How To Spot A Cheater (No AI)
**Intro**
If you're newer at the game, it might be hard to tell if an enemy player is cheating or not. Nothing on this list is 100%, however the more items a player checks off, the more likely they're cheating. Also the items on this list are widely applicable to other console games, not just PUBG.
On console cheating is mostly players using devices to either translate mnk to controller input, or using scripts/macros to automatically control recoil or shoot really fast for example.
I don't think I am anything special at this game, however I think I have been playing long enough, at a high enough level, to reasonable guess if I got killed by a cheater or not.
**Signs somebody is cheating**
* Personal confession - This is one of the few things on the list that is a 100% somebody is cheating, some players are just honest about their cheating, honestly I respect this type of person way more than the players who lie. * They play with other cheaters - "Birds of a feather" * Cheating name in clan tag or name - If their clan tag or name has "XIM" in it, which is a cheating device, sure some players do it for some good old fashion rage baiting, however some really are just living up to their name * They randomly "got good" - All of sudden one season a seemingly average player just starts randomly dominating out of nowhere * They've been banned before - I've found that cheaters just kinda keep on cheating, especially if the penalties for being caught are lax * Bad game sens - Since your aim can be so good when you're cheating, you can just rely on your aim to carry you in most situations, no point in worrying about positioning * Consistency in aim - This is a big one, since cheating devices are basically mini computers, a dead giveaway is perfect sprays every...single...time, the computer is doing the work, not the player. It's not about hitting one 300+ meter spray, it's about hitting it over and over again CONSISTENTLY, and never having a potato spray. * Ego - For some reason cheaters think they're better than non cheaters, don't ask me why * High on the leader board - The leader board is plagued with self confessed cheaters, you're telling me you're "just better"? * 8 way movement - Their movement is almost grid like, can also tell in the lobby when they're moving the cursor, this is because most keyboards are digital input as oppose to analog * Crazy movement - It's easier to peak/crouch/shoot on a keyboard, they're just so many more buttons/keys to easily do what you want in game, if you watch PC gameplay you'll see what I mean * Multiple accounts - Some cheaters cheat to make money by either boosting accounts and selling them or carrying people to high ranks, sometimes they even advertise on their stream * Jittery aim - Since cheating devices are translating mouse to controller aim, sometimes you'll notice the aim is quite jittery, I think this also depends on the quality of the device too * Swiping aim movements - A thumbstick can do infinite 360s no problem, a mouse can't, also using a mouse to make large movements looks quite distinct, look at PC gameplay for examples * Negative recoil - Most good players can control the recoil to be at the chest/head level, if you randomly see a huge dip in the recoil, that's not normal aim behavior * No hand cam + port cam - If you're a streamer this should be bare minimum, they can easily just point the camera at their setup to prove they don't have a device plugged in * Fully auto M16/Mutant - They're using a script to rapidly press the trigger
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