The Top 10 Weirdest Cheating Attempts in Esports

Unfortunately, cheating has been a part of gaming for as long as we can remember.
Whether it’s screen peeking or blatant wallhacks, some cheeky players are always looking for ways to gain an advantage on the server. And over the years, players have tried some pretty strange things while trying to beat their opponents. So this week, we wanted to look at some of the most ridiculous cheating attempts in esports history.
Written by: Niall McCrossan (@niallmccrossan)
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[@HorseCritter]

For anyone who doesn’t know, riolu was an extremely well respected player in the trackmania community and it was actually quite shocking to learn that he was hacking

[@philipauken5391]

The strangest thing is that only around 30% of his runs were cheated, some of the runs he did off-stream. He had the skill to break multiple world records and be one of the best players ever, but that just wasn’t enough for him. It makes no sense lol

[@HorseCritter]

@@philipauken5391 exactly, really unexpected

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

Its a shame because without the cheats he probably could still be considered one of the best in the world

[@sarsuje]

@@RandomNorwegianGuy. fax he has skill but I guess he needed more to his name by cheating but got caught

[@hugocorreia8039]

@@sarsuje its like fighting, you can be best than your opponent but you still want that edge that makes a visible difference

[@chinesesparrows]

Forsaken is such an apt nickname. His story may exist as long as the internet goes on... scary stuff

[@timitri8]

Correct if im wrong but If I remember correctly he had been caught cheating bf and now to this team he changed hes name

[@anujanewaskar3572]

@@timitri8 no he has never appeared in Esports scene after that!

[@bitansgaming8437]

@@anujanewaskar3572 He is a professional Valorant player now

[@hindisijeff3184]

@@bitansgaming8437 lol thats a different guy

[@anujanewaskar3572]

@@bitansgaming8437 no he isn't that If you are saying by watching the video So it was april fools video

[@tommiweck8660]

riolu used to say on his streams that his consistancy brings good placements in competitions. He proved himself right getting the first place here too with a decade of consistant cheating.

[@m0un11]

The sad thing is that he wouldnt even have needed to cheat, to be as good as he was, I mean you saw it in COTD, Grand League and other tournaments, its just sad

[@mandaladeva9683]

@@m0un11 as wirtual said. pro didn't cheat to be good but to be faster.

[@milesobrien3982]

Yeah... It's just sad. And also his reaction to wirtual was just insane, and they had apparently been good friends, but he was just so extreme.

[@natesmith3436]

Now he has disappeared for almost 4 months, saying nothing, instead of just admitting to cheating and moving forward.

[@sternwayprovider]

He was good but he probably did not want to grind that much, it was like a downwards spiral

[@perrybb2]

The fact that all the players on that team freaking *HID* once they got a 1 kill lead was absolutely hilarious. The other team must've been so confused when they all started jumping through walls

[@skurdibbles7913]

that was hilarious.

[@BryonYoungblood]

I know I’d be like “Holy crap, this is so insane!”

[@magicmulder]

I love these “in your face” exploits. I sometimes do that in real life, like set a fridge menu to Korean in a store. And then staff can’t set it back to English because the developers forgot that to properly switch back to English, they should either show a flag or the word “English” and not just the Korean translation of the word “English”.

[@BrawndoQC]

@@magicmulder So you're griefing minimum wage employees.. nice

[@magicmulder]

@@BrawndoQC LOL In Germany we don't pay minimum wage to store employees.

[@princesol612]

"Cheat" Forsaken: *ah here we go again*

[@bobthemuslimmartika2304]

EMBARRASSING

[@MisterSleep1123]

Word

[@7Lace77]

Forsaken was an amazing PS1 game. I played Ex Cop, and Jo was cool.

[@nephillius5841]

now he is named as sk rossi and doing good in valo

[@sharkop6530]

@@nephillius5841 do some research kid google is there

[@misaal3802]

Team Mei Seng actually got to game 5 of semis without cheating in any game. They were really good players without even trolling.

[@jeremybrown9611]

I like what they did tho

[@jsucisiqixidjd]

Makes it even funnier

[@swagchomp]

I think they deserve the dub More of a appease community type thing

[@josephrash1]

Can some explain to me how is that cheating?

[@ooorigami4166]

@@josephrash1 exploitation of bugs that are not intended for the game

[@plant_pot119]

Man I remember watching Team Mi Seng, that shit was so fucking funny

[@InconsisTenZ]

LMFAO

[@shishira4539]

they were like let me in!!!

[@SunGodSe]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@willn8664]

They literally just trolled the whole tournament. All those names they used lol.

[@dizzyWLRD]

Subbed

[@jabaited]

"You're a wizard, Forsaken" - WallBang360NoScopeHagrid

[@darana1142]

Good one

[@eastvirginia9420]

Lol

[@albioncia]

lucky valorant's forsaken is a legit good player

[@eagle7015]

lol

[@linggawisnuwardana8650]

@@albioncia b coz it different player😂 and he is already overwatch good plarey

[@MagicV00D00]

Riolu still writing his apology in slowmotion

[@0wly]

It is so slow he hasnt even started yet

[@apheliongameing]

2 months went he is still not doing so Like... man it is so bad Wirtual out from Nordavind

[@anthonygunnip8779]

This comment hurts me :(

[@tygobermind3640]

There will be no apology because he has commited suicide, better leave it alone.

[@TheRudietje]

@@tygobermind3640 ?

[@sword1066]

What's even more weird was that Riolu was actually very skilled at the game, picking WR up livestreaming when he wasn't cheating

[@JiorujiDerako]

Yep. And it showed in his replays too; they noticed that any WRs he set on-stream, the inputs looked normal in the replay, and the WRs he set off-stream had those inhuman slow-motion inputs to them. He was perfectly capable of setting WRs without cheating and had the streams to prove it, and yet still felt the need to cheat for everything else.

[@joetheseventeenth]

@@JiorujiDerako when you’re at the top i guess it can get boring, maybe he wanted to see how far he could push it

[@skafloodle7777]

@@joetheseventeenth "Players don't cheat to get a faster time. They cheat to get a time, faster." - Karl Jobst, This quote perfectly summarises Riolu's situation. The frustration of knowing you have the skill to pull off a wr but just barely not getting it for like hours and hours can build up and can lead to cheating I guess

[@Vaylon.]

I still don't understand why thescore are milking the riolu thing this much. It doesn't have anything to do with esports, it has to do with speedrunning. He (and the other cheaters, specifically Techno) didn't cheat in any esports events.

[@goldencyclone4984]

@@Vaylon. It's because TrackMania experienced a big surge in popularity during the pandemic

[@flurble]

My absolute favourite thing about that XQC clip is that you can see his heartrate spiking when Tyler1 is grilling him. Absolute gold.

[@An0nymous_L0gic]

still salty that he got Poo in trouble

[@eyeless_hobo]

Nah it's always that high. Still wondering how he is still alive

[@supeskor]

Surprised that story about Daniel Abt didn't make it. Dude was a Formula E driver who during the lockdown last year had a professional simracer drive for him in rFactor or iRacing simrace. Funniest thing is that because everyone had to be present in Zoom call, he simply blocked face of the driver by a mic stand. After this he got sacked and took a break from motorsports.

[@brycebarretto4287]

Omg i remember that, donut media covered this iirc lmao

[@onenightblitz]

Maybe in a different video about smurfing?

[@DeathSlayer1337]

yeah audi sacked him from the team, it was mad

[@doemi7991]

He stated it was meant as a "joke" or "experiment". Sounds legit for me, because it was so obvious. But anyway not the smartest idea to do it like this :D

[@darramcmahon9252]

Also surprised this wasn't no.1

[@prateekmisra8251]

You know what? Im glad Forsaken's name has forever been tarnished, and i do hope it prevents others from cheating at that stage.

[@quietginja9946]

It didn't. Damn cheaters.

[@mochammadridho6814]

He's now a Valorant pro playing for paper rex

[@prateekmisra8251]

@@mochammadridho6814 wtf that's horrible Edit: Bro that's the wrong forsaken, and uhh... Wrong nationality

[@marioespinho3272]

Too bad Forsaken wasn't able to "Flusha" his cheats so he didn't get caught, like some other players...

