Tarkov publicly shames 6,700 'scum of the earth' cheaters by publishing their nicknames after banning them

pcgamer.com:

Tarkov developer Battlestate Games is getting medieval with the game's cheaters. Not content with merely banning rogue players who make use of things like wallhacks and aimbots, the studio is now shaming them publicly, too. Techcrunch(opens in new tab) reports that Battlestate has banned 6,700 cheaters from Tarkov in the last week, and it's published every single one of their nicknames in an easy-to-read spreadsheet(opens in new tab), too.

Publishing the cheaters' names is meant to serve a dual purpose, both shaming the cheaters in a public space and showing non-cheaters that Battlestate is taking action. «We want honest players to see the nicknames of cheaters,» a Battlestate spokesperson told Techcrunch, in order to «know that justice has been served». It's a practice that the studio intends to make a habit of, and there are already numerous spreadsheets filled with cheaters' names on the company's Twitter.(opens in new tab) 

Battlestate has strong opinions about players who use cheats in its game. It was a little over a week ago that company COO Nikita Buyanov took to Reddit(opens in new tab) to decry the actions of «Hackers, cheaters and other related scum of the earth,» encouraging players to «report all these bastards». Of course, it wasn't long before some commenters pointed out that—as emotive as its statement was—Battlestate has made these kinds of posts before, and cheaters are still ruining games for players. Perhaps Battlestate wants to convince the doubters it means business by mounting 6,700 proverbial heads on spikes?

The community has regarded the move with sceptical eye so far. While some players have revelled in the public display of justice—a user named Epic_Tea(opens in new tab) summed up their mood