Temp-banned Fortnite cheaters make it into $30 million tournament anyway

[Borealis]

https://www.polygon.com/fortnite/2019/6/3/18650397/fortnite-world-cup-duo-banned-qualification-xxif-ronaldo?utm_campaign=polygon.social&utm_content=polygon&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Five weeks ago, two Fortnite players called Xxif and Ronaldo were found guilty of cheating during the qualifiers for an upcoming $30M tournament. In response, developer Epic Games
banned the duo for two weeks — only to have them come back and qualify for the World Cup anyway, an honor that secures these players a minimum of $50,000 in prize money.

During the World Cup qualifiers, players earn points through things like placement and eliminations. The top six players with the most points at the end of 10 matches qualify to compete
in the World Cup. The controversy around Xxif and Ronaldo first started in week 3 of the qualifiers after a clip appeared to show Fortnite players purposefully letting themselves get killed
by Xxif.

Because eliminations grant points, this meant that Xxif was getting at least one free point a game, along with along with elimination bonuses like extra health or shields, and 50 of each
material. Similarly, a different clip featuring Ronaldo seemed to incriminate him for the same offense as Xxif.

Shortly after, Epic invested the claims of foul play during the qualifier and apparently found them fairly convincing. Just a few days after HighSky’s tweet, Epic issued a competitive ruling
that removed Xxif’s qualification and issued a 14-day competitive ban to all players involved.

Because the ban were so short, Xxif and Ronaldo have still been able to compete in plenty of other World Cup qualifiers and only missed one solo and one duo qualification opportunity
after cheating. In week 8 of the World Cup qualifiers, Xxif and Ronaldo took the top qualification spot for the week during the duos qualifiers.

[knoxed]

why the fuck are cheating bans not permanent

[comet1337]

$30 million fortnite tournament

excuse me what?

[Grempington]

this is by far the bigger piece of news here

[_RIley]

I guess it's because this wasn't actually a ban for hacking or anything, he was just telling people to drop into games with him and feed him points

[Galactic S.O.U.L]

competitive fortnite is one huge fucking joke

good thing i just play for fun

[Ryuji]

With a game as big as Fortnite there's a lot of people trying to take advantage of it in some not-so-savory ways. I've seen two people get hit by the Banhammer during games of Battle Royale I've played and just recently someone in Prauge tried to hack my account. (Was able to check the IP address of an email I got saying someone tried to change my password)