[@adityeah1]

@@mochammadridho6814 ok dude no shots

[@NintenBound]

I recommend watching the full video about that Celeste bit. That run was a rather clever way to get the mods to enlist better rules for future speedruns and it worked

[@Speedself]

Do you have a specific video to recommend?

[@dickurkel6910]

@@Speedself The video that explains it is called "The weirdest cheated speedrun world record", the game is Celeste.

[@Speedself]

@@dickurkel6910 I'll give it a look, thank you!

[@Starryeyeddreamer2001]

I don't really get how stream sniping at fall guys helps

[@DiscoPornoSatan]

it was a team competition, with several players on each team competing for points depending on where they end up in their matches. A win would equal X amount of points, 2nd place Y and so on. By streamsniping opposing teams, you could cause them to drop out of a round costing them points.

[@Starryeyeddreamer2001]

@@DiscoPornoSatan but how can that help you gameplay wise? Do you gain advantage or nah?

[@yoyochinb3742]

@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 it doesnt help gameplay wise, it helps points wise since you can target your competition and knock them off, making them lose points

[@dislexyc]

@@yoyochinb3742 if it only helps if you're better, is it really cheating?

[@linggawisnuwardana8650]

@@dislexyc still cheating.

[@RedditUppriser]

Forsaken be like: WHY STOP NOW I FRICKINT GETING IT

[@ToomanyFrancis]

what

[@tanishkpriyadarshi5270]

@@ToomanyFrancis forsaken dude, he is used on every single esports cheating videos

[@Snake66874]

Is that joke that he can't speak English properly?

[@Mercman1010]

I still think the #2 entry is bogus. To be clear he never cheated at the actual event. He 'cheated' to unlock the tron bike that he (and most of the rest of the field) used during said event. So he didnt have an advantage it just put him on a level playing field.

[@Valigarmanda]

The bike itself granted the advantage. Idk why they didn't just implement that the racers use the same bikes but okay

[@TheSquareOnes]

Yeah, I understand why it counts but don't think that it really should. Seems like a fundamental issue in the competition itself if some players are given an outright advantage over other just because they've essentially spent more time grinding out a passive stat boost.

[@Mercman1010]

@@TheSquareOnes Its like if an athlete got DQ'd cuz they found out he stole the shoes he ran on. Just cuz its illegal to steal doesnt mean those shoes broke any rules during the event

[@henrystartt]

#2 was just a cheat to acquire the tron bike that all the other competitors were using as well. Just meant he didn't spend ~150 hours cycling uphill. He didn't use the cheat in competition

[@PieMaster2425]

Yeah seems kind of bull to me. He competed on a level playing field with everyone else at the competition. It be like if csgo banned device from tournament play because he dupped a knife.

[@rohanmudumba2545]

@@PieMaster2425 it’s like if valve banned device from play because someone else leveled his account from lv 1-3 so he could play competitive

[@jordanholicky8616]

Whats even more dumb is the rule was not in place until after he was relegated. His 6 month Ban transferred to the Road as well meaning he could not race both in real life or virtually under the UK cycling fed.

[@jesuszamora6949]

Being an unwashed American, I don't get it. Did the Tron bike have advantages in the game?

[@jesuszamora6949]

@@wadehardy658 There's that, too. Why wouldn't the TO specify a bike and make sure everyone was using it? It's like they WANTED a scandal for some stupid reason.

[@Vorusen]

Imagine trying to stream snipe in a hearthstone tourny and still being so shit you ended up in dead last

[@HiddenReach]

That's us at 5:40 haha. Slight correction, we started in 2009 not 2011!

[@lubey8865]

Huge fan of HLG, didn’t expect to see you on the list lol!

[@Exterminated]

bluepants5 the goat

[@Wayne3]

Clara's been using a lot of people's stuff...

[@somethingdifferent9024]

Clara what is this?

[@DiscoPornoSatan]

@@somethingdifferent9024 it's from a CSGO streamer that forgot to turn her cheats off while streaming and broadcasted it to the world. She bursted out that "Clara" had installed them on her PC ... Yea ...

