Chapter 688: Official Confirmation
The four streamers were all dumbfounded. What did he mean? Why was he offering them condolences?
Chen Mo said with a half-smile, "You four have been dropping to the ground and getting boxed in the middle of the night for a while now. Your hidden MMR dropped from 1100 to 800. And Tian Chong, the most diligent one, dropped all the way to 580. That's pretty tough, isn't it?"
"It's not easy for you guys. A brand-new account just entering the game has a hidden MMR of 1200..."
The four streamers' faces instantly changed!
The professional players present also suddenly understood. So that was it—they had deliberately lowered their MMR!
In *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*, opponents were automatically matched based on player skill, but it wasn't displayed through clear ranks. The specific hidden MMR data was only available to Chen Mo.
Actually, this was a decent method. FPS games weren't like MOBA games, especially when a streamer had good aim. They could kill someone in a few shots upon seeing them, and the audience couldn't tell whether the opponent was skilled or not, or what rank they were at.
Of course, dropping to 580 like Tian Chong, where opponents were still leisurely looting in the final circle, was a bit too much.
The professional players present had only suspected it before, but with Chen Mo's announcement, everyone understood.
The barrage instantly exploded!
"What? 580? Did I hear that wrong?"
"A brand-new account has a hidden MMR of 1200? Then what the hell is 580?"
"That's not even the fish pond anymore. There aren't even fry in there—those are fish eggs!"
"Damn, these guys are so sneaky, secretly dropping MMR? Good thing Chen Mo has the data, or they might have actually gotten away with it!"
The four streamers' faces were grim, but they couldn't explain themselves because they had indeed been dropping MMR all night!
Chen Mo continued, "And the flashy plays you made with micro-aimbot were all done in the God Server. If you want to prove yourselves, shouldn't you do it in the God Server, right?"
"I can provide you all with God Server accounts. If you can replicate your previous flashy plays there, Thunder Interactive will award each of you a medal called 'Thunder Games Certified Streamer.' How about that?"
"I also have records of your data from the God Server—your accuracy, headshot rate, reaction speed, shooting precision, and even more detailed stats. I won't even ask you to fully replicate it. If you can just reach 80% of your previous performance, I'll still give each of you a medal. How about it?"
Chen Mo looked at the four streamers with a smile, but they felt a chill run down their spines.
"So, are you guys interested in playing in the God Server?"
The four streamers froze, exchanging glances, but no one dared to respond.
Who would dare go to the God Server?
Even with micro-aimbot, they could only suffer in the God Server. How could they play with their real skill? Wouldn't they drop to the ground and get boxed every single round?
And the worst part was that they had indeed used micro-aimbot in the God Server and killed quite a few people with it. The pressure was immense when they first entered the God Server, and after dropping to the ground and getting boxed twice, they instinctively turned on the micro-aimbot. If they had truly insisted on not using it, they would have been released from the God Server long ago and wouldn't have ended up in this mess.
If they really went to the God Server, even Haimi couldn't pull off the plays they had before, let alone these guys?
The barrage had completely exploded, with the screen filled with "66666"!
Many people had thought these streamers were about to succeed in their self-proof, but Chen Mo's move directly crushed them, leaving them speechless!
"That's right! They used micro-aimbot in the God Server before. What's the point of proving themselves in the normal server? They need to prove themselves in the God Server!"
"Chen Mo has the detailed data of these guys from the God Server! No wonder he was so confident!"
"I get it now. Why did Haimi admit it? If Chen Mo had pulled this after Haimi's self-proof, making him go to the God Server too, he'd be finished as well!"
"These four guys are completely stunned. They're totally dumbfounded. Didn't the self-proof end? Why did Chen Mo show up at the last moment?"
"Wow, Chen Mo is so sneaky. Why didn't he bring this out earlier? Why wait until these four finished their self-proof to crush them to death?"
"Good job! They kept denying it and insisted on self-proof just to get away with it, right? No remorse at all. If not them, who else should be crushed?"
Chen Mo looked at the four speechless streamers and said, "Or, I can give you another way out. You four form a team and play one round against me. If you can kill me, I'll consider your self-proof successful. How about that?"
The four streamers were shocked. Was this a way out? This was even worse than going to the God Server!
Who didn't know that he was the ruthless guy who could even crush an AI? In *PUBG*, a skilled player taking on a 1v4 wasn't that hard, let alone when the gap between them was enormous!
Chen Mo let out a soft sigh. "Sigh. I gave you a chance, but you couldn't take it."
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The four streamers' self-proof ended inconclusively, and no one cared about their self-proof anymore because Chen Mo had already crushed them.
Looking back, the self-proof was just a farce. Chen Mo had always held the decisive evidence, but he didn't release it, letting others think the official side had no solid proof, only bringing it out after the streamers had finished their self-proof.
After the self-proof incident, several major streaming platforms issued a joint statement, imposing unified punitive measures on all players who used cheats during *PUBG* streams and were sent to the God Server: refund all gifts and permanently ban their channels.
On the surface, this punishment seemed the same as Haimi's, but in reality, these people's situations would inevitably be worse than Haimi's.
These streamers weren't big names to begin with and didn't have much of a fan base. After this incident, their image plummeted, and no streaming platform would sign them anymore.
As for the other streamers who refused to come for self-proof, they naturally received the same treatment—all done for. Players would despise them even more, and they would basically never be associated with the streaming profession again.
Of course, streamers like Tian Chong still had some fan base, but even if a small streaming platform was willing to sign him, his popularity would definitely plummet.
Players didn't have much sympathy for these streamers. Cheating was already a despicable act, and streamers cheating was even more disgraceful.
The only slightly regrettable thing was that Haimi, as a genuinely skilled streamer who had voluntarily admitted his mistake, received the same treatment as the other streamers, which was a bit of a pity.