After the emergency update of Overwatch added a detection program, the entire game environment of Overwatch was cleared.
Moreover, the players saw Chen Mo's determination to crack down on cheats by quickly banning a large number of accounts, causing them to clap their hands in glee.
As for whether the program could completely eradicate cheats?
The answer was obviously no.
It was just like how no matter how much medical technology improved, it was impossible to eradicate all germs and viruses, or cure all diseases. Every time technology improved, there would be a corresponding change in cheats, and new cheats would always appear.
As long as there were benefits to be gained, cheats would always exist.
Chen Mo was very clear on this point. However, the greatest benefit of the program was that it could block out more than ninety percent of the auxiliary equipment.
Cheats that could bypass the program made up less than ten percent of all cheats, and they were extremely expensive, costing thousands or tens of thousands of RMB per month.
Chen Mo couldn't do anything about these cheats, as it was a battle between the black technology of this world, and the designers couldn't do anything about it.
However, as long as the plug-in could be controlled within a certain range, it would be fine. After all, there were very few people who could afford to use this kind of high-end plug-in, and they did not dare to use it openly, otherwise, it would definitely be detected by artificial detection.
The number of people using cheats would be greatly reduced, and they would all use them carefully. This meant that the damage that cheats could cause to the game would be limited to a small area, and wouldn't have too much of an impact.
Of course, Chen Mo also hoped to eradicate all cheats, but he still had to rely on the Game Committee.
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On the first day of the Overwatch update, the number of daily active players dropped by 29%.
However, after the program was released, the number of daily active players began to rise again due to the positive reviews from the players.
Obviously, many players' first reaction to the program was distrust, so they didn't log into the game. However, after seeing the importance of the program, the players accepted it, and returned to the embrace of Overwatch.
On the fifth day of Overwatch's testing program update, the number of daily active players exceeded the previous data, and it was still increasing rapidly!
Many of them were players from Wolf Soul and Blazing Assault.
Currently, the two games were still plagued by cheats. Although Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment were working overtime to ban them, they couldn't just use a detection program to block most cheats.
The players of these two games were annoyed by the cheats. After thinking about it, they decided to play Overwatch!
Coincidentally, Overwatch had just won the Game of the Year award, so the quality was definitely high. It was also free, so there wasn't much of a barrier to trying it out. Moreover, Chen Mo was very strict on cheats, and Overwatch didn't have any cheats anymore.
With these three points added together, a large number of players for Wolf Soul and Fire Assault were attracted. Although Overwatch lost a group of players because of this testing program, it gained even more new players!
The executives of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment were furious, but they couldn't do anything about it. They didn't have Chen Mo's guts to publicly demand the highest level of access to the VR gaming pods.
Chen Mo only dared to do this because he had enough charisma, and his players trusted him. However, Lin Chaoxu and Liu Yuanfeng didn't have that kind of ability!
The two companies had no choice but to wait for the Game Committee to solve the problem from a technical point of view.
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Inside the experience store.
Qian Kun was showing Chen Mo a video.
The player in the video was using Air Hunter. His reflexes were extremely fast as he weaved in and out of the battlefield. His gun was very steady, and every bullet he fired would take out a squishy player.
Qian Kun explained, "This is the streamer that has been reported by many people. His name is Hemi, and he's quite popular on Fish-Catching Gaming Platform. He's the third most popular streamer in Overwatch, and his popularity is still rising. He's known as the world's number one Air Hunter."
Chen Mo was speechless.
Obviously, streaming platforms in the parallel world also liked to use such gimmicks to attract viewers. Currently, Overwatch was only released on the Chinese server, and not the foreign server. Indeed, there wasn't much difference between the number one Air Hunter on the Chinese server and the number one Air Hunter in the world, since no one else played Overwatch.
If you want, you could even call yourself the number one Air Hunter in the universe!
These videos were all of Hemi's amazing plays. Unlike the other Overwatch streamers, Hami's main specialty was his excellent marksmanship. Other streamers liked to play assassin-type heroes like Genji, but Hami liked to play shooting heroes that could be showcased.
Heroes like Air Hunter and 76 were Hemi's favorite heroes.
Obviously, players who had been abused by cheats in Overwatch knew that heroes that relied on shooting were the favorites of cheats. They'd never heard of cheats playing Hammer or Gorilla.
Obviously, Hemi had been reported many times, but the customer service couldn't confirm if he was using cheats. Moreover, considering that he was a streamer and had a certain amount of influence, they handed him over to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo watched the videos from start to finish two or three times, and also watched some scenes frame by frame.
In the end, Chen Mo shook his head, "I can't tell."
"Uhh …" Qian Kun pointed at the screen, "He turned 180 degrees and locked his head, isn't that a cheat?"
Chen Mo shook his head, "Turning 180 degrees isn't that hard for some FPS pros to do after some practice. As for locking his head in an instant, you could say that he had fast reflexes, or he could say that he was lucky, but this level of performance isn't enough to prove anything. "
Qian Kun nodded, "Yeah … you're right."
Chen Mo said, "What we can be sure of is that even if he did use a cheat, it would be one of the more advanced ones used by streamers to avoid Overwatch's detection. Moreover, he must have used it very carefully. It was very likely that he was only using this plug-in to assist in aiming, micro-aiming, and other operations. Moreover, his reflexes are fast, he's an expert and knows how cheats work, and his acting is pretty good.
"Moreover, we can't confirm if he's using a cheat with these videos alone. Therefore, we'll leave it at that for now. We should be able to detect it once the Game Committee updates their anti-cheat procedures. "
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