Cheaters are still doing well. Despite weekly reports saying PUBG have banned 4 millon accounts in the last 10 months... Not banned, but blatant cheaters. So we have a...

Cheaters watchlist!

1. 1specialman- wallhack/aimhack exposed by double-headshot of invisible jumping opponent, see victim's POV, cheater's POV, hd-youtube. Funny enough to watch his seasonal stats (screnshot, link).
2. APATCHE__89 aimhack exposed by shooting suddenly through the wall into the opponent, in the end of the spray. Interestingly his account was announced in permbanlist 2 weeks ago under name ***TCHE_89, but somehow he's still playing.
3. WuGuiRenZhe wallhack+aimhack exposed on youtube, reddit, 2000 kills with 70% headshots, tracker.gg
4. WuYingCiKe (prob. same cheater ↑) aimhack exposed on twitch, 1000 kills with 70% headshots, tracker.gg
5. Jeep3rsCreep3rs wallhack+aimhack exposed twitch (impossible prefire), youtube (shooting throu walls), 2000 kills with 70% headshot, tracker.gg
6. cjvBP aimhack+wallhack exposed on twitch+youtube, youtube (impossible prefire), youtube replay wallhack
7. Lemon_cake_pie exposed wallhack on twitch with impossible prefire, cheating partner of ↑ (youtube replay)
8. humych- exposed smokehack/wallhack on twitch, cheating partner of ↑

PUBG anti-cheat team is trying to convince players they do great job, but. I paid some attention to accounts banned, esp. nicknames. I figured out 50% of banned accounts never played online, see nicknames analysis below. They probably never been used or were banned before they been able to play with real players.
But only cheaters I mentioned above ruined around 1500 games in a couple of months! In the same period PUBG proudly reported they banned 2 millon accounts that ruined 0 (zero) games!
I have a proposal for PUBG anti-cheat team: In the list of banned accounts, against each name put number of games cheater played in last 2 months. And sort accordingly.
This way you will show a little respect to players that was killed by them. Because number of banned accounts and devices doesn't make any sense, just a random chart.
Thank you.
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Banned nicknames analysis
I knew from PUBG weekly bans announcemets that they are working hard as hell. So, I downloaded all their PDFs with the list of banned accounts, and composed some stats. I also converted their list from PDF to txt. In total they have banned about 4 million accounts in last 10 months, since July 2023. Their ban hammer have a hit every 7 seconds. Amazing!
What means 4 millon accounts banned in 10 months? How's it possible cheaters still doing well? How much of banned are real players?
I looked over banlist, all the names had first three chars masked, e.g. ***TCHE__89 instead of full name APATCHE__89. How to get a list of full nicknames? So that I can later check them over service like pubg.op.gg ...
I noticed a couple of patterns:

1. pattern of nameXSurname, like (***obaldSDoris=TheobaldSDoris) or (***ngelinejWard=EvangelinejWard) (btw they represent ~1/3 of all 1.16m banned in feb24-apr24 nicknames)
2. pattern of consecutive chars, like (***iiii215=iiiiiii215), (***FGHJ1122Z=ASDFGHJ1122Z)
3. pattern of frequent words, like (***ortantman27=importantman27), (***derful_rush1=wonderful_rush1)

As pubg.op.gg holds gameinfo only about latest 3-4 months, I took out only 1.16m nicknames banned in last 3 months period (feb'24...apr'24). With patterns above, I compiled a list of 2888 possible nicknames (possibility is close to 95%). Then I tested 2888 names one by one with a simple JavaScript over pubg.op.gg service.
Result of scan:

• 1345 nicknames found (47%)
• 1543 not found (53%)

Lets assume I made 100 errors in restored nicknames (3.5% out of 2888). This means the real-life count of "not found" will be 1534-100 = 1434, or 51%.
Precision notice. Based on amount of tests I made (0.25%, or 2888 out of 1.16m) and considering 95% confidence level, precision to be in range ±10%. In other words, from 41% to 61% of 1.1m accounts expected to be "not found/not played online".
Nicknames pattern