[@somethingdifferent9024]

@@DiscoPornoSatan I’m going to preface this by saying I respect and appreciate your explanation. My comment was referencing the video and her attempts to pin the hacks on Clara. Peace and Love.

[@bergerman487]

Since that day, I never trust chicks that named Clara

[@Ninjakiw1]

I'm honestly quite sad about the whole situation with Riolu, I started watching him about half a year before this happened and he was genuinely a fun guy and great streamer and i just wish that he had just come clean and admitted it and maybe then he could've continued streaming in some way rather than straight-up just disappearing as he did I still hope that we could see him again sometime

[@mohammadnibb1623]

The halo one was the best. They didn't even care lmao 🤣

[@udaybhaskar-ff3mz]

"Forsaken cheats" theScore Esport: *I'm gonna milk you*

[@aseed89]

how is forsaken not #1? This guy brought cheats to LAN. The balls on this guy.

[@rez4ie]

it's not balls it's stupidity

[@Temmoie]

@@rez4ie You have to admit that he had the guts to delete the cheat right on camera.

[@Alnis2l]

watch trackmanias full story!

[@barky1226]

Those Halo names we're amazing, what a geniuses!

[@thomasmoser4001]

My favorite type of videos, the "caught cheating" ones. Thanks !!

[@FizzleFX]

I used weighted dice... in StarCraft. My friends never knew.

[@anthonygunnip8779]

Wow! I am shocked that you even mentioned Trackmania. Riolu was recently discovered as a cheater so I guess it makes decent sense, but with the Trackmania community being small as it is in comparison, I was expecting something way different. Let alone in #1. This really has me more interested in your channel, seeing you actually do some more digging than just the most popular games. Cool, definitely subbing. :)

[@Alnis2l]

wirtual did it :)

[@Rayer24]

Trackmania community small? I don't even play trackmania and I know that community that revolves around that game is HUGE.

[@vampenga9277]

Oh shit! I remember watching HLG back during the days of Halo 3! That's absolutely hilarious they got into an official tourney and won with their strats. Nice to hear they're still around having fun

[@JonEffinZoidberg]

#6 was honestly a really great/non-weird addition. As someone who has struggled with substance abuse when I got out of the marines after 2 tours of Iraq I understand the dangers it provides all around... The biggest danger of it is dishonesty about use to yourself and others around you. These sorts of things need to be normal to discuss, because it permeates our society more than you know. I had a high paying job from the time when I was an addict & am fortunate to still have it now. But my point of that is I was a functional member of society that no one suspected and I barely made it out with my career and life still intact. Please make it more normal to talk about substance abuse issues no matter what the reason that person may be using is.

[@deso2]

thank u for the story. huke is also a great player, he doesnt need addy but thts what “helped” them win the championship last year. thing is what other players are on addy in the league?? and who isnt? really unfair playing field and cod/Activision doesnt really acknowledge it but the pros know

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@deso2 I'd bet it's just like college lol. Where everyone who knows somebody who takes it is taking it [occasionally] themselves. Do you know if you're allowed to take it during the tournament if you're actually prescribed it? I guess that would be fair, but also seems kinda unfair (given how easy it is to get a prescription, you definitely don't actually have to have ADHD. Maybe they've cracked down in the past couple years though? Idk)

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@deso2 It's weird that the video says "we still don't know if it actually helps" because... yes we do. I mean sure, for some people it's going to make them more twitchy (and not in the good video gaming way lol), which can suck for FPS games.. but generally speaking, I don't think there's any real question as to whether it helps, right?

[@jakethesnake9340]

@@idontwantahandlethough Yeah everyone who has ever taken Adderall knows it helps, especially those actually prescribed and need it. I remember taking it in college for grinding out papers and we used to play csgo after and we were on fire......

[@nikkof5384]

It’s good he was honest about this. PED abuse is rampant in sports already and this kind of clarity especially in a position where impressionable minds look up to you is the responsibility of any role model. Class act young man.

