Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz Expresses Frustration with VALORANT’s Matchmaking System and Cheaters
Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz, one of the greatest players in the history of CS:GO, recently shared his dissatisfaction with the matchmaking system in VALORANT and revealed that he encountered cheaters who openly admitted to using aimbots.
The professional CS:GO player expressed not only his frustration with the large number of cheaters in the game but also how these hackers openly admitted to their cheating. Dev1ce revealed that he had been called a cheater by players who turned on their aimbots to match his skills.
Dev1ce also expressed his frustration with the presence of five-man teams in ranked matches, which created an unfair experience for solo players. He suggested that Riot should implement a team queue if they plan to allow five-stack teams in ranked matches in the long term.
Although these problems can be expected in a beta version of the game, some fans were disappointed with the game’s security features. Riot also admitted that it was surprised to see hackers in the game so quickly.
According to Paul Chamberlain, the anti-cheat lead at Riot, the team expected to encounter the first batch of cheaters a couple of weeks after the beta’s release. However, cheaters appeared within days. Chamberlain admitted, “It turns out I was optimistic and instead we only had a few days of quiet before we had to be working at full steam ahead.”
To combat cheating, Riot has offered a $100,000 bounty to anyone who finds an exploit in the game. With a new and promising anti-cheat system in place, the situation should improve moving forward.
While established titles in the genre like CS:GO still struggle with cheaters, professional players have found sanctuary in private leagues such as ESEA and FaceIt.
VALORANT is set to be officially released this summer.