[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: --------------------- START ---------------------
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game: MudRunner, Arch: x64, Executable: MudRunner.exe, Launcher: , SteamID: 675010, Handler: MudRunner.js, Content Folder: MudRunner
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: PC Info - OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, .NET Framework Version: 4.8 or later
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Determining which monitors will be used by Nucleus
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: The Windows deskop scale will not be set to 100% because this option has been disabled in settings or game profile
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Display - DPIHandling: True, DPI Scale: 1
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Monitor 0 - Resolution: 1920x1080
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Number of players: 3
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Nucleus Co-op version: 2.2.1
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: ########## START OF HANDLER ##########
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Hub.Handler.Version = 2; // Released at https://hub.splitscreen.me/ on Fri Jul 02 2021 00:11:12 GMT+0000 (UTC).
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Hub.Handler.Id = "M9YQ5XcPhFSGEgucM";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Hub.Maintainer.Name = "Talos91";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Hub.Maintainer.Id = "eeL7HAz8zJovChWw4";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: var answers1 = ["No", "Yes"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.AddOption("Alternative method to open multiple instances?", "ONLY use if you have issues running multiple instances with the default.", "Hex", answers1);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.ExecutableContext = ["bink2w64.dll"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.FileSymlinkExclusions = ["steam_api64.dll", "steam_api.dll", "steam_appid.txt", "intro.bik", "xinput1_3.dll", "MudRunner.exe"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.FileSymlinkCopyInstead = ["Config.xml"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UseNucleusEnvironment = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UseGoldberg = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UseNemirtingasEpicEmu = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.EpicEmuArgs = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HandlerInterval = 100;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SymlinkExe = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SymlinkGame = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SymlinkFolders = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SupportsKeyboard = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.ExecutableName = "MudRunner.exe";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SteamID = "675010";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.GUID = "MudRunner";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.GameName = "MudRunner";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.MaxPlayers = 4;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.MaxPlayersOneMonitor = 4;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.LauncherTitle = "";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.StartArguments = "";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HideTaskbar = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.ForceFocus = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.ForceFocusWindowName = "MudRunner";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HasDynamicWindowTitle = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.FakeFocus = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookFocus = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.RefreshWindowAfterStart = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.DInputEnabled = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.XInputEnabled = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.XInputReroute = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.XInputPlusDll = ["xinput1_3.dll"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Hook.CustomDllEnabled = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UserProfileSavePath = "AppData\\Roaming\\SpinTires MudRunner";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UserProfileSavePathNoCopy = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Description =
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: "Only tested and working in the Steam version. Use D-pad to control the menus. Wait until all instances have begun before using gamepads. Press the END key in your keyboard to unlock the input and the main cursor when you finish playing. You can also use CTRL+Q to close Nucleus and all its instances. Create a public multiplayer game in the first instance and join in the others. Each instance has its own save, you can access these saves in the app, after the first launch click game options/open user profile save path in the UI. You can even copy your main save to all instances there.";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.KeepSymLinkOnExit = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.PauseBetweenStarts = 30;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SupportsMultipleKeyboardsAndMice = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookSetCursorPos = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookGetCursorPos = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookGetKeyState = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookGetAsyncKeyState = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookGetKeyboardState = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookFilterRawInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookFilterMouseMessages = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookUseLegacyInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookDontUpdateLegacyInMouseMsg = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookMouseVisibility = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SendNormalMouseInput = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SendNormalKeyboardInput = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.SendScrollWheel = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.ForwardRawKeyboardInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.ForwardRawMouseInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookReRegisterRawInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookReRegisterRawInputMouse = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookReRegisterRawInputKeyboard = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.DrawFakeMouseCursor = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.DrawFakeMouseCursorForControllers = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.UpdateFakeMouseWithInternalInput = false;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.LockInputAtStart = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.LockInputToggleKey = 0x23;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.Play = function() {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: var path = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\Config.xml";
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.ChangeXmlAttributeValue(path, "//System", "Width", Context.Width);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.ChangeXmlAttributeValue(path, "//System", "Height", Context.Height);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.ChangeXmlAttributeValue(path, "//System", "Windowed", "true");
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.ChangeXmlAttributeValue(path, "//System", "Maximized", "false");
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: var filePath = (Context.filePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\steam_settings\\mods");
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(filePath);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: var hex = Context.Options["Hex"];
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (hex == "Yes") {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (Context.PlayerID == 0) {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.File.Copy(System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "MudRunner.exe"), System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "MudRunner.exe"), true);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (Context.PlayerID == 1) {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: //patch window class 57 69 6E 64 6F 77 43 6C 61 73 73 00
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.PatchFile(
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x00],
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x64, 0x00]
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: );
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (Context.PlayerID == 2) {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.PatchFile(
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x00],
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x65, 0x00]
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: );
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (Context.PlayerID == 3) {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Context.PatchFile(
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "MudRunner.exe"),
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x00],
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: [0x57, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x43, 0x6c, 0x61, 0x73, 0x66, 0x00]
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: );
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: if (hex == "No") {
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Game.HookInit = true;
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER:
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: System.IO.File.Copy(System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "MudRunner.exe"), System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "MudRunner.exe"), true);
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: }
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: };
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: ########## END OF HANDLER ##########
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: ********** Setting up player 1 **********
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Player monitor's resolution: 1920 x 1080
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Commencing file operations
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Creating instance folder content\MudRