“It was a genuine conspiracy theory”: Vikkstar opens up about facing cheating accusations for playing Warzone

Vikram Singh Barn, popularly known as Vikkstar, is an English YouTuber and music producer. He is known for vlogging and streaming his game plays on YouTube.

The 29-year-old Englishman started his streaming career in 2010. He started by creating gaming and tutorial videos on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 before branching out to include other games like Minecraft. He currently has over twelve million subscribers on YouTube and three billion combined views.

In 2021, Vikkstar decided to quit playing Call of Duty: Warzone on his channel but got backlash from netizens who accused him of cheating during his play of Warzone. The streamer recently talked about the accusations, calling it a "conspiracy."

"It got to me a lot and it was a genuine conspiracy Theory. I don't understand how people assumed that I was cheating, and just some people were so convinced of it, making their own expose videos, breaking down slow-mo ing my footage and there was always a logical explanation for how I was doing what I was doing. Yeah, you look at a cheater's account and the way they play, and it’s just so blatant what they're doing and their stats and the way they are hitting every headshot."

He continued:

"I wasn't even technically that gifted at the game. I would miss shots, I would make stupid mistakes, and my chat will fry me over it. I guarantee, the number of eyes on me, I would have been exposed for it. So no, I never once cheated. I always took it, that’s what they say in gaming, if someone calls you a cheater or a hacker, it's really the highest compliment they can give you."

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More details on Vikkstar's decision to quit playing Warzone

After he decided to stop playing the popular Call of Duty: Warzone game, Vikkstar opened up about the reasons why in a lengthy YouTube video. He shared the link to the video on his official X account with the caption:

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"This is why I quit Warzone: youtube.com/watch?v=T7Lhin… The fact players can live stream themselves blatantly hacking with zero repercussions blows my mind. This guy is 2nd prestige & broadcasts hours of himself hacking. This NEEDS to be addressed & fixed @CallofDuty @RavenSoftware."

In the video, the 29-year-old of blogger said:

"The game is in the worst state it's ever been, Activision really isn't addressing how many hackers are in the game. This needs to be fixed otherwise it truly will be the death of the game."

Vikkstar also talks about playing against a hacker who was playing the game while live-streaming their play on Facebook.

"What an absolute joke. We just happened to catch these guys in it but often you don't even know when people are doing what we have just witnessed. Hackers could be encountered in almost every lobby of the game."

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Vikkstar's decision to quit the game comes after another well-known Call of Duty Streamer, NickMercs, announced that he would stop competing in the game's tournament. Since then, Activision has worked hard to improve its anti-cheat technologies, banning numerous accounts in the process.