With the gaming world, the drama seems to be omnipresent. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. But the boards are rattling particularly hard lately with the assertions that major YouTube gamer FrankieonPCin1080p was caught cheating in Counter-Strike:Global Offensive.
The issue in question stems from Frankie’s use of the bunnyhop manuever, which is a difficult tactic to master. You can see it starting around 17:05 in the video above.
According to Wikipedia: “Bunny hopping in Counter-Strike is still recognized to be a very useful skill once the exact timing of the jump button is mastered, which is harder to achieve compared to other games. It allows the player to become a very difficult target to hit. By jumping in a zig-zag motion, the player can cut corners extremely fast, which also gives an advantage of surprise over the enemy. It can also be used to reach places usually not reachable by normal jumping.”
Apparently, Frankie was just a little too good at it and has been called out by his fellow gamers for running a script that would allow him to do this — basically they are saying he hacked the game to his advantage, which would be frowned upon by most. It would allow him to make more compelling content and basically game the gamers for views.
A fellow YouTuber, Launders CStrike, in particular allegedly made a video about Frankie’s alleged cheating. But apparently it was removed after a copyright claim by Frankie:
Redditors on the Counter-Strike subreddit seemed to know it was going to happen as well:
A move that Frankie seems to deny on in the comments on his video:
Launders additionally seemed to be making commentary on the whole situation by titling his new video LaundryOnPCin720p60fps3300bitratePlsNoCopystrike – CEVO Pug w subs:
What does it all mean for FrankieonPCin1080p and his 2.5 million followers though? Who knows? The wrath of the gamers can be easily forgiving or long lasting, depending on what the next drama to pop up is.
Soo… Because some people say he Hacked… That means he is a Hacker and A huge Idiot about it and if there more famous then other youtubers Its like people try there best to Dump on there lawn. And when there is a less Famous Youtuber Posts Him Cheating And Stating it out loud that there cheating and they get only 1 Or 2 Dislikes… Could I get Any actuall Evidence that He hacked? Because Appearently One Idiot on the Internet Starts up a Rumor that the rest of the Internet Has to Become Freaking Idiotic. Im not Hating on the People That Posted this its just… Rumors Are Garbage, Is it your Life to Shit on Everyones Channel if they have more than 10K subs?
eh… Frankie backtracked on the reasons he gave things looked the way they did. It’s hard to ignore when someone has to keep making reasons to look innocent. You would expect someone genuinely innocent to stick to one story, not built an elaborate story that sounds plausible, but unlikely. Even if you ignore whether he was lying about using scripts or, not. He manually filed a DMCA claim, then said it was not him, but an automated response by his network MACHINAMA, then said, it was a friend who mods for him by coming to his house when he is not there and mods comments, emails and videos for him. So this friend filed a DMCA complaint on a video where there was a 15 second borrowed clip in a total 10 minute video but, never told Frankie about it. This mod also knew enough personal information about Frankie to file a manual DMCA complaint. HA!
Frankie is in the wrong here but he has 2.5million little kid subscribers that enjoy mindless commentary with jump cuts. So of course they blindly bash boxr without having any knowledge about anything going on. Im not exagerating either. They literally know nothing