[@war2theren227]

That Hidden Reach bit was fucking hilarious. 10/10 to them. I used to use their tactics troll people in Duos as a (dumb) teen.

[@Polixvondeutschland]

The Zwift story is just as dumb the first time I heard it. How is there being a level-playing field considered cheating? Other racers in the race used the Tron Bike too, they just put in the work to get it. Every racing sport in history is loaded with people throwing money at their problems or inefficiencies. It's not like the Tron Bike is inaccessible to other players. Why does it matter if his account has it or not? I remember back in the day League of Legends having rune pages. You needed to grind experience to get all the runes. Riot said "that's dumb, these runes have a significant impact on player power." So they scrapped it and now we have what are essentially talent trees. That's all the Zwift guy did, was bring his competition down to an equal level. Stop covering this bullshit - it's not bizarre because he got the tron bike "illegitimately," it's bizarre because you think Zwift is.

[@michaelyao4]

I think you are misunderstanding, not only he unlocked the bike without "grinding" for it, he had a wattage input changer that allowed him to basically tell the server that he is moving at X speed when he is not even pedaling. Watch the part where he explains it himself so u can get it.

[@1997kx]

@@michaelyao4 yeah but he had to do it to obtain the tron bike. I would argue the game itself should have been balance to either make the tron bike more easily available or to not have such a bike in a game meant to be competitive. If im not wrong, he never used it during any tournament.

[@chrismackenzie1994]

@@michaelyao4 The World Champs he won was an in person event he actually went to and rode his bike to win. Also while it was probably not the smartest. UCI hadn't even set up rules for E-Sports cycling when he did it...

[@YassineCoding]

@@michaelyao4 he was in the event and they could just run some diagnostics before the game i guess ? i mean how stupid esports orgs can be while putting a title and money on the line then there's a winner they go " oh no , we got ourselves a cheater here"

[@andremetternich9535]

I will never understand why people can’t just do things the right/legitimate way without having to try and justify/rationalize it for themselves. People with your mindset are why cheating exists in the first place.

[@Pedrogas]

Holy shit HIdden Reach is here lmao

[@Grudgebearer4life]

Lol my favorite is still “wtf….Clara…..hold on! My friend must’ve done it!” Gets a chuckle every time I hear it!!!

[@nicholasgreen4921]

Imagine you're a referee and you see a pro with a black dot on the middle of the screen drawn on there

[@stroman2154]

is that illegal?

[@milkbar1407]

😂 I once use this "tactic" with a sniper rifle, 'no scope'

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

My LG monitor has a crosshair built into the UI. LOL

[@WindFrozer]

While I am not on adderall, I do take something similar and it WORKS. I am diagnosed with ADD and the medication is prescribed to me. I get the dose that I need to function properly every day (not just for tournaments). I notice the difference clearly, both in every day tasks, but also when I am competing. I take a pretty low dose, but if pros are abusing the "short/burst" version of adderall, TRUST me it will make a difference. Not just a small performance gain, we are talking 110% focus with no slowdown or fatigue throughout the series. if anyone has any questions feel free to ask

[@zacharysnyder5820]

That story from Kyler(sp?) Is really wholesome. Mad respect

[@Just_a_guy093]

The internet is trash. We are proud of Tyler that he addressed Cheating on the biggest stage.. trash internet people.. I would never teach my kid that if he cheats and groveled he can get away with it

[@BillOLDbergSucks]

I LOLed when you mentioned the dude played Ram Ranch by Grant MacDonald during his speed run video. I forgot all about that song until now.

[@thomasshelby5454]

Fun fact : forsaken actually DID delete the cheat (word.exe) , but the tournament organizers have software (if u wanna call that) that can undo all the software that already deleted.

