In the wake of the recent ban imposed by Blizzard on bot-users, "H1Z1" developer Daybreak Game Company also banned more than 30,000 players who were using in-game cheats. However, unlike Blizzard, Daybreak Game Company is giving its players a chance to redeem their banned account provided they issue a public apology to be posted on YouTube.
Daybreak Game Company president John Smedley made the announcement on Twitter posting, "If you want us to even consider your apology a public YouTube apology is necessary. No personal information please. Email me the link." Smedley added that the apology must be addressed to "H1Z1" playerbase and not to its developers.
Smedley's plan on how to reinstate banned account might sound beneficial to those who got their account deactivated. However, several replied that it would be a bad idea. Those users who got their account restored after apologizing can simply resort back to cheating, according to CBC.
According to GameSpot, three out of the 30,000 banned accounts managed to have their account unbanned after posting public apology. However, one of these three accounts is about to be re-banned again since its user marked his video as private.
The culprits were found to be using the ESP hack, which is one of the most popular cheat used in "H1Z1." The ESP cheat works like a wall-hack which allows players to know other players location at all times. However, Smedley argued that his strategy is an acceptable risk in order to raise awareness regarding the use of hacking tools and cheats in online games.
Aside from the ESP hack, Daybreak Game Company is also targeting other cheats used by players to get ahead of the game.