Ever since it exploded in popularity Fall Guys has had to struggle with a steady influx of cheaters. Developer Mediatonic has now decided to implement Epic’s Anti-Cheat system to remove the cheater infestation.
In a lengthy Twitter thread on September 14 developer Mediatonic shared some of their recent actions taken to combat the onslaught of cheaters.
Now…
Our next update is called:
BIG YEETUS AND ANTI-CHEATUS
I’ll tell you more about the Yeetus part later
But the Anti-Cheatus part…
We’re actually adding Epic’s Anti-Cheat which will be a huge step forward as we continue to improve things!
COMING SOON
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) September 14, 2020
The Rise and Fall of Cheater Island
One of their ways to combat the cheaters was the implementation of “Cheater Island”. Although other players were unable to report the blatant cheaters flying or speedhacking their way through stages, Mediatonic’s own cheat detection continuously and silently flagged cheaters.
At launch, we had some of our own cheat detection built into the game
We weren’t banning anyone at this point, just gathering data carefully
We wanted to be 100% sure that our cheat detection would only catch people who were legitimately cheating
No false flags! 👀
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) September 14, 2020
After making sure that they would not accidentally catch innocent players with its system Mediatonic then proceeded to the second phase of their plan. Creating a dedicated “Cheater Queue” for the accounts previously flagged as guilty.
So…
If you were tagged as a cheater… you’d be able to finish the game you were in
Then, the next time you tried to matchmake… you would ONLY be able to matchmake with other Cheaters (Without realising)
You were there…
You’d made it…
Queuing for Cheater Island™
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) September 14, 2020
While it took a while for enough cheaters to populate the queue, eventually Mediatonic’s system flagged enough dishonest players that games on “Cheater Island” would happen. Afterwards it did not take too long for clips with massive amounts of cheaters to show up:
Somebody actually uploaded this video to Reddit with the title:
“Ever played a round of Fall Mountain where all the players are cheating?”
The problem is… this LOOKS like Cheater Island but we can’t be 100% sure pic.twitter.com/byJi6r0Ykc
— Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) September 14, 2020
While the clips themselves were quite hilarious Mediatonic got worried that the clips were not from the isolated Cheater Queue. To alleviate potential cheaters slipping past them, Mediatonic decided to shut down “Cheater Island” and instead ban cheaters from logging in. This should work until Mediatonic implements the aforementioned Anti-Cheat System from Epic in the next patch.
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