Player returning to Warzone after years gets shadow banned instantly × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Esports & Gaming News Player returning to Warzone after years gets shadow banned instantly By Tanmay Gupta Modified 25 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Players are getting shadow banned instantly (Image via Activision) Although immensely popular, Call of Duty's premier battle royale title, Warzone, has had its fair share of issues. From bugs, cheaters, server issues to even glitched skins, the game has seen it all. However, another issue with Warzone that's not heavily discussed is shadow banning. This refers to banning a player without their notice, resulting in them not being able to find matches. A surprising revelation was recently made to an old Warzone player returning to the game after a year. The player reported that after finishing the tutorial, they were unable to find a match, despite waiting for an entire hour. To the OP's (original poster) surprise, they found out that this was, in fact, done intentionally by Activision to regulate cheating. Warzone players getting banned without playing a match The post was made by the Redditor u/DebateRealistic6339 on Call of Duty Warzone's subreddit. r/CODWarzone. It explained how the OP wanted to play the game a year ago, but was unable to because of hardware issues. However, to his surprise, after returning to it a year later with better hardware, he still could not play the game. Commenters informed the OP that this is not the first time a new account has been shadow banned. In fact, they revealed that it is no secret that certain accounts, which are brand new or have been inactive for a long time, face a shadow ban from Activision itself. However, a shadow ban of this nature should not last for more than a week. Users also went on to state that shadow bans like these are done to prevent hacking in the game. Obviously, such a move is bound to frustrate players as they are not informed of the reason for the ban, something other video game companies such as Valve do. Players are usually not aware that their account has been shadow banned just because it is new and they generally have no choice, but to wait the ban out. This sort of incident just adds to the rough state the game is currently in. Starting off strong from Verdansk, the game has gotten consistently worse in quality ever since. For many, the game is buggy and poorly optimized, with glitches being rampant and many players taking advantage of those weaknesses. Hacking is a major problem that directly hurts the gameplay experience in Warzone. Activision heavily marketed its new anti-cheat, Ricochet, along with the release of Vanguard. The anti-cheat was supposed to be more potent and effective. However, it also received its fair share of backlash. Due to the anti-cheat requiring access to the device's kernel drivers, questions have risen about the reliability and safety of being given anti-cheat access to such a core piece of hardware. While this particular ban may have been unintentional, incidents such as this one go to show just how many issues the game has had with regards to cheating and hacking. Overall, most of the issues seen in the game are due to poor optimizing. Hopefully, this is something we can expect to be much more refined in Warzone 2. Poll : 0 votes Edited by Atul S × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeCricket NewsScheduleIND vs SAAUS vs WIENG vs PAKLegends LeagueECC T10County ChampionshipBukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022Japan Cricket LeagueWI-W vs NZ-WECT10T20 World Cup FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Extreme Rules 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarChina OpenTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी