Warzone pro player Exoniz recently represented Turkey in the Warzone World Classic tournament with a prize pool of $100,000.00 Exoniz has long been a player of ill repute, with fellow pros posting bizarre clips of him playing had been posted, and it was pointed out that he might be a bit of a cheating old cheater. Such accusations are not uncommon in the Call of Duty esports world, to be fair, but here they were widespread and backed by evidence.

This is one of the clips that circulated before the tournament, apparently showing Exoniz "snapping" and tagging invisible players (though he apparently did not do any aiming cheats).

It must be said that this does not seem like conclusive evidence, but then Exoniz decided to prove it himself. Exoniz, offended by claims that he was cheating, decided to stream his monitor to Twitch during tournaments (noticed by Dexerto (open in new tab)). At one point, Exoniz moved his monitor over his mount. An oddly shaped menu slammed into the middle of the screen, and Exoniz immediately claimed it was a glitch, but it looked more like a cheat menu for some dodgy software than a glitch.

It is also quite amusing to see players frantically moving their monitors back and forth as they realize what has happened.

Exoniz stopped streaming shortly thereafter. The reason for using the video above is that after this, the video began to spread throughout the Warzone 2 community, and Exoniz deleted his Twitter (open in new tab) and Twitch (open in new tab) accounts (including the stream).

The tournament has now disqualified the player and Turkey's results are also listed as unbeaten (open in new tab).

Teammates who had defended Exoniz when the accusations first surfaced were also forced to eat humble pie; İsmail Tahsin Çelik explained that he too had once been framed for cheating and felt sympathy for Exoniz. He said, "But when I saw the screenshots and clips, I was shocked and immediately blocked [Exonis]. I was sorry for everything."

He also said.

While this is the story of one cheater who got what he deserved, the overall picture of Warzone 2 is simple. Players remain suspicious of Activision Blizzard's much-praised Ricochet (a kernel-level anti-cheat system), which shows that cheaters are still slipping through the net. There are also recent reports (open in new tab) that Ricochet may be banning innocent players, which may need to be explained.

We have reached out to Activision Blizzard for comment on this incident and Ricochet in general.