An Open Letter to Cheaters: Quit Your Trash Ways or Get Banned Again

Why 800,000 Bans Should Be Your Wake-Up Call

Well, well, well, if it isn’t the cheaters of the Call of Duty universe, still clinging to their wallhacks and aimbots like a life raft on a sinking ship. Activision’s Ricochet team just dropped a bombshell: over 800,000 accounts permanently banned in the last year alone (that’s right, as of 10:24 PM CST, December 22, 2025, your little cheat empire is crumbling). If that number didn’t clue you in, let me spell it out—you’re trash. Not good enough to win without exploiting the game? Maybe it’s time to ditch the hacks, hang up your headset, and find a hobby that doesn’t involve embarrassing yourself on a global scale.

Arc Raiders and the Gaming World Say: Get Lost

Oh, and here’s a delightful twist—Arc Raiders is stepping up to refund loot lost to your grubby, cheating hands. That’s right, the gaming community is done with your nonsense, and skill plus teamwork are now the only currencies that matter. With Activision shutting down 70 cheat vendors and disrupting nearly 300 resellers, your cheat-buying days are numbered—$29 billion cheating industry be damned (Quago, 2019). So, go ahead, keep throwing money at your pitiful hacks. The rest of us will be over here enjoying fair play while you’re left in the dust.

Your Ego’s the Real Loser, Per Psychological Studies

Let’s dig into the science, shall we? A study from PMC reveals that cheating stems from a lack of competence—yep, your fragile ego is the true casualty here. If you need a wallhack to spot an enemy or an aimbot to land a shot, maybe it’s not the game that’s broken—it’s you. Activision’s 97% 30-minute ban rate means your next match could be your last, so quit while you’re behind, you sad excuse for a gamer. Console players might wrongly blame each other for cheating, but the real culprits on PC keep proving they can’t compete without a crutch (PC Gamer).

Every Vendor Shutdown Is a Victory Over Your Trash

Here’s the kicker: every time Ricochet takes down a vendor, they save thousands of matches from your pathetic attempts at glory. With 11 primary vendors and 53 resellers shut down for good since Black Ops 6, and another 5 resellers and 3 vendors biting the dust in just a month of Black Ops 7, the pressure’s on (Windows Central, 2025-12-22). So, take the hint, cheaters—your reign of terror is over. Grab a coloring book, learn to knit, or just admit defeat. The gaming world’s moving on without you, and frankly, we’re all better for it.