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Valorant: Former CS: GO pro Ardiis accused of cheating

Valorant: Former CS: GO pro Ardiis accused of cheating
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With Vanguard, Riot promised us an invasive but effective tool to identify cheaters. Ardis 'ardiis' Svarenieks, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, was apparently flagged by the system for cheating...

Valorant: Former CS: GO pro Ardiis accused of cheating

Cheating is nothing new in the online gaming universe: it's a commonplace in most shooters or MOBAs, and Valorant makes no exception to the rule. Armed with their experience from League of Legends and their benchmark of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Riot Games knew they were going to face this plague — and that's why they developed Vanguard, an anti-cheat tool that launches on your computer before even Windows starts.

Although this kind of program couldn't be more intrusive, it's the only way to prevent efficiently the use of cheating — as hacks themselves tend to be more and more intrusive. In some CS: GO Majors, players have to request specific mouses and keyboards that will be delivered to them on stage — just to make sure no hacks will be installed in these devices...

Aimbots, wallhacks, and other third-party cheating tools can sneak everywhere — but apparently Vanguard does too. 

 

Waves of bans have already taken place under the watchful eye of Riot Vanguard

While cheating is indeed a pain for everyone, it is all the more problematic when it takes place at a competitive level. However, when money and glory are at stakes, some players aren't afraid to use hacks to guarantee their victory.

That's apparently what Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks did, as the 22-year-old Latvian player was recently accused of cheating.

The matter is in any case taken seriously

The former CS: GO pro player, who used to play for Endpoint, joined the Valorant still-growing competitive scene, and took part in several tournaments over the past weeks. Alongside Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas Colocho and Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, two formers pro of Valve's FPS scene, he won the latest Twitch Rivals.

Although these severe accusations are still studied by Riot, there's no real proof yet that Adriis actually cheated, and the player himself denied it in a TwitLonger.

 

However, the fact that fish132, the team alongside which he played Valorant in the past weeks, removed him from the roster seems to be an implicit way of confirming all the allegations.

A dignified and apparently calm advertisement

It remains to be seen if Adriis will be found guilty — until then, it seems to show that Vanguard does its job...

Original content from Millenium FR by "Tipsalewo".

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