Cheating in Overwatch

Blizzard’s Overwatch beta that recently finished with over 9.7 million players this past tuesday seems to have taken on some alleged cheating. With the Overwatch Police pretty busy with the situation, two professional players of the game have been accused of using an aimlock program to cheat during tournaments. Nothing has been proven yet against the players,but the evidence that has been stacked up against them doesn’t seem to be in their odds.

Timo Kettunen, a French player from Team EnvyUs also known as “Taimou,” is a respected player in the world of eSports. He was one of the first to start playing professionally in Overwatch, having completed a few professional tournaments he always seemed to stand out during his matches and has flashed the interest of the Overwatch Police before. The evidence in question is a clip of Taimou playing as Widowmaker getting off crazy shots that almost seem too good to be true.

The other accused professional Overwatch player is Lane Roberts, a Canadian player in the team Cloud9 who goes by the tag “Surefour.” Known as one of the top North American players in eSports, Surefour is also accused of using aimlock making incredible plays as Tracer and McCree. Surefour was one of the first professional players to be called out for cheating in Overwatch, and although he has denied all of the accusations against him on his live stream, it hasn’t stopped him from gaining the name Surelock instead of Surefour.

Here is the clip of Surefour's McCree gameplay.



The next clip contains footage of Surefour's gameplay with Tracer.



The Overwatch Police is just a community that posts videos on Youtube and the claims are for the people who watch them to decide. In the end, the Overwatch Police do not have a say in the matter and it is up to Blizzard to make a move in this situation.