CS2 players who were subjected to false VAC bans after yesterday’s VAC wave are getting unbanned as Valve has officially announced it in its latest patch. We are unsure what triggered the wave of false bans, but based on reports, players are getting their accounts back.
The Counter-Strike 2 community was taken by storm after players were hit with a massive wave of false Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) bans following the latest update, which led to outrage on social media platforms. While Valve did not officially announce this, given the attention it garnered on social media, it is hard to imagine this flying by them.
Throughout Reddit and X, players and notable voices are claiming that the wave caught a few clean players, but Valve is lifting said bans as we publish this article. Whether all clean players have gotten their ban lifted is unclear; on the contrary, we cannot say for sure if any cheaters got their accounts back amidst this massive unban wave.
False bans are generally not a thing for Valve, given that the cheating problem has never been eradicated from the game completely, and fans have called them out for their lenient approach, which is why this incident surprised the community.
Players who were falsely banned and unbanned in the latest wave have received a message: “We apologise, it looks like we made a mistake and have removed this false ban”, which goes to show that, despite the absence of an official statement, Valve is confirming that this was a mistake on their part.
Cheating remains a prevalent issue even after several enhancements made with the anti-cheat, which forces players to opt for platforms like Faceit, given that Premier or Competitive game modes are riddled with cheaters, and facing cheaters demotivates players from playing it further.