Counter-Strike 2 developers have responded after a botched update caused several innocent players to be permanently banned from the game for unknown reasons.
The latest update for Counter-Strike 2 was released on December 4 and was only intended to improve the gameplay and fix a few existing bugs.
However, there were fans of the popular first-person shooter Quick to notice an unusual increase in VAC blocking Almost immediately after the game’s latest update.
As it turns out, many innocent players were caught in a vortex of false bans.
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As the VAC ban began, so did the comments from CS2 players who were clearly frustrated. Many of these players have maintained clean records for years and were only dismayed to see they were permanently banned from Counter-Strike 2.
Among many unexpected bans There was the G2 team manager and several professional players, along with accounts that had a valuable inventory full of expensive skins.
Comments like“, “False ban, Valve made a big mistake this time. I’ve been banned too, oh my god,” and “I’ve been banned, my account has been clean for 10 years. “No idea what’s going on,” he highlighted the widespread discomfort among the player base.
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But many others are disappointed that apparent cheaters are still getting away with it while innocent players are affected. “Valve will ban anyone but cheaters. Somehow, dozens of spinners and blatant shooters from my first games from two months ago remain unbanned. One of the players said.
Yesterday’s update accidentally blocked the game. We’ve fixed the issue, and unblocking operations are in progress.
— CS2 (@CounterStrike) December 5, 2023
The Counter-Strike 2 developers have now taken to X (formerly known as Twitter) to address the situation.
They admitted in their statement, “Yesterday’s update mistakenly led to a ban on the game. We have fixed the issue and the ban is now being undone.”
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Many affected players have already commented that the unexpected ban has been rescinded, indicating that the issue has been resolved for at least a large portion of the community.
This should come as a relief to many who has been informed It has previously taken up to a month for occasional bans to be resolved in the past.
