#aimbotter

TF2 Match Making needs a major update to crack down on cheaters.

First of all, spectator mode on command needs to be a thing again. That’s the best way to be sure someone is hacking. Some hackers are more subtle than others and the only way to be sure is to see what their aim is. I’ve seen some Snipers use a method where they hide their pointer, but don’t necessarily use aimbot.

Some Snipers don’t use aimbot (the thing where it snaps to the player, making the aimbotter look jittery), but make it so that they don’t need to be perfectly lined up to the player’s head. Quite frankly, I’ve never had an instance where my cross-hair wasn’t precisely aligned with the player’s head in order to make it count. With hackers, I’ve seen that their cross-hair wasn’t even toughing the player’s head, just outside.

Second, players should not be able to have the same username as someone else in the same server. This is another sneaky method that hackers use to avoid getting kicked when they’ve been found out. They’ll take someone else’s name, so when you go to report them (if you’re on the opposite team) you risk reporting someone who’s not actually hacking. I’ve been nearly kicked by my team unfairly because the hacker used my name, confusing people into put a vote on me, not the hacker. If two people happen to have identical usernames, the second person to get in the server should have a marker of some sort placed next to their name automatically so other people can distinguish the two.