WarGaming & CHEATERS & BOOSTING Companies

[@petergaardsted5590]

Totally agree. WG is in on this. They are making money on this ! And thats why they dont do anything to stop this.

[@randolphscudder2372]

As Sherlock Holmes would say, when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Therefore, War Gaming is either taking kickbacks or is the boosters themselves.

[@diymicha2]

Maybe not the company WG, but definitely some employees of WG.

[@xxx_madman_xxx5868]

spoc said that as well!!

[@yushkovyaroslav]

1) it will cost between $1,000,000 - $10,000,000 USD to solve this issue affectively. + lost revenue. In NA it could be up to 50% of income. (That is not representative of other regions where the game is more popular) 2) Banning multiple accounts in the game that has between 2-7k daily concurrent players in NA and taking away the minority of people that bring probably half of the revenue to the game is how you get the NA server to shut down. Of course, they would be reluctant to do it, and probably don't see the need to. This would be easier done in the regions where there is a larger player base.

[@diymicha2]

@@yushkovyaroslav Makes no sense to keep N A server up with that small player count. Shut it down, and prune the other servers from fraud accounts, and WoT might be a decent good game again.

[@yushkovyaroslav]

@@diymicha2 Since I play on the NA server, I prefer it to stay up if it means I will vs occasional rigging. But regardless, it wouldn't really cut the cost of going against the issue. From what I understand. It's a community thing and it actually happens in every game. It's just less noticeable if the game has larger populations (and its harder to do)

[@stevewebster5729]

It's absolutely clear - WG are doing nothing because they are either running the boosting companies, or taking a cut. This is part of their business model...

[@NrthrnKnght]

I said that in the begining ..it has to be

[@Evro_X]

Not really, you have to understand that companies like this don't care about issues in the game as long as they make lots of money, and game makes huge profits. Why would WG spend money and resources to fight with cheaters, when they can ignore it, and players will still throw hundreds, thousands dollars on their p2w events, just look at most recent one - Lion, or holiday boxes... Nothing will change if people don't stop throwing money on them on every occasion.

[@stevewebster5729]

@@Adam87521 but the fact that these cheaters have access many many old accounts strongly suggests that WG are complicit...

[@generalpublic3744]

@@Evro_X It is a wickedly expensive game to play now if you buy into the offers. You can get hours of fun playing games off Steam for a fraction of the cost. That's what I do. I will delete my NA account. My EU account has been mothballed for a long time. I log in a couple of times a year to keep it ticking over. The tanks are looking a bit sad as are the crews , all of which I had to laboriously grind. A sad state of affairs isn't it.

[@Evro_X]

@@stevewebster5729 you can buy account from 2012 with one tier X line unlocked for less that 20$ on g2g or ebay, thats how they get it.

[@andylake9793]

It wouldn't shock me if they boosting companies were or are financially linked to WG

[@scewston420]

or someone at wargaming who can access accounts has a side business

[@annexedcrown4039]

Nah

[@NrthrnKnght]

they have to be

[@williambarker9489]

After all there is a "military exercise "going on that needs to be paid for,with all the sanctions they gotta bring in money ,wouldn't surprise me to see them selling dormant accounts

[@flemmingploug2670]

It would be straight out their playbook of greed

[@wojurera3131]

Thank you for bringing this up consistently Claus, been following you for years. This is the Most important thing that needs to be addressed in this game, and Wargaming feel complicit with the rigging and cheating.

[@vonn4017]

you are surprised a company that gives 0 fucks about its customers might be complicit with cheating.

[@wojurera3131]

@@vonn4017 Never said I was surprised lol

[@robertflint4115]

One of WG biggest CC's (QB) exposed cheaters once. He seemed legit pissed about it, but then WG (who help sponsor him) said for him to "nip it" do not bring this up again. He never has since then. . Only one CC continues the fight for us, Claus Kellerman. Long live Claus 🤘😎

[@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367]

How do you know WG told him to nip it?

