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Overwatch Players Are Getting Banned for Playing on Linux

David Van Asdale by David Van Asdale
30 May 2021
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Overwatch players are getting banned for playing on Linux. Whether this is intentional or some kind of mishap, fans of the hero-based shooter are being punished without cause.

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Overwatch players who have been playing on the Linux operating system seem to have been banned for doing so. This is almost assuredly a mistake unless Blizzard really hates penguins for some reason.

The way Overwatch bans cheaters is by sensing if they have any background programs running that interfere with how the game works. These would include aimbots, wallhacks, invisibility, straight-up being unkillable, etc.

According to @carter_ow, a former professional Overwatch player, Blizzard has banned EVERY SINGLE PLAYER who has played Overwatch on Linux in the past week.

Blizzard toted a bancount of 10,000 this past week on the forums.

They also banned every single person who plays Overwatch on Linux by mistake in that banwave.

Overwatch is very popular amongst casual Linux gamers.

>5k was false bans on Linux players.

Good shit Blizz.

— Carter (@Carter_OW) May 28, 2021

Overwatch is unable to run on Linux by itself, but players use an emulator called WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) to run Windows programs. This in and of itself is probably causing the system to detect a third-party ‘cheating’ program, despite there being no actual cheating.

Officially, Blizzard can rightfully ban people who play on Linux, as it’s not a supported operating system. Should they? No. No, they shouldn’t. First, it’s just rude. Second, it’s lost revenue. But again, this was most likely a mistake.

This unfortunate news coupled with the announcement that there will be no Blizzcon this year, and how they’ve lost a third of their player base in the last three years might be a blow to Blizzard’s shining public relations outlook right now. That was sarcasm, by the way.

I hope Blizzard realizes their mistake and makes it a point to fix their ban system and reinstate the accounts of the erroneously punished. It would score them some public relations points, while also just doing the right thing.

David Van Asdale

David Van Asdale

I'm an Army vet who loves gaming, writing, and writing about gaming. I also think Cheez Itz are the greatest thing ever invented, and that honey mustard should be banned.

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