There is an incensed uproar among the Valorant player community, as cheats grow by the day. A player suspiciously skilled in the clip gave rise to the biggest chicken or an egg situation as players debated whether it was actually skill-based or outright hacking. The original post had just said, “He’s definitely not cheating 🔥,” but the rest of the comments paint a completely different picture.
“Every game from Ascendant to Radiant was like that 2 years ago except they just closeted and rage-hacked to win. This game has been dead for a very long time. If you know anyone who still plays this game and is a high rank then I promise you they cheat,” John Doee shut the line of comments abruptly, with frustration. Another user, BraioFagundes, went on another rant: “everybody is cheating in this game, valorant sucks.”
However, some remain unconvinced that all of this is simply cheating. Some joked that the suspected ones just had a “better chair” or “better monitor and gaming mouse,” which is honestly the classic defense whenever someone just pops off in a way that’s… unnatural. Another player, Speedzin10, said, “meu time no chat de voz ainda defenderia e diriam que o cara é bom e que estou com inveja dele.” (Translation: “My team in voice chat would still defend him and say he’s good and that I’m just jealous.”)
Yet, others remain lost on just how obvious some of these clips are. Goku from Halo said, “Clove really had like 2 seconds to shoot and did nothing,” followed by a response that said, “They didn’t even fire a shot 😂 they could’ve tried.” It’s almost like watching a horror movie where the victim just stands there- except this time, it’s VALORANT, and the murderer could perhaps be a cheater.
The real kicker? Players say that when they report blatantly obvious cheaters, nothing happens. HeriXD told a funny story, “I played with a real hacker on my team who just ran and jumped around shooting, we all reported him and he still made it through 13 rounds.” And KickomoNA jumped in, “And the fact that game is 5 rounds in and they haven’t been banned says a lot.”
What has Riot said about all this? One sarcastic response was, “In good news though, with all this we get a new bundle🙄,” since nothing solves cheating quite like a shiny new skin right?
Really now, is the VALORANT system just dying to keep up, or are players just getting too good at finding ways to claim their losses as excuses? In either case, the debate has begun, and until Riot pushes a big ban wave into the spotlight or launches an upgrade for cheat detection, the players will always weigh in on who is legitimate and who is simply really well trained at pretending.
And while you continue to watch mates, might as well take a break with some carrot cake if you have also just witnessed someone nonsensically Headshot you through a wall.
Meanwhile, if you ever find yourself staring at an unmarked suspicious guy in your ranked game with not a single blindfold for a moment, well, you may want to consider this as a cue for a break with some funny carrot cake. Carrot cake at least does not Headshot you through a wall.