[@dockingtroll6801]

@@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367 Do you have a better explanation to why he never revisited the topic again??

[@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367]

@@dockingtroll6801 Ya, he just stopped talking about it. No need to make up a lie

[@dockingtroll6801]

@@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367 So your stand is there is no game rigging, all those accounts just happened to come back to life and their owners all of a sudden suck like never before.... yup... very likely....

[@iveneverseensuchbehaviorin5367]

@@dockingtroll6801 you trolling

[@fredsmith7538]

Thanks Claus full support for exposing cheats shame you have to be the only CC bothering to raise this

[@NrthrnKnght]

the other CC know and are covering it up

[@Straswa]

4TankersandDog has done a vid on this at least

[@mit7771]

QB was the first to do a video on it

[@favmusic1100]

He is the only content creator talking about this because the other ones don't want to mess with the revenue share on the in game commanders

[@sudden_9583]

The other CC who has done a vid is Mailand.

[@shockwavegaming1376]

I used to love playing all the World of games, but lately have been struggling to get a 50% win rate because of things like this. At one point I was posting some of my good games on a youtube channel, but have been so disgusted with the games lately that I stopped posting. I have even been thinking about not only quitting the games, but actively discouraging everyone I know from playing these games. Ty for looking into this. Until I hear from honest people like you that Wargaming is actively doing something to stamp out this issue I will continue to actively discourage everyone I can from playing any and all games made by Wargaming.

[@feroxk.9266]

its not because like this, its mainly because RNG is how it is.

[@donkanis6141]

For several years I had a solid 52% win rate and some exceptional tanks which were my favorites, now its down to 49% and dropping. I am certain War Gaming owns the boosting companies.

[@shockwavegaming1376]

@@feroxk.9266 I'm not too concerned about strictly win rate. I just want a fair match full of real people who are all actively trying to win. Without that even inherently good games simply aren't worth wasting time or money on.

[@cijj84]

@@shockwavegaming1376 i understand your hate of the game but discourage people because you can't get a 50% winrate? have you considered its your playstyle or decisions over the game?

[@feroxk.9266]

@@cijj84 i have a 54% wr and i barely can't get a good string of games anymore. RNG became much more of a factor than ever, the times i have games where i cant hit anything or shots dont pen became much more frequent, for every game that feels normal rng wise i get 4 complete shitshows. Its not about wr, its more about the way rng works and yes, matchmaking is part of rmg mechanic from what i know. The game itself always tries its best to keep players at 49% wr anyway.

[@goaway7346]

Who would be upset? The War Gambling management who are making money out of this.

[@AnchorSnake]

Claus, when I finished watching this video on my phone just now, I was immediately hit with add from the Team Raptor boosting Company. It was like WG and Game Riggers were giving you a big middle finger. Thanks for all the hard work you've invested into this for the community.

[@MarcoDantes]

WG is doing the boosting directly. They will never ban this.

[@brucemcclintock2724]

I think the booster companies are paying War Gaming to do this,

[@ulrichkristensen4087]

Ofc they do, they are mafia

[@jeffms5068]

Hey Claus - Not to diminish the ruinous nature of the game rigging itself, and the likely complicity of WG in the practice, I feel the CC community except yourself of course also shares a significant portion of the blame for the lack of any action to stop this cheating. If the major CCs were to speak out against these boosting companies loudly and often WG might be pressured to take some action. SILENCE IMPLES CONSENT!

[@jimik7354]

The CC are probably involved. Much quicker missions if the player is good. Don't have to rely on the MM as much.

[@sonoftherabbitpeople4737]

I always watch how the game goes after my demise. Occasionally I learn something, but I just want to see how it turns out.

[@madman671000]

Claus you put a lot of work into these types of vids, I wish WG would take notice.

[@joe125ful]

They dont care about that...its all about money.

