Gabe Follower stunned the CS2 community today by reporting a significant wave of VAC bans on the highly anticipated sequel. This comes after months of frustration for players dealing with cheaters, especially in the competitive Premier mode.

The wave of bans appears to be related to a recent update that mentioned the detection of "suspicious hits." The exact details of the system remain unclear, but it appears to be effective.

Previously, there were rumors that Valve had launched VAC Live, but there were no official statements on this matter. There were only hundreds of thousands of complaints against Valve from ordinary players who, after a hard day at work, logged into the game and spent their time playing against outright cheaters who, to put it mildly, were not afraid of anything.

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The situation reached the point where the cheaters themselves began to compete to see who could get a VAC ban faster. The reasoning behind this is that it is now incredibly difficult to get a lock in Counter-Strike 2.

At the last public meeting of players with developers at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, the developers said that at the moment their number one task is a good anti-cheat.

This event caused a wave of discussion in the CS2 community. Many are praising Valve for their efforts to combat cheaters, while others are interested in the details of the new detection system. Since the professional CS2 scene is still in its early stages, this wave of bans serves as an important step towards ensuring fair competition.