Blizzard Banhammers 10,000 Overwatch "Nukers" In Korea

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Blizzard made justice reign in South Korea, banning 10,000 players for using "nukers," cheating tools used DDoS opponents in Overwatch. "So, that's why I lost." The Blizzard Korea team made a post on the message boards, that reads (according to the fine folks at VentureBeat):

“Creating and delivering a pleasant game environment for the majority of our rule-abiding players is of paramount importance to us... And we are committed to taking all the steps we can to stop players who create, distribute, and use these nuking programs.”

There's only one problem. Many of the players DDoSing are doing so from internet cafes, so it's not at if there are consequences to getting banned: no need to rebuy the game. Cheaters just go back to the cafe,  which has what is essentially an unlimited license to the game, and pay a small fee to play to DDoS all over again, or use whatever other tools they like.

We'll see if Blizzard can solve the issue, or if DDoS is just going to a part of the game in Korea.

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