[BLOG] Lucioball exploit known; Blizzard will punish abusers

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[BLOG] Lucioball exploit known; Blizzard will punish abusers

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Currently as part of the ongoing 'Summer Games' happening in Overwatch in celebration of the Rio Olympics, Blizzard have added their take on Rocket League - Lucioball - as a mini-game mode.



Of course, part of the point of Lucioball is that everyone on both the 3-a-side teams play as some form of Lucio, depending on which skin they've got equipped. However, some players have discovered that if you hit the right button enough while respawning, you'll sometimes spawn as another random Overwatch hero. This has meant for the last few days various games have been completely thrown into disarray as other heroes invaded the field and killed enemy players to stop them from scoring or winning the match. Talk about your hostile pitch invasions...



Never fear though, Blizzard are aware of the bug:


@SkyakinGamer Sorry about that. It's a known bug and abusers will be punished.
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) August 8, 2016


Blizzard has promised that they'll get the fix for the bug in place soon, but as of yet it's unknown quite what the punishment will be for those who have deliberately been exploiting the bug. Blizzard can probably see who has managed to stumble into it by accident and not done it again, and those who are actively trying to use it to win matches. Given that Blizzard have been very harsh with those found to be using hacks or cheats, exploiters of the bug might be in for a rough ride.



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