[@TheWoolyninja4]

I have recently had a ton of games impacted by what I can only assume is rigging. I would spawn in and there would be an EBR 105 on each team because that is the way tier 10 works now. Usually I think nothing of it when my EBR yolos in and dies in the first 30 seconds but I had it happen 3 times in a row the other night and each time the EBR player said the same thing "sorry I disconnected" and then they would leave the game. When I see that once I just kind of shake my head but 3 times in a row and it seems more like a canned response from a rigging company or bot. It seems odd until you think once in a while these guys are going to land in a game with each other on a good light tank map and if one team has a light and the other doesn't it is basically a free LT15 mission.

[@robbyrocksoo]

Your hard work is appreciated Claus.

[@ggginforlab]

Im pretty sure WG is doing 2 things: Making money from boosting companies, and laundring money (and/or giving precious € and $ to the russians). The level of opacity and corruption of this company is awesome...

[@lukesmart3071]

I've given up playing the game. But I still watch claus because he's entertaining. Now when wargaming fix this. And claus says it's safe now. It's fair now. Then I may start playing again.

[@muskokamike127]

it'd be easy to fix: if you were afk for 3 battles in a row, you get a 24 hr suspension. Another 3 battles 72 hrs suspension. Another 3 battles a week and so on. Same as if you do zero damage.

[@regularsapiens8060]

@@muskokamike127 afk 3 battles in a row ? 1 month suspension !!!

[@regularsapiens8060]

going back in the same places on the same maps depending on the tank you play ? TD, LIGHT, etc with WG shit MM and RNG ? you can go back in this shit game where your brain don' t work at all and have fun ? Ok, maybe one game on ten...the rest...

[@muskokamike127]

@@regularsapiens8060 yeah I was trying to be a little soft as some people have crappy internet connection.

[@Zavernus]

I've been seeing a lot of inactive players but as soon as you ping the map they head to exactly where you ping. If you change where you ping, they change directions. I probably have a replay of it somewhere. Most likely bots.

[@craftywoodworker]

I think we need to take some action as a community. Perhaps a 24hr period where we don’t play the game but all send in tickets stating why we are refusing to play. This could be increased if we still got no response from WG. 😮

[@stevehablitzel5374]

The wg kgb says "don't move, ve vill be there momentarily"

[@svenottke2073]

This is exactly why I stopped playing the game: It's just not fun anymore. Shitty riggers, shitty tube maps, shitty OP tanks and a company doesn't caring at all. It's so sad, because I used to love this game and put a lot of time (and money) in it.

[@wolfattack402000]

I have sent a couple of tickets concerning this to WG NA. Getting no response or a canned answer was not surprising. When is comes to chat banning, however, they are on the edge of their seat!

[@007KURGAN]

The chat ban thing is a joke and you're 100% right about their attitude toward it! I was recently chat banned for swearing. Honestly, I NEVER SWORE! I know this because I make a point of it. I don't even abbreviate i.e fck..cnt..sh*t etc... I do however have a ticket that hasn't been answered for about 5 months now as it concerns a player abusing my 9yr old son who plays my account (haha, it's true, my stats are 48% winrate) I add to it at least once a week and WG doesn't even put a bot response in return? Why...? THEY ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN AND IT WAS A WG EMPLOYEE! I still have screenshots of the threats. Anyway... I agree with you

[@andersh6227]

Yes, just type noob in chat and your done 😂😂😂

[@andythoms8130]

Isn't banning done by how many people actually report you , I imagined they just use a bot that registers the negative reports against you then issues a standard ban.obviously there is a list of banned words it takes into consideration regardless of the context. I got banned for using the word mongol lol wasn't used in a derogatory context but got banned anyway.

[@wolfattack402000]

@@007KURGAN I can only guess that the 5 woke employees, fired from McDonalds, in the NA are doing this while a bag of cheetos is sitting on their desk. It's pathetic really. The illegal mod use, multiple - multiple game issues, chat banning, banning for bumping into a immature troll, and now the game rigging. It's sad because the game had something going for it, only to have a company destroy it with greed and contempt for it's player base. Sir Foch could see the writing on the wall. The EBR's was the tipping point for him. Victor Kislye's news article was nothing but bullshit propaganda - what a shit-tard he is.

