A Battlefield 5 developer made a video for Treyarch asking to be unbanned from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Image source: Fnatic
Florian Le Bihan is a core gameplay designer at DICE, currently working on Battlefield 5. Despite that affiliation, he’s also a big fan of Treyarch’s new military shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Nice, right? It’s always great to see competing developers genuinely enjoying each other’s work.
Then this happened.
So i got banned from #BlackOps4 LOL. Could you please not @Treyarch??? @TreyarchPC pic.twitter.com/EaZ4NvJeG1 October 23,2018
It’s not clear exactly why he was banned, but the feeling is that he was just too good to not be cheating. « I guess I hit too many heads:(, » he tweeted shortly after becoming aware of the ban. But he wasn’t cheating at all: You see, Florian Le Bihan, gameplay designer, is also DRUNKKZ3, a former pro player and manager with the Fnatic esports organization.
He took the ban in good humor, but wanted to keep playing, too. So he put together a video of clips showing off his skills, subtly entitled « TreyarchPLS, » and shared it with the studio.
Then he waited patiently. Well, he waited.
Hey @Treyarch @TreyarchPC i want to play Blackout with friends when i get home from work, please unban!!! #BlackOps4 pic.twitter.com/VZfNX2Padm October 24,2018
« My best guess is more based on stats and patterns like HS Ratio, kills per minute, headshot sequences and drastic performance trend changes over time, » he theorized in conversation while waiting for the Treyarch team to take mercy on him. « Combine multiple suspicious factors and a few alarms ring until the ban. »
He also expressed confidence that the ban couldn’t have been triggered by external software: « Saying that because my PC at home is probably the most clean thing ever, i can’t stand to have a single program to run at the same time as i play to make sure i get best performance. Worst case i have firefox + TS or Discord running and that’s it. »
Fortunately, this sad story has a happy ending—and Le Bihan even offered some free advice for a future patch. Well played, sir.
⚠️Alright everyone!!! ⚠️I AM NOW OFFICIALLY FREE! can play the video game again!!! Thanks @Treyarch @TreyarchPC. I’ll try to keep it cool for a bit now… promise… ???? (btw please nerf dual wield saug, give some love to ARs and nerf op. modded Mozu on PC) #BlackOps4 pic.twitter.com/Vi0WnFUdOx October 24,2018
