Modern Warfare 2 - Cheaters Paradise

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Cheaters Paradise

Cheaters Paradise – this is exactly how one can describe the nightmare that the game has become in its 4.5 months of existence. The culprit is the hated matchmaking system IWNet, which gave players complete impunity and freedom of action. This is what attracted cheaters so much – in other online shooters, they could only wreak havoc until the admin arrived. Or at best, until other players gathered enough votes to kick/ban them.

As you know, in Modern Warfare 2, there are neither admins nor voting. The poor players have no choice but to leave the server. Eventually, this became the norm and when a cheater appeared, many immediately left to find another lobby. But the number of cheaters, drawn to the coveted freedom, simply grew exponentially. Even VAC, which had a reputation as the most effective integrated anti-cheat, was no barrier for them. However, this is not surprising, because on December 15, BlackDove (a rather well-known coder in the “cheat community”) posted a video on YouTube about a vulnerability he found, which allowed blocking VAC.

Proof video by BlackDove

In an interview with modernwarfail2.com, he stated that he would not create any hacks to disable the anti-cheat, as killing the multiplayer was not part of his plans. When asked,