[@khaluu2000]

CTRL+Z

[@Hannwes]

@@khaluu2000 It went into the trashcan xD

[@Azubjourni]

@@Hannwes bruh😂😂😂

[@panikk2]

Yeah it's this cutting edge software called the Recycle Bin

[@EddieOtool]

What wasn't mentioned about Riolu and Trackmania's scandal is that Riolu and Wirtual were actually good if not close friends prior to that situation. Wirtual's heart was litterally shattered by this discovery; he couldn't believe it himself. He offered Riolu many, many chances to come forth, admit and apologize, even before the publication of the report, but Riolu always denied. Eventually, as people got more and more convinced about the authenticity of the report and cheating allegations, Riolu totally disappeared from the community; a shame, because he was actually one of the best. He still holds many genuine and un-cheated record runs, and he was always among the fastest and most skilled in online tournaments. It took Wirtual many months to heal from this situation, so much he was shocked; unfortunately, it might have taken even more time for Riolu, if ever.

Riolu was actually a famous track mania streamer and speed runner, kinda sad he still never admitted it and never showed his face online ever again

[@collinferg]

0:20 - can’t wait to hear about these cheats that were both unexplainable and inexplicable

[@francescognerre2408]

MY favorite cheating is at some early league tournament where one player just looked at the screen projecting the game behind them

[@FaithfulMC]

Riolu scandal is huge, biggest cheater in the world, going unnoticed for a decade. I guess when you're that good at the game, it's so hard to spot. It's a shame, and I hope he's doing okay.

[@ThisGuyCJ]

I like how this video is 2 days old, and most of these clips are from years ago that I've seen on other KZbin vids x)

[@akiramatoi4158]

9:12 LMFAO RAM RANCH THO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 if i witnessed this ida died on the spot from laughing

[@jackshizuho1491]

The number 5 team should have won. If they made videos over and over and no one fixed them. It should be a big "fix your shit developers" moment

[@playnow254]

Fixing bugs in games is not as simple as going into the code and typing "if broken, don't be". Bugs are usually a combination of a bunch of weird issues that nobody thought of or thought would never occur. Also, if only a small number of people are using an exploit and it's not really harming most gameplay, there's also no financial incentive to fix said bugs. Game developers' bosses will assign them to work on something like DLC rather than fix some minor edge case. So it's a lot more complex than just asking devs to fix their games.

[@jackshizuho1491]

@@playnow254 but there is an incentive when they want to make money out of an ESport with sponsors and commercials. And even more if a team that is entering a competition is showing you said exploits on videos (and perfecting them). And of course is issues nobody excpected but they happened and with the spread of them and how to use them the issue gets worse. If it was an problem for example the one's on Dead by Daylight, that in the new patch sometimes the lockers are invisible is more difficult to know where it happened, but one that happenes the same way every time... not so much

[@jackshizuho1491]

@@playnow254 actually now that I remembered in Dead by daylight, even when they aren't competitive game. They at least saw bugs on the map "Raccoon City Police Department" and took it out of rotation until fixed. (And gave Experience as a sorry to fans). The Halo team couldn't even bother to take out the map from even competitive at bear minimum

[@boxedkimchi]

@@jackshizuho1491 you realize they had exploits for almost every map in rotation, right? no matter what, they would have done it at some point in the tournament.

[@dwirandypradhika6752]

The trackmania one is actually pretty impressive if he wasn't cheating. Trackmania and Osu! Share a thing about not being huge esports but are very impressive to watch a high-level play of.

[@2rquoised]

tf u really call osu an esport?

[@dwirandypradhika6752]

@@2rquoised The tournaments are boring to watch, but people grinding to get top plays are very impressive to watch. It's certainly more of an esport than Fall Guys is. Top-level plays are almost inhuman, it doesn't matter if you hate the culture, clicking small points with precise aim at >220bpm while following complex patterns is worthy of being a spectator sport. Don't forget about players hitting 70clicks/second on the mania game mode.

[@danuarta5075]

@@2rquoised i wouln't call it a no, pressing both fingers in the perfect time while moving your hands really fast for minutes, is REALLY hard.

[@2rquoised]

@@danuarta5075 well I never said osu wasn't hard, I just never thought of it as an esport lol

[@RIADAPLE]

It would, but it has been proved to death that he was cheating

[@richardszoghy1907]

YOOO ASUMSAUS MY BOI!! That man makes so high quality videos, as long as I know by himself.

[@uPenguin]

The entire Asian portion of the Halo World Champs qualifiers was a meme, the HLG was just the icing on the cake.

