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about 4 years ago - /u/FallGuysJoe - Direct link

Originally posted by TheIllusiveBoi

They should make it so cheaters match with cheaters

We have started doing this to some cheaters, and what you're seeing here is probably one of the cheater only lobbies. I can't say for certain but videos like this one of lobbies full of cheaters are not representative of what most players are seeing in game. We're still hard at work with a much better solution. News very soon.

about 4 years ago - /u/FallGuysJoe - Direct link

Originally posted by omimon

If cheaters are getting matched doesn't that mean it is contrary to what you guys said about them being banned from the game right away?

Ok, let me set the record straight here slightly. Apologies that this has not been communicated well!

  1. Initially when 'banning' players we were setting them to their own matchmaking pool. There weren't enough cheaters initially to populate this, so they weren't getting matches, essentially banning them.
  2. Recently as we've 'banned' more players there were enough to populate this pool and they've started getting matches. Very recently we've turned this functionality off, and if you're banned you're banned. No cheater lobbies. This video (and my last post) were before we made this decision.
  3. It's pretty clear we aren't catching cheaters on their first match as we previously thought and it's taking longer for us to detect them. We have better anti-cheat coming soon that should hopefully put an end to cheaters ruining games. Some of our messaging on other platforms still states this and we're in the process of cleaning at up as it's clearly not the case.

Finally I just want to apologise that you're having to deal with cheaters at all. It sucks. We need to do better. Fixes are coming.

about 4 years ago - /u/FallGuysJoe - Direct link

Originally posted by arvs17

Let's hope Joe! I'm one of the few who posted about the cheater problem quite a lot. I even got a reply from you. Know that im doing that out of frustration as I love this game so much (I even top up kudos just to support this game). I don't want this game to die. All the best to you and your team!

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