I've been spotted this game is the
hardest shooter game I've ever played
oh look golem 3000 has been banned by
battle I just shows you how much
cheating is going on in this game the
guy I'm gonna meet he's been creating
cheats for a few years now I'm
interested to see what he's got to say
about this community
she occurs out there and the growing
problem of cheating
he says it just adds to the fun of the
game for him but what about to millions
of other people who play online who
don't cheat
you could you could get in some serious
shoppers yeah if you resolve decides to
come afternoon because of copyright
infringement in your you're in for a
tough time in fact for Chinese hackers
just like him were recently arrested for
allegedly creating and selling cheats
police say they made a hundred and forty
thousand dollars before being arrested
this teenage hacker will call him Lucas
runs a smaller operation from the
Netherlands his business can still make
almost fifteen hundred pounds a week and
his customer base is growing I know
quite some customers that actually are
like in the top top ranks by using a
product and some of the top ranked
global players on this game use your
cheats
yes apparently there are even a few
people that use it in like proper
tournaments lucas's cheats are currently
undetected that players using other
hacks have been caught red-handed watch
as this eSport star tries to delete the
evidence during a live high profile
tournament he was banned and sacked by
his eSports team can we see what your
cheats can do yeah sure
first time I really made a cheat a snack
man this is awesome I want to do this
more it was only a hobby the then I
realized sure that I could make a lot of
money on it because it's the only job I
have at the moment oh look at that
so already I can move loaded up and I
can see much further I can now shoot
completely in one spot without any
recoil and when I shoot someone it hurts
them a lot more this is a completely
different game now yeah I almost
completed it yeah so should we play
online now yes we're not ruining
anyone's game but now we're about to
cheating in gaming is almost as old as
gaming itself but things have changed a
lot since the early days back then a few
cheat codes would affect a single player
or maybe a group of mates arguably it
all started with the 80s classic Gradius
the legend decode army code up up down
down etc was a secret sequence installed
by the developer to make it easier for
him to complete the game but soon word
got out and the cheating began now
gaming is online its global and it's
highly competitive and a lot of people
are saying the cheating has got out of
control baby leaf is a gaming streamer
she says the cheats are spoiling the fun
for millions for them it may be a little
bit fun like yay I won the round but
everyone else they didn't get a fair
shot at that game at all like the games
can last up to half an hour that's half
an hour of game time that they've
there's been wasted just put the time in
it's so much more rewarding and it's not
just gamers this is affecting for game
makers cheating is one of the biggest
problems in the industry it's very
frustrating that the people who are
cheating or taking development resources
away that could be used for new levels
or improved games
Ubisoft the makers of this game say
they're committed to tackling the issue
and use several tools to detect cheaters
going off the individual cheat creators
though is difficult the makers of
Pokemon go recently got a cheat company
shut down by filing a lawsuit for
intellectual property theft the way the
cheat industry is moving is making it
even harder to police cheap to being
sold in encrypted chat forums on
platforms like discord we were shown
four separate communities with hundreds
of members in each they're all well
organized and work hard to stay
undetected so we're now playing online
with nine strangers
yeah we got him I just shot someone
through the sealer floor area the floor
because I could see them yes it's easy
yeah and it really is does that take the
fun out of it
no how do you feel about people using
your cheats in actual tournaments where
there's prize money and a lot of a lot
at stake obviously we don't condone it
but we're not gonna be like eh you
cannot do that Lucas says he has no
plans to stop making cheats in fact him
and his team want to expand into other
games and as long as the customers keep
coming and the games makers do nothing
his business and many others will keep
on growing