[@jimmuelpeji]

you can't make a cheating compilation video without that classic Clara clip. that's a rule!

[@NateTheScot]

The funniest part about the Forsaken thing is that you can LITERALLY SEE on the faces of his teammates that ALL of OpTic knew what was going on and they were ALL panicking because he was being exposed. If they didn't know he was cheating they'd look confused, not all literally be staring like that with fear on their faces lmao. He was unfortunately the one that was given the task of using the cheats in the matches (maybe he had the best stats or something so they thought it would seem less sus if it was him idk) but they all knew and all were involved.

[@roxanne8662]

id say, if we are going off reactions alone, that theres still a good chance they didnt know he was cheating. their teammate was getting the PC checked for cheats live during a tournament. just the possibility that he has been secretly cheating and is about to ruin the tournament for them is enough to make someone shit themself.

[@lacyx7923]

the bhop gameplay in the background is always elite

[@arhmlmao]

forsaken managed to kill the growing esports scene in india single-handedly. thankfully its stronger than ever due to valorant being super popular here

[@alphablob7885]

Thescore: make a video about cheating Also thescore: put forsaken As the thumbnail

[@dickurkel6910]

What? That's... the point of a thumbnail

[@-Azure.EXE-]

I wouldn't consider Hidden Reach's antics cheating. Everything they did, was done within the games normal functioning. Reminds me of the first For Honor tournament where the winner spammed some of the games most broken/unreactable moves. If there's an exploit, players are well within their rights to use it when money is on the line. Doesn't look very fun but it is the game's fault for being at esports and not being player proof.

[@Jay-Tee58]

The Halo one was hilarious 😂 those guys legit were embracing it

[@Hdx64]

There we goooooo. I'm on sec 10 and i'm expecting the Olof boost to be N°1 ahha lol

[@ether49]

you didnt mention the funniest thing about the melee pichu hacking incident. the pich changes were so minor that the character was still an objectively worse version of pikachu. if that cheater had just played pikachu he wouldve been a ranked player.

[@playstationarusu]

Have you seen the size of that hacked pichu nair? How is that worse than Pika

[@mellowmike7520]

Here for the obligatory forsaken clip

[@MaximilianSterlingTv]

The more amusing thing about the Cameron Jeffers ban was that he was not only banned from the game but also in real life races too.

[@greendofield]

me and my friend are always suck at fps competitive game, like pubg, rainbow siege, etc but we are having fun trying really hard just to get outplayed by others player. Without cheating and when we did some of the clutches we feel so proud ourself.

[@asterix289]

11:15 @donadigo "prorgrammer" uhh editor must have left in a small typo lmao

[@stinkylikefunky]

Dude: talks through the whole entire video without cussing aggressively Also Dude: 12:07

[@bosstacosandetb2248]

Omg I'm so glad you got the Clara! Video at the end

[@opticoblivion]

god damn it clara! that clip at the end got a chuckle outta me lmao

[@LuuOnYoutube]

Waiting for the juicer to watch this OMEGALUL xqcL 1:54

[@Steevvee]

Addrerall defiantly gives you an advantage. Its a really strong stimulant. Everyones reaction times would’ve been insane.

[@Xitronix]

That Halo incident was hella funny💀. Literally trolled the entire event

[@ACEGAMER120]

Team Mi Seng trolling a Halo tournament will be my favorite case of cheating for years to come 😂

[@nebulaxox8845]

nah forsaken was just trying to finish his college essay that's why he installed word.exe

[@tanishkpriyadarshi5270]

man was doing multitasking, shame to be banned for competing and doing essay at the same time

[@agent9825]

Team Mi Seng wasn't cheating, they exploited something left in the game by the developers, they needed to patch it out.

[@theotherjared9824]

There are many instances of players exploiting bugs at officially sponsored events being disqualified for cheating despite not breaking the rules. Game developers don't like to look stupid.

[@Karl_Sebastian]

Yeah. Pixelwalking is forbidden in CSGO tournaments. Explanation on what it means: Players can stand on top of each other to get to different angles, but it is also possible to get boosted to otherwise unaccessible spots. Some of these spots have a invisible 1mm ledge that is possible to stand on. If you are standing on something that isn't made to stand on (like the middle of a wall) it's pixelwalking. It's pretty cool, look it up. But it is already forbidden, but left in the game because why fix it?

[@alexandrexavier3273]

TheScore Esports in the year 2170: Famous cheating attempts in esports history. Forsaken in his grave: *cries*

[@Zymasis39_]

What should be mentioned in the Riolu situation is his response to the report as opposed to other players accused. Techno and others just admitted to it, but Riolu went as far as to call the report a witch hunt.

[@nootics]

And radio silence ever since.

[@pvtsooner]

I still find it absolutely hilarious that xqc cheating moment had no impact on the game at all and he got banned lmao

[@DenethorDurrandir]

thumbs up to xQc for putting leash on the white knights, props to the Halo exploiters showing off how broken the competitive game is and massive kudos to Donadigo the legend

[@jdj8168]

The halo story is so funny lol hi deng and chi teng😭😭

[@supersonic4863]

the celeste run is just way too funny.

[@wfjhDUI]

With all the money that's on the line, I'm surprised there haven't been any busts of genuinely sophisticated hacking schemes in tournaments. Some of these tournaments have million dollar prize pools and some of these teams have sponsorship money. It seems like a major team could easily justify employing their own developers to work on bespoke hacks that are hidden in a player's personal mouse and keyboard. Basically what I'm saying is where's the Lance Armstrong of esports?

[@Xanatos576]

Not caught yet. Lance Armstrong never failed a drug test. It's ridiculous to think cheating isn't wide spread at the highest levels of competition. We only catch the dumb ones.

[@z1pz0rk51]

As a proud Mendo fan, I am just gonna say xqc wasn't the only one sniping

[@mason1807]

word exe has to be my favorite cheating meme, so funny

[@Engrothi]

7:00 THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD. I MISS YOU HLG

[@contentcop]

Kid: I did meth to win a video game Everyone: SO BRAVE!

[@aryashetty3924]

Bruh he won a tournament and could have just went on with it. But instead decided to step forward and admit about his drug issues and misdoings for the benefit of himself and his own teammates. What a champ!

[@coobk373]

someone didnt learn the new info about #3 basically that guy wanted to go out on a ban and made the run as more or less a shitpost... he even was surprised it got verified

[@nervepincher6859]

I admire your restraint in not using the Olaf boost. GG

[@kanomorojele4956]

4:56 lol 🤣Never thought Alcohol could be considered a Performance enhancer..

[@FizzleFX]

7:25 joke on you STALLING is pretty much everywhere forbidden Even before exploids.

[@Duck-re3tm]

Bringing up xqc is a weird move ngl. Putting him stream snipe in one of the most uncompetitive tournaments with the most amount of "cheating" done by fans just seems unneccesary considering he didn't actually cheat to win but to make content. That being said he shouldn't have done it, but it isn't comparable to the other shit on this list.

[@mylenhansen6350]

It'd be pretty cool if there was esports for speed-runs I'd genuinely love to see that

[@anujanewaskar3572]

Woah!! You should take an interview of Forsaken!! LMAO!

[@-........]

i went to the museum the other day to look important art pieces. their most important piece was an olaf bust.

[@comebackfailed6350]

I'm not playing cs but that cheating forsaken did resonated in all existing video games even in microsoft office

[@playboikaniiii]

I think I've seen this video like 10 times already

[@SasgroLP]

"Prorgrammer" lmao

[@ReeceyOMG]

Love the outro! CLARA!? Classic.

[@zdhome5727]

Any normal person in matchmaking caught cheating could be perma-banned in many games. But when a popular figure does it in a TOURNAMENT, they only get slaps on the wrist. As long as players can watch their favorite streamers get away with smurfing and cheating, competitive integrity will always be a joke.

[@plasmarr_6204]

You can see Forsaken's teammate look at him with utter disappointment hahaha

[@dayvidsen5173]

Mi Seng has to be the most hilarious I've heard