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What is a Shadowban in Cod Warzone and what can you do about it?

Schuyler and Cheaters In call of Duty: War zone are not necessarily banned immediately if you have caught them at the chest. It can also come to a Shadowban, with the cheater continue to have access to the game, but only remain below.

Since the release of Call of Duty: War zone the Battle Royale accompanies an unfair problem: Cheater. Maine sweepers use programs or hardware to ensure an advantage in the game:

You even see all the opponents through walls AIM bots automatically like enemies Cheers immediately turn all items in the game

There are many possibilities for cheating and whoever is caught, usually collects a spell and then can no longer play War zone with his account. But with a Shadowban, the cheaters continue to play in the game — how that works, we show you on Mango.

cod shadow ban, why, and what to do

What is a Shadowban?

With this kind of light variant of a proper ban, the developers want to bring together players, where they are very suspicious. If there are irregularities in the data, such as a very high headshot or hit rate, then it can come to a Shadowban.

The developers are not quite sure at this point, whether it is actually a cheater. Thats why such players come to their own server. In these matches players with a Shadow-ban only on players who are also suspicious of the developers.

The usual matchmaking is then completely disabled and in the matches only players romp with suspected values.

How do I recognize a Shadow-ban?

There is no indication in the game or on any website that shows you if you are affected by a Shadowban. However, there are a few indications that you can pay attention to yourself in the game:

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Long matchmaking High ping No chance in the match

Queues: Your pool of possible counterparts is significantly smaller than normal. This can lead to a very long matchmaking.

Ping: According to reports, the ShadowBan servers are often provided with a high ping. It would be possible that matchmaking does not take any more attention to the region of a player, and it also plays on servers that are far from your tribe region.

No chance: You suddenly noticed that every battle is an unfair slaughter, and you have no chance at all, that could be on a Shadowban. You are only with suspicious and potential cheaters on a server.

What can you do against a Shadowban?

Due to the 3 recognition features, you feel that you got a Shadowban, then its time to wait. Play a few matches to make sure. If you continue to think that you are only on Shadowban servers, you have 2 options:

7 to 14 days wait Report at Activision

According to different reports, you have to wait either 7, 8 or 14 days to be unlocked. Of course always in the assumption that you actually did not have recreated.

You can also contact the support of the Publisher Activision. There is a website for blocking complaints (via support.activision.com). Sign up with your COD account and submits a complaint.

Attention at Perma-Banns: your account has been completely blocked, you usually have no chance to get your account back. Only with an unauthorized access do you have the prospect of getting your account again.

So has someone took out any foreign your account so that War zone played and recreated, then the spell can be taken back. You should be able to prove that in any way.

Why are there Shadowbans?

Such a light spell protects normal players from eye-catching or suspicious accounts. If it comes to abnormalities, which is not yet 100% sure if it is actually a cheater, a Shadowban will be assessed. In case of doubt, the normal player protects without pronouncing a permanent spell.

The accounts of the supposed cheaters are also better protected. A permanent spell is usually finally in Call of Duty, and rarely you get the banned account back. The Shadowban is then a kind of probationary period and the account is not directly lost.

In this probationary period, the developers can then check how the suspicious player beats into the Shadowban lobbies. Winner in a match full of Shadowban players should probably be at the top of the launch list.

You want to read more about the anti-cheat measures of Call of Duty, then look at Ricochet in our article. The system goes on December 8th in War zone Online: COD War zone soon has a new anti-cheat system — thats ricochet

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