Activision films legal rep serving cease-and-desist to Call of Duty cheat seller
Publisher sends a representative to the Ohio home of cheat maker "Elocarry," hands over legal papers on camera, and posts the video online.
What to know
- Activision escalated its anti-cheat enforcement by sending a legal representative to a cheat seller's home, filming the confrontation for public release.
- The target, known as Elocarry, had his cheats taken down following the visit.
- The tactic is unusual for a game publisher and has prompted debate about its effectiveness and legal basis rather than uniform approval.
The dispute Whether publicly filming and serving cheat sellers is a legitimate deterrent or a self-defeating publicity stunt. · positions read across 3 posts and comments
The public filming was an excessive, counterproductive power play that will provoke rather than deter cheaters.
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“Bruh is Activision fucken retarded. This ain’t gunna scare hackers and cheaters at all. It will just inflame them to do worse. Video shouldn’t have been published at all.”
Haten4Life · reddit ↗
It's unclear whether this kind of in-person legal action is actually valid or necessary in the US compared to other countries.
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“Source on that? Gave it a quick google and it says yes to Korea and China but says that in America you can just sue for encouraging people to break the TOS.”
Vaatia915 · reddit
Publishers face criticism no matter what anti-cheat approach they take, including invasive detection software.
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“If they implement an anti-cheat that actually stops all of the cheating, they would get blasted over how invasive it is.”
jpatt · reddit ↗
“Source on that? Gave it a quick google and it says yes to Korea and China but says that in America you can just sue for encouraging people to break the TOS.”
Vaatia915, Reddit commenter · reddit · Aug 29
Activision Call of Duty publisherElocarry Notorious Call of Duty cheat maker
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What people are saying 2 voices from 1 site · best of 3 · verbatim
- Aug 30
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Bruh is Activision fucken retarded. This ain’t gunna scare hackers and cheaters at all. It will just inflame them to do worse. Video shouldn’t have been published at all. It was a senseless power play that had no real benefit.
- Aug 29
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If they implement an anti-cheat that actually stops all of the cheating, they would get blasted over how invasive it is.