In a first, Counter-Strike player are happy with Valve and VAC Live. Sharing videos of live penalties, CS2 players are praising the new anti-cheat for actually working.
The tales of
cheating in CSGO
are plenty. Unfortunately, Valve never fixed the cheating problem in CSGO in a way that players wanted, but CS2 is different. According to the community, the game still has
hackers at the highest level, but VAC has been doing a decent job justifying the “Live” in its name.
Multiple players have taken to Reddit to share their positive experiences with VAC Live, where a red banner appears mid0-game, alerting everyone that the match has ended.
“VAC Live has detected a cheater and ended the match. This match will not affect your skill rating,” the banner reads.
VAC Live is detecting cheaters mid-game
This has happened to many casual players in CS2 who were sure they were playing against a hacker. Previously, however, reports rarely ever resulted in Insta-ban, but that’s not the case in CS2.
Multiple videos show hackers getting banned live and matching ending in the middle. Even CS pro player Fredrik “REZ” Sterner had encountered a hacker, and his match was instantly terminated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y9jqAbyafU
This is a fresh breath of air for fans who had their qualms about VAC Live, but it seems that the anti-cheat works after all. Other players also shared
Leetify DMs
informing them about a hacker getting penalized.
However, the community thinks a low trust factor could also be related to many hackers getting caught. Unfortunately, there’s no way to check your trust factor in CS2, but cheaters getting caught is still a positive change.
So far, players are satisfied with Valve’s anti-cheat, even though cheaters keep appearing in CS2. It remains to be seen how long this ban wave continues until fewer cheaters are left in the game.
How to check cheaters banned in CS2
Are you also curious to see who was cheating in your ranked games?
Leetify
keeps an eye on them for you. Here’s how to track cheaters banned in CS2.
All you have to do is add Leetify as friends on Steam and keep checking your DMs for stats and banned enemies. You can also check out the enemy’s history, including players they regularly queue with, win rate, games played, etc. All of this should return once Valve enables demo and recording.
Fariha Bhatti
About Fariha Bhatti
Fariha Bhatti is a long-time gaming writer who loves competitive FPS games and slots with particularly fun themes. She got her start playing classic games developed by SNK, from legendary fighting game series The King of Fighters to challenging platform franchise Metal Slug. She now spends most of her time playing Valorant and Counter-Strike 2 while working her way through new slot releases to find her next favorite. Fariha has been published at PCGamesN, TalkEsport and ONE Esports.
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