Fortnite pro Wavyjacob banned mid-tournament for in-game name Twitter: wavyjacob1In the middle of a tournament, Fortnite pro player Jacob \u2018wavyjacob\u2019 Ghaith has been banned for an in-game name that made him look like a hacker. If there\u2019s one thing that any gamer hates, it\u2019s hackers and bots. Often easily identified by their in-game names, which are normally a random string of letters and numbers, both devs and players alike are continually seeking to crack down on rule breakers. For Fortnite FNCS pro wavyjacob, the ban hammer appears to have hit him by accident, as he was banned mid-tournament over an issue with his in-game name. After a series of tweets venting his frustrations, some of Fortnite\u2019s most famous faces have rallied behind him and get him unbanned. Fortnite pro wavyjacob banned Midway through an ongoing tournament, the FNCS pro received a shock ban for \u2018exploiting.\u2019 Hit with a 6 month ban (182 days), the player is not only out of the tournament, but out of action entirely. Writing \u201cjust got banned mid tourney?\u201d and attaching a screenshot of the ban, he seems pretty baffled by the whole situation. In response, a lot of users have commented on the fact that his name looked like either a bot or hacker\u2019s randomly generated name. Playing under the guise of \u2018r23ln1664W4v7,\u2019 it appears that Fornite\u2019s punishment algorithm has assumed that he\u2019s breaking the rules. As well, fans have speculated that he could have been banned due to a rule within the Epic Games code of conduct, which notes that all names must appear family-friendly to their audience. While he notes that he understand the ban itself, it\u2019s the lengthy time spell that has irritated him. \u201cYeah I know, but they could have put user-3978939 bulls**t or reduce the ban.\u201d Concluding \u201c181 days because of the name but you got people who cheat and get banned for 2 months,\u201d it seems that the situation is far from over. yea ik, but they coulda put user-3978939 bs or reduce the ban like cmon 181 days bc of the name but you got people who cheat and get banned for 2 months lmao \u2014 wavyjacob (@wavyjacob1) June 25, 2021 This was followed up by a standalone tweet, promoting the hashtag \u201cfreewavy.\u201d 6 month ban for a name but people cheat and get banned for 1 month #freewavy \u2014 wavyjacob (@wavyjacob1) June 25, 2021 A recent comment on Reddit claims that the ban has now been reduced to 2 weeks instead of the controversial 6 months. Fortnite pros rally In response to wavyjacob\u2019s unfortunate ban, a whole collection of Fortnite\u2019s most famous faces have rallied in his defense. FaZe Clan\u2019s Josue \u2018Sway\u2019 Burgos responded to the original screenshot with a simple \u201cwhat,\u201d before posting \u201c#freewavy\u201d to his own account. TSM FTX\u2019s Josh \u2018Commandment\u2019 Roach posted the same hashtag. As any new developments arise, we\u2019ll make sure we update this article to keep you in the loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro Wavyjacob banned mid-tournament for in-game name Twitter: wavyjacob1In the middle of a tournament, Fortnite pro player Jacob \u2018wavyjacob\u2019 Ghaith has been banned for an in-game name that made him look like a hacker. If there\u2019s one thing that any gamer hates, it\u2019s hackers and bots. Often easily identified by their in-game names, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}