This past weekend, Facepunch, the developers behind Rust, an open-world survival game, released their new anti-cheat software called CheatPunch onto their servers, resulting in 4,621 banned players.
The software is very similar to Valve's VAC system, which means bans are permanent and can't be contested. No exceptions.
In a blog post, studio founder Garry Newman said that Facepunch is currently testing it on their official servers before "forcing it onto everyone else." He also said that work is being done on a site to allow those who were banned to see proof of their cheating.
A popular concern among players after release was false positives, meaning those who didn't cheat would somehow get banned as if they were. In response, Newman told Kotaku:
"We haven't seen any false positives yet. I've been checking everyone that has complained and haven't come across anything. In fact, it seems like the louder they shout about being innocent the longer they've been cheating. The one thing we don't want to do is ban innocent people, we try to collect as much irrefutable evidence as possible before banning someone.We're going to be adding a system where people that legitimately feel like they've been banned for no reason can sign in and ask for a review.. and a human will review it. We probably won't be providing any evidence, but people will either get unbanned or a 'nope' and not be able to appeal again."
-----------
Photo credit to Playrust.com
Follow me on Twitter @IAmTheWeregoose