[@dohnutta6130]

@@007KURGAN if you have screenshots of threats to your son you would be needing to be involving the police my man and include your emails to wargaming... Although they are so petty they would probably ban your account

[@admiral_bluebear8626]

There are quite a lot of rigged battles recently, even here on the EU server. Very few CCs mention that topic in their channels. Skill lately even said he doesnt really care about it... The compromised accounts are most likely sold by WoT employees to the boosting companies. They seem to check inactive accounts with Tier 10 vehicles and offer them to those boosting companies. I lately got into more and more high tier battles where platoons did 0 damage, it's really destroying the game ...

[@jamesmaslanka9557]

They're worried they won't get there cut from boosting companies.

[@ukenupdude843]

WG employees makes sense. Making side money for sure.

[@timothykelly7974]

This is happening in lower tiers as well. Played Lakeside in my Matilda and went up the valley. good fight and then noticed that the ones who went to the city had all been killed. I returned to defend the base and fought like hell but was overwhelmed. Got high calibre and lost. checked the ones who had scored most for the enemy on wotlabs and they were reactivated accounts. The ones in the city on my side did zero damage. Not the first time I have seen this happen and I am getting fed up with it.

[@mb00028h]

I remember when the worst problem was assholes - thanks for exposing this

[@cloraformsgood5340]

Great to see the old school Claus hairstyles coming back 👍👍 Wgs blatantly involved in the rigging and are probably earning very well from it so I don't expect any action at any point soon unless they find another scam to replace the income.

[@robertdelpino504]

Thank you so much for showing this do not stop . I HAVE GAMES LIKE THAT EVERY DAY AND HALF OF MY GAMES 5 OR MORE PLAYERS DO O DAMAGE . THE GAME IS RIGGED . THERE IS JOT PURPLE PLAYER ONLY CHEATERS.

[@gord7025]

They should add a match manipulation option under complaints to at least flag these accounts. Enough complaints and they can pull up the recent battle results and investigate.

[@feroxk.9266]

they simply will not. they don't care after all lol

[@longestday5553]

This explains a lot. This will kill any game. Thanks Klaus I was trying to decide to buy in tier eight and above.

[@jc-d6179]

I think one of the models is to stuff new fake accounts with wn8 and reward vehicles and sell on. It's not just boosting.

[@Roll_the_Bones]

A welcome honest face for many years, GG for keeping the faith.

[@hebrewhammer4086]

Wargaming doesn't care about this, matter as fact I think they make money off it. If they didn't and they cared they would've already at least said something. But this must be happening primarily on EU cus I do 20-30 games every day on NA and have yet to run into any of this.

[@jethrolionheart182]

They do it in North American servers as well it's just not as blatant and no one notices

[@JoggingWithForks]

It's not that WG are having issues with identifying these accounts. It's much simpler than that. They don't care.

[@PBehr]

@Claus Here's a thought for you - Wargaming as a company is judged by how many active players they have. What if, since we know war gaming has invested in bot technology, they themselves are using accounts that are old and obviously abandoned as bots to prop up their failing game? 🤔 Think about it.

[@billbill6023]

This runs from high levels,and deep.

[@godzilla5599]

So here's a question for you Claus (and everybody else) are the clans associated with the cheaters active or dead clans? Are the rest of the clan dead accounts or have they moved on?

[@primafacie9721]

I saw one of our clan members in one of Claus' cheat videos so we kicked him out of the clan. In hindsight, we thought we should have kept him in to watch his stats and report him to WG, but given WG lack of action on this blatant cheating they probably would not have done anything.

[@007KURGAN]

Since the RU server came over to the EU server the overall gameplay has gone down the toilet. I don't stay until the end of battles but I do look at the post-battle stats. The number of players with zero damage, no shots fired, and very little distance traveled has gone through the roof. I'm not pointing fingers here but it doesn't take a genius to work out the obvious change in the demographic of the server that has contributed here...? Thanks Claus, I appreciate your efforts.

