of a molehill, but now it looks like it was necessary! I felt like there were fewer cheats after the update. I haven't seen a single one in the entire morning! "
"Yeah, they've probably all been intercepted?"
"Well done! Chen Mo will never disappoint the players. Emperor Dynasty and Zen, why don't you learn from him? "
"Hehe, they won't be able to learn. Only Chen Mo has the guts to ask for the highest access to the VR gaming pods."
"It's not that Chen Mo has the guts, it's that Chen Mo has the reputation. The players trust him, that's why he's doing this!"
"That's great, we can play the game again!"
After Overwatch's testing program went live, the players all clapped their hands in glee. Some of the players who were skeptical of Overwatch also supported Chen Mo's decision after seeing the data.
From the data alone, the testing procedure was extremely useful!
Of the players who logged into Overwatch that day, four percent of them were suspected to be using cheats. Even if only ten percent of them were cheats, that would still be around five percent.
What if these five percent of players were split up into different matchups? Their influence would increase tenfold.
What if they considered the fact that they would be facing different players in each matchup? Their influence would increase even further! The longer it went on, the more normal players would be affected.
This data also showed that there were a lot of cheaters in Overwatch, and Chen Mo's move was necessary!
Many players could clearly feel that the number of cheats in the game had decreased. Those brazen cheaters who used cheats to massacre people were basically nowhere to be seen.
Obviously, most players hoped that FPS games could have a fair and just competitive environment. They hated cheats to the core.
However, it didn't take long for someone to post a complaint on Overwatch's official forums, saying that their account was mistakenly banned.
These people swore that they didn't use cheats, and strongly requested for Chen Mo to unban them.
For these players, Chen Mo specifically asked the relevant customer service staff to pull out their first person view recordings from the database and reply as an official.
In the official replies, the 'highlights' of these players were pinned at the top of the second page for other players to view.
These 'highlights' could be described as a dance of demons, with all sorts of blatant headlocks, headlocks that could turn one hundred and eighty degrees in an instant, instant squishy amidst thousands of enemies, and so on, leaving the audience in awe.
"WTF? And you're saying that you're not a cheater? If you're not a cheater, are you an alien? "
"Tsk tsk, you're insulting the intelligence of the audience."
"I don't know what you're thinking, asking the officials to unban you? Why didn't Chen Mo make it clear to you? "
"Is this what you call 'asking for a hammer'? If you want a hammer, then Chen Mo will give you one! "
"Cheater! Hang your whole family on a tree! "
"Chen Mo's really something, hanging them on a tree and whipping their corpses like crazy! Everyone hurry up and top the post, let more people see what happens to cheaters! "
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