Warzone drama erupts as pro accused of hacking in $100K tourney Activision \/ PexelsThe Call of Duty: Warzone community devolved into chaos as a pro was accused of hacking during a $100,000 tournament qualifier. With one particularly suspicious clip circulating, players and fans alike are debating Shifty\u2019s legitimacy. Over the past several weeks, a Warzone competitor named \u2018Shifty\u2019 has been accused multiple times of hacking. Most prominently, former Call of Duty League pro and current ROKKR streamer Rasim \u2018Blazt\u2019 Ogresevic has led the accusatory charge. On March 8, those allegations came to a very public peak \u2013 as a number of pros joined Blazt in claiming that Shifty was cheating during the $100,000 Caldera Challenge Qualifiers. With about $15,000 up for grabs during this leg of the qualifiers and $100,000 overall, the stakes were obviously high. As such, Blazt\u2019s latest evidence \u2013 a clip of a suspicious kill \u2013 was widely discussed. Warzone pro accused of cheating in $100K tournament Former CDL pro @Blazt accused a competitor of cheating in yesterday’s Warzone $100K Qualifiers due to this clip. It’s been hotly debated, so we’re asking the community: Sus or not? \ud83e\udd14pic.twitter.com\/G0RLj5ZiL4 \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) March 9, 2022 In Blazt\u2019s clip, you can see Shifty\u2019s crosshair abruptly latch onto an enemy from long range, at which point he beamed the enemy with pinpoint accuracy. Blazt\u2019s reaction to this seven-second example was simple: \u201cHOW ON EARTH IS THIS HUMAN ON A CONTROLLER??????\u201d Shifty didn\u2019t end up winning the event, but he did place third (in the prize pool) and put up the highest K\/D in the tournament: 13.32 (per InTheZone). With those results, Blazt wasn\u2019t the only one accusing the streamer of cheating \u2013 as top-10 Warzone earner, Edy \u2018Newbz\u2019 Juan, also agreed that there was a \u2018cheater in the tourney.\u2019 Others weren\u2019t so convinced, though. Warzone\u2019s top all-time earner and a fellow former CDL pro himself, Thomas \u2018Tommey\u2019 Trewren was one of several who argued that the clip wasn\u2019t definitive proof. Warzone \u2018hacker clip\u2019 caused by skipped frames? I\u2019m not saying he is or isn\u2019t doing anything but in this clip the frames skip, meaning he dropped a few in OBS \u2013 watch the minimap and look at the cluster, it fully jumps to a different point without showing the movement. The man definitely has \u2018sus\u2019 clips, just not this one. \u2014 100T Tommey (@Tommey) March 9, 2022 As Tommey explained, this clip wasn\u2019t \u201csus\u201d because of a \u201cframes skip, meaning he dropped a few in OBS.\u201d Elaborating, he pointed out that the Cluster Strike on Shifty\u2019s minimap essentially teleported \u2013 proving that the lock-on moment could have looked weirder due to a streaming issue. While others have countered that frame skips can be caused by hacks, Blazt actually has a different way to resolve the debate. In a series of leaked DMs, the former pro suggested that the only way for Shifty to prove himself innocent is to \u201cplay on my $6,000 computer and buy him a brand-new controller.\u201d Thus far, although Shifty has begun using monitor cams akin to MuTeX\u2019s setup, he has not acknowledged Blazt\u2019s offer publicly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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