[@scottbennett6200]

Great video Claus... KEEP DOIN WHAT YOURE DOIN!!!!

[@vladimirjerebic4088]

Before you started this series, i did not know about booster companies at all. You may did them a great advertisment

[@jeffreyleatherman334]

Didn't wargaming just announce like a week ago that they were resetting some inactive accounts and you can take i mean buy with gold there old in game names ?? So are they trying to clear out some of the inactive accounts now and if so what's the criteria like 5000 inactive battles or like 5 years without playing. I would love to know.

[@crintraian]

Not played one game since January, it's almost pathetic, there were times when I entered battle and in 3 seconds my tank was blown up, 6 tanks AFK, cheating, bots etc. I check on KZbinrs to see if they fix some of the problems from time to time and then I might play.

[@zipfry]

Why are WG not doing anything about game rigging? Because WG employees are selling the dormant accounts. Too many abandoned accounts are involved in this scam. Someone is selling the accounts to the boosting companies. They are not purchasing them on E-Bay. WG does not want to expose the internal fraud that is ongoing as it would affect the share price / value of the company. So they ignore the problem. I stopped playing this game a while ago but I'll be damned if my account gets sold to the highest bidder. I check in every 2 months, do the game updates, play a couple of matches then leave. They can sell someone else account ... but not mine. Thank you for highlighting this issue Mr Kellerman.

[@russellterrell3]

Recently, I saw an ad on Facebook for a world of tanks boosting company.

[@kiff4free554]

How much do a boosting company charge for the 279E? WG could sell it half the price these companies charges, it will make their business plan useless and WG would get those incomes back while getting rid of these cheaters.

[@nobby430]

Now there you go, such a simple solution......... Makes it look even more likely WG are the ones behind it 😡. Why sell them for £100 when you can pretend to be a boosting company and charge £300 to get it for you

[@stevehablitzel5374]

It seems like this is something that happened low key for quite a while. Clan members & friends helping each other out a little. Now it's entirely out of hand & wg just doesn't know how to get it back under control. Take the need for immediate gratification (without putting forth any effort) & add some greed = here we are

[@gohibniugoh1668]

I am glad you are exposing these as holes. The big streamers dont think its a problem because if they do, it will spill the gravy train. Wargaming wont do anything about these cheaters, but be 400m from some as hole that got pushed off a ledge and you get banned for 3 days.

[@gibbo3783]

I’ve now joined the ranks of those who have successfully walked away from this corrupted shit-fight of a game, but still watch Claus.

[@Loeffi21]

We might wonder, how these old inactive accounts come into game rigging hands? WG has some explaining to do. THX Claus, you are a hero.

[@EmDzei]

I remember from the beta days of the game, when you finally unlocked the IS-7, you couldn't afford any more ammo. In your video, the accounts are from the years 2012 - 2013. It occurs to me that these are exactly the kind of free to play accounts that have received a couple of good tanks, but the owner has given up on them because there has been no more ammo. Although the game is so-called free-to-play, so to succeed you have to spend real money on ammo to penetrate enemy tanks and thus win battles.

[@Duke49th]

I have just googled for boosting service. Mostly russian based. Pretty expensive. Not expensive enough to make a living (time consuming tasks) - I can imagine that sweatshops are involved. Or just really poor/broke russians etc. But none of them seem to use the method that is mentioned in the Video. At least they claim that for certain services you have to pay more because it will be unicums that will play. Since these (video) are all (most likely) hacked accounts - I am convinced for that huge number, employee's are involved. Otherwise they are all sold - but I doubt it. To prevent a crackdown on this - involvement of employee's is almost a must. I worked in a BPO/Callcenter myself. For that level there must be higher management be involved. That is not the work/help of just a regular Ivan on the lowest job position. That's for sure.

[@Duke49th]

In other words - the only chance is get the email of the CEO, sent him an email and wish for the best lol. Otherwise nothing will happen. I bet in the forums all postings on that topic will be deleted/locked.

[@jethrolionheart182]

The acc owners sold the accounts people have been doing this for years in any game with demand for it cash is king as a matter of fact some people live like kings just from R.W.T RuneScape is a perfect example besides what is W.G supposed to do if someone quit years ago and returned only to see their acc is gone W.G could be held accountable

[@ThrottleAddiction]

*The fact is -* when boosting companies do you a favour, they use a HUGE amount of your various forms of credits. Wargaming likes this. *The other factor* is that Wargaming has had a security breach. Somebody has gained access to these 'idle' accounts. Wargaming probably doesn't want to acknowledge that.

[@BlueBerry_SLO]

Clauss. Free camera mod from WGs page would really help you to analize replays more. U can move around in free camera and change perspective. Try

[@egvneto]

I'm a beta tester... I've been saying this for a long time and I've been ridiculed on the forums when I say this... now you're showing everyone how dirty this company is and why I stopped spending money on this game I love after 11 years...

[@The101stEagle]

The real question is, the egg at room temp or just out of the fridge? I stay in the game to try and learn from others.

[@ricknelson7125]

A member of my clan had his account hacked, his account had been inactive for a year. When he tried logging on he couldn’t. It took him over 6 months to get his account back. It seems that all these old accounts that get hacked into and then are used by these boosting services.

[@cyb3rgod]

Not surprising to see clans doing this. They trying to get those reward tanks to use in the clan wars... Wargaming keeps pretending nothing is going on.

[@angelruiz4992]

I've played for 8 years to this, had enough a year ago when I started to noticed rigging like this one, actually confirmed 100% by a Serbian guy with whom I used to play platoons quite often, he payed to boost his account, even sent me the link of the "company" offering the service, couldn't believe it... I started playing less and less, until I totally left the game couple of months ago. Best thing I ever did for my mental health...

[@MrPerfect-om5ns]

Good work Claus. Players should boycott this game until WG make a statement on this rigging and what they intend to do about it.

[@fillinfreddy]

keep doing the videos, please. Its bad enough I suck at this game, I dont need help from them to have a bad game.

[@stevehablitzel5374]

What Fred said!

[@rttakezo2000]

Keep it up mate! None of the CC's are willing to weigh in and admit this for fear of biting the hand that feeds them....

[@billwhite1603]

We know that East Europe, Baltics, many in Asia have a sh^t culture where corruption is a big part of their culture. It is to be expected. In many of these countries Yes might not mean yes. It might mean maybe, or yes under certain circumstance, or even no. When we saw this game came out of Belarus and Russia we should have never started playing. WG has to be helping these companies, or ARE running some of them, to get access to these old accounts.

[@roberthart3305]

And this is one of the reasons why I rarely play tier 10 games. The other is the cost to play at tier 10, it is pretty much a loss on every battle.

[@commanderc.l.i.t5772]

I have played wot pretty much everyday for the last few years but for the past month i have played it like 2 times.. It is SO much better not having to stress out because of other peoples ignorance and I am seriously in a better mood. It is INSANE to play a game that only puts you in a bad mood, lol.

[@bloodnokvc7576]

I agree...

[@craigwelch2176]

I'm with you I haven't played for a month my mood has improved

[@jefftheriault5522]

Tired of being a rich sociopaths target, are you?

[@commanderc.l.i.t5772]

@@jefftheriault5522 lol ya.. I have realized I would rather play a game where MY mistakes screw me over, not someone elses,, lol

[@donbrown6727]

Just sharing, have same experience, laughing as I'm wearing a WOT shirt, to a game I stopped enjoying. When I have to start using Gold, it stopped being competive, so working to get better, doesn't work, when you can buy experience. SAD

[@thelasthallow]

been watching you a couple of years claus, for some reason i thought you had like 200K+ subs already, now that i see 91k i know there is room for huge growth! good luck man!

[@tillytilford2158]

I had a WOT rigging firm advertise on my timeline of Facebook. These firms are blatant and WG does nothing. When I sent a game I thought was rigged to WG, they told me that there were processes in place to detect them and to not bother them with replays again!

[@thunder8cat]

Hi Claus. For the first time I saw this style of cheating in WOT Blitz the other day. 2 Platoons - 1 on each team - 3 tanks of the four did absolutely nothing - one got crazy high damage. - I called it out in game. - I checked the stats of the tanks in question. - They were in tier 10 but all the accounts were less than 1000 games. - All dummy accounts.

[@markjaycox7524]

Wargaming HAS TO KNOW more information than any of us... Common denominator type information like IP addresses, email accounts, recent simultaneous new premium tank purchases (setting up the new boosted account), etc. Whatever we know, they know more... and STILL, they do not act!

[@Gergz123]

Wat concerns me is the care of our data in Wargaming, my password, e-mail, etc is in hands of a corrupt team.

[@j.m.1524]

Do u notice that the other content creators are dead silent on this issue? QB, covered it briefly but that's it. The have sold out to Wargaming to make money. Wargaming themselves are involved in this. Its the same as Ticket Master scalping their own tickets.

[@jamesbilodeau2990]

Thank you. Hopefully WG will do something.

[@tattergreis4994]

wg is doing a shit

[@craigbeaumont414]

Saw an advert on here for a company called Team Raptor offering to boost players stats

[@christianr9649]

Claus in a good mood, i love to hear it.

[@tyroneallensr.5163]

I just seen a youtube ad for a boosting company. It literally said "Stop grinding and start playing". I couldn't grab the link because it was an add but I am sure someone else either has seen it or will see it very soon. I honestly think WG is getting paid by these bigger boosters to let this happen.

[@brianmyers13]

You should be able to easily determine how extensive the issue is by having tomato make the game database available for analysis. Even though they don't provide the ability to search for things they would have the raw data.

[@stephenhochmuth8803]

I've had several games over the years like this. I did stay in the game for some and, have looked later for others. You have a good point here. Hope WG does something.

[@454k30]

Holy heck! While only a single game sample, 13 out of 30 players were purely abandoned/rigging accounts. That’s unplayable.

[@flemmingrem]

WG is getting a piece of the cake from Them riggingcompanies. If I leave a battle before its ended or my tank killed, I get a warning. Thx for adressing the gamespoiling issue in this game

[@matthewandrews9052]

I used to see boosting company ads on KZbin prior to you starting this cheating series. Now I don’t see them anymore.

[@skh515]

We've already crossed that line, Claus. Everyday, it gets harder for me to keep playing this game.

[@danmcmartin]

I'm not going to stop playing, I love WOT, but they won't get any of my money. No premium tanks, no premium account, no gold, nothing. Not until they do something about this. Since they won't, I assume they're making money off of the cheating some how.

[@isbit1110]

Agree 100%

[@hyperion9901]

I usually alt f4 when i see this not even escape , Keep it up Claus i love your videos !

[@bighowardshsn]

Should try to see who's trying to do the mission and target/denie them. If they are on your team try to get them dead 😂

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

No, because it's their people earning a couple bucks on the side. But they're worried about you carrying on about it.

[@leonpeters-malone3054]

WeeGee would be upsetting themselves because if they clear the old, forgotten accounts, if they clear the hacked accounts it would actually give a true representation of the level of interest. And that interest might not be as strong as they want it to be. Anywhere near as strong as they want it to be.

[@magnumspeed]

This is happening alot in tier 8-10 battles is so frustrating . how can you win a game when 1/3 zero damage.

[@richardroach7127]

I don't know what the other CCs are smokin , but it must me good ****. Keep up the good work Claus.

[@WindyCitySquirrel]

Catch a clue, Claus: Wargaming is their own Booster Company: When logging in, there is a notice, *"Can not log in? Recover account"*

[@dorrinw9560]

Your request about who it would upset reminded me of, here in the states, oddly, the gun control fight. Where gun control really doesn't affect the criminals, who will always get their guns and not worry about legally having/carrying, but rather control the law abiding and preventing them from getting guns. How does it apply directly - I don't know. But it has that twisted logic about criminal and boosters. Those in authority don't care about the peons, they still have theirs, so why rock the boat and do the right thing. Edited side question: who are the people reporting the cheaters to you, Claus? Are they primarily the free players (therefore WoT loses nothing ignoring them) or is it payers?

[@IdyllicMullet]

I've had KZbin ads for boosting companies. There's no way WG isn't aware of the situation. They're allowing it and likely profiting from it

[@Vic-Bee]

It's quite possible that 10 to 20% of the player base would disappear if the old accounts aren't recycled and farmed in pub battles. What I find more frequently nowadays are noob high stats players, individuals who have clearly purchased their tank and learning to play.

[@Finger_tips]

one or two eggs, smallest pan, small cooker, highest possible heat, no lid. Just make sure they are just about under water or 90% submerged. Gas stove ten and a half minute from cold or induction for me is nine minutes to get it to be soft boiled.

[@billybobjohnroane1692]

Keep up the Good fight. If you devote years learning to play a complex game, you deserve it be fair!

[@obscurity8415]

Follow the money. How do the boosting companies get hold of these old dormant accounts. The only people who know this information are employees at WG and the stats websites that WG supply info to. Why would they stop the cash cow, the amount people spend on the game is reducing due to the falling economies around the world and the actual game itself being reduced to 5 minute walk overs. They are trying to maximise income before it finally dies, allegedly!

[@paullavallee1631]

I wonder what percentage of 3 mark tanks got there by cheating ?

[@jethrolionheart182]

98.99% give or take a couple fraction points

[@jethrolionheart182]

And 99.9995% for the 4 mark players

[@ambientlight3876]

A huge part of the problem is people who are willing to employ these boosting companies. If they didn't these companies would dry up rather quickly. Don't they realize that once they get those top tier tanks that they'll also have top suffer through more and more game rigging games?

[@muskokamike127]

well, cheaters gonna cheat. Some people have no morals and don't care if they are a POS for doing it. I had dated this YL years ago and she was in financial ruin. FF 15 years and we reconnected on facebook and she's living in a $10M house, fancy car, all that. She got married. "what's he do"? "he's a real estate agent who buys up properties in power of sale or foreclosure for pennies and sells them at an immense profit". "so you married a scum bag who takes advantage of people who were in YOUR position the last time we spoke"? Well, she went ballistic for me calling her on it. I said to her "when you were broke and owed $2500 on your car that was worth $15K, I could have bought the loan, foreclosed on your loan because you couldn't pay, taken your car, sold it at a profit, but I didn't. That's exactly what your husband is doing and you're ok with it".

[@jethrolionheart182]

They don't care because the boosting companies communicate with each other

[@atheistapostate7019]

Been several times I am loading in and crash to desktop and takes forever to load back in before the game is over

[@LazyBoyZR1]

Keep these video's coming! Let's shine the light as often as possible. If you want to do another video topic. I sent you link to my IKV 65 battle that I thought was a good candidate for one of your a hole videos. Love the channel Claus. Making Canada Proud one video at a time!

[@dadsguns9310]

Mind blowing WG has not taken any action or even acknowledges whatsoever that this is obviously going on, where there is smoke there is a fire. Me thinks there should be a day or more to boycott the game, as a community we can stand together and send the message that we want to see action.

[@haztanker4861]

Here's a question - from a player who has never been in a clan: Are there any rules whatsoever governing the running of a clan? Or is it just a club people never leave, that WG lets you start in their game, and once someone joins, bc there are probably no real requirements in some/most clans, someone can stay on your clan roster forever? Any clans out there removing these accounts from their rolls when their players get caught being involved in boosting...or is that what some clans are for? Just curious.