Charlie "MuTeX" Saouma, a professional Call Of Duty: Warzone player, has been criticised for possible cheating in matches, so he did the only thing he could. He set up five separate cameras filming every angle of his set up to show that he is playing fairly.
That's certainly one way to prove your point. It's no secret that Warzone has a huge issue with cheaters and Activision is committed to stamping out the spoilsports with specific anti-cheating measures. In April, it announced that almost half a million cheaters have been booted out since the game's launch in March 2020, with seven "high-volume" ban waves comprising the core of its strategy. "There is no place for cheating," stated the team emphatically. "Delivering a fair and fun experience for all players is our top priority."
These allegations against MuTeX are borne of the appearance of the program Cronus on his PC, as spotted by some of his viewers. To the uninitiated, Cronus lets players use controllers for PC titles, thereby "putting full control back in your hands." It works for a number of controllers across platforms from PlayStation to Xbox to Switch, so you understand the appeal. But, the software also allows a player to adjust inputs through custom scripts which theoretically makes the controller quicker to respond than a usual mouse and keyboard set up.
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MuTeX did say that Cronus is still on his PC as he used to use it in Call Of Duty: WWII events. However, YouTuber BadBoy Beaman accused MuTeX of lying about no longer using Cronus as the footage of MuTeX deleting the software shows that the program was installed this year. As the scrutiny on MuTeX rose higher and higher after this footage appeared to undermine his own story, he elected to set up a very strange stream of Warzone on July 8th. Watch a snippet below:
Here, you can see that there are five cameras on MuTeX, focused on his PC, his controller, his face, his monitors and his desk setup. In addition, he spent some time explaining how he plays the game with a DualSense controller and reiterating that Cronus was left over from an earlier point in his professional career. You can't deny that he's committed to clearing his name, and there is a lot at stake, after all. Lots of people look up to the streamer and he could lose access to future tournaments and events if it is found that he was cheating in games.
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