A cheating scandal has hit the competitive
Call of Duty: Warzone scene, leading to a team being banned from the £180,000 ($250,000) Twitch Rivals Doritos Bowl Warzone event on January 21.
A trios team comprising of players METZY B, krypric j0ker and Unifyz have been disqualified from the competition after cheating allegations were made by a number of veteran Warzone competitors.
The official Twitch Rivals Twitter account posted an update on the issue on January 22, saying that they had removed METZY B’s team from the event as he was ruled to be cheating.
During the Twitch Rivals: Doritos Bowl ft. Call of Duty Warzone Final, Metzy B was ruled to be cheating. As a result his team was removed from the event.
Riot shield. Updated on 22 January 2021
A $250,000 Call of Duty: Warzone tournament was last night rocked by accusations of hacking, prompting calls for better anti-cheat within the game.
The trio squads tournament, which starred some of the biggest names in Warzone, blew up in the penultimate game of the final day of the event after multiple high-profile participants accused a Canadian player called Metzy of using an aimbot, with one clip in particular raising eyebrows.
The clip shows Metzy s reticle shift quickly to a player who jumps out of a window. Metzy plays Warzone on PC using a controller.
Thomas Tommey Trewren, a professional Warzone player for esports team 100 Thieves, was one of the prominent tournament participants who accused Metzy of cheating, running through a number of clips during a livestream.