Top 10 Times Video Game Streamers Got Caught Cheating

MOBADOS
Having quick reflexes and incredible aim in first-person shooters can require a lot of training. So when someone uses third-party software to gain an unfair advantage, it can ruin the experience. MOBADOS is an Argentine streamer who had a clip of him playing Apex Legends shared to the subreddit “LiveStreamFails”. He was accused of using the cheats called “Aimlock” and “NoRecoil”, which, as you can probably tell, eliminates gun recoil and locks onto your enemies for you, even behind walls. These claims led to MOBADOS being banned from Twitch. But that hasn’t stopped him from foraying into other games on his Youtube channel.

IcyVixen & BeardedBanger
No one ever wants to be accused of cheating, let alone by the actress behind one of the game's characters! Alex Zedra is the voice behind the Warzone character Mara, who also streams herself playing Call of Duty. After getting eliminated in a tournament, Alex decided to host IcyVixen, which started to raise some eyebrows. Vixen had an impeccable aim, even through walls or mid-flight! And she seemed to share this ability with her teammate and husband BeardedBanger, both of whom were competing in the same tournament as Zedra. She shared some clips of their gameplay on Twitter which brought it to the public’s attention, resulting in both being banned from Twitch.

autenil
A lot of the time when someone is caught using hacks in video games, it’s because the perpetrator is intentionally trying to increase their odds. Fortunately this time it seemed to be a genuine mistake. Autenil is a game developer who worked on the popular multiplayer survival shooter H1Z1. He also streamed the game now and then, but of course, being one of the makers of the game, you’d have more tools than most to give you an advantage. Someway into a random game, he hears an enemy team claiming hacks as his shots seem to be coming from nowhere! Autenil quickly realizes on stream that his dev-kit has him hidden in-game, after which he corrects.

Fragging with Zaccubus
Whenever you’re playing against friends online, sometimes you’ll give them a bit more leeway, and land far away from each other early on, which is frowned upon in competitive matches. David Treacy was streaming himself while contending in the Fortnite at the 2018 DREAMHACK tournament. However, when he came across his teammate Pixel, he intentionally stopped firing, leaving the both of them to separate and save their face-off for later. Of course, they were playing a solo tournament and Zaccubus was streaming it, so the moderators removed him mid-game once they found out.

FaZe Jarvis
The FaZe Clan is a professional esports and entertainment organization. So it’s a big deal when one of their members gets banned from a big game. Jarvis posted a video to his Youtube channel showcasing what it was like using Aimbot software in Fortnite. Epic Games caught wind of this and came down on the Youtuber, handing out a lifetime ban. But the story doesn’t end there. A year after his ban, he broadcasted a censored stream where it appeared he was playing Fornite again. He was banned mid-stream, which was followed by a Youtube upload explaining he had faked playing the game, having his friend use the real controller off-screen.

xQc
The danger with streaming online games is that people can see what you’re doing, which has resulted in some creators being hunted while trying to play. During the Fall Guys Twitch Rivals tournament, xQc, a.k.a, Félix Lengyel began collaborating with his teammates to hold back fellow streamer DrLupo. What Félix was doing was stream sniping, so he could tell where his opponent was, predict his movement and then prevent him from qualifying for the next round. Other content creators watched this unfold on both their streams, spreading the controversial actions. As a result, Twitch Rivals came down on the streamer, banning him from events for 6 months. He later apologized and forfeited his prize money.

Nick Eh 30
For some, rules are meant to be bent, but not broken. Fortnite streamer Nicholas Amyoony was playing alongside NFL player David Morgan during the charity event, the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl. During a match of Fortnite duos, the players were required to land in a four-square zone on the map. Onstream you can hear Nick conspiring with his teammate to intentionally land outside the zone, saying they wouldn’t get punished too much by officials. This meant that the team had free rein to loot in areas where they didn’t have to compete for resources. Some found this behavior disappointing, but they ultimately placed 6th in the tournament and raised $30,000 for St Jude and the Sheriff’s Youth Project.

Dream
Completing video games as fast as possible has become a huge online community, with many competing for World Records on specific games. Some notorious Minecraft records were set by Youtuber Dream, who gained a lot of unwanted attention when his speedruns seemed to be just “too lucky”. The moderation team behind the Minecraft records of speedrun.com launched an investigation into some of the recorded gameplay, which resulted in a disqualification of those runs. After a lot of discussion regarding their validity, Dream admitted that the game was “accidentally modded” from previous games he had played, which affected the drop rates of key items, discrediting those attempts at a record.

MrGolds
Despite the best efforts from companies, multiplayer games are rampant with cheaters using easily accessible software. But of course, if you’re trying to pass off you’re a pro-gamer, you don’t wanna be seen using that, and Twitch has a hard policy on any kind of tampering. In a comical moment, MrGolds finishes bragging about his skill in Call of Duty Warzone, only to realize his cheat software has been visible on stream the entire time. The clip of this revelation circulated on Twitter, resulting in him being banned from the platform.

MissQGemini
If you unashamedly tout your “talent” while using cheats, it’s almost like you’re inviting karma to reveal what’s really behind that skill! And that’s exactly what MissQGemini unfortunately experienced. In one of the most notorious clips of a streamer being caught out, after claiming that she’s just good at the game. Gemini’s chat reveals her cheats are visible and she goes into instant damage control. She proceeds to deny any knowledge of the cheats and passes the blame to her friend for installing them, despite having activated them mid-broadcast for everyone to see. The channel has since got banned, but that doesn’t stop people from using the same cheat software which plagues video games today.