Video games can be hard, and for streamers and pro eSports players the pressure increases even more. They have to keep their performance in games consistent and play very well. But sometimes instead of getting good at a game, streamers and eSports participants decide to just cheat.
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Now cheating is one thing and being clever about it is the other. Not everyone who knows how to cheat is clever enough to get away with it. And keeping that in mind, here we have a list of 5 streamers and eSports participants who got caught cheating.
SuperFast JellyFish a Mario64 Steamer
Superfast Jellyfish is a pretty good Mario 64 speed runner. It is evident from the gameplay videos that he knows the game inside out. He used to play the game on streams and on YouTube all the time until one day.
He decided that he has learned enough about the game to play it blindfolded. And he completed the game blindfolded. People were impressed. But one YouTuber could not digest it and actually closely watched every small aspect of his gameplay.
He realized Jellyfish was actually using a blindfold that was kind of see-through. Eventually, Jellyfish agreed to this wrongdoing, but he said he did it intentionally!
FazeJarvis a popular Fortnite streamer
A popular
Fortnite streamer was given a Fortnite cheat engine by some “anonymous” person. Weirdly enough, he decided to try it out live. He was just killing opponents left and right using the auto-aim in the cheat engine and claiming on his stream that he was using a disposable account because he can get banned from using it on his real account.Epic games banned him from every account everywhere. He was so banned that whatever account he creates to play Fortnite, gets banned.
MissQGemini
The originator of the popular “Clara” meme, MissQGemini, was caught live streaming
CS: GO with wall hacks on. Wall hacks allow players to see players on the other side of walls in CS maps. Making it very easy for the player to kill them.She got caught using wallhack and then blamed her non-existent friend “Clara” for installing that hack in her game. That did not work, and she was banned from CS: GO.
CPTBALDY
A popular call of duty warzone streamer by the name of CPTBALDY was caught cheating in an unusual way. He was called out on Twitter for being a cheater and during one of his live streams; he told his fans he would show his task manager to show there’s no cheating running.
Instead of showing his task manager, he showed his cheat engine. he was instantly caught and banned from Warzone.
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MrGolds
MrGolds was another streamer who played Call of Duty and he got caught quickly, too. With all the trends of showing task managers to prove a streamer is not cheating, MrGolds decided to show his task manager too, all the while boasting that he does not even need to cheat.
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But the poor guy did not even notice that his cheat ending was on screen just behind the task manager. He noticed it too late, but his viewers were quick enough to take a screenshot and end his career as a COD player.
By the way, what is your take on cheating in online gaming? Do share your thoughts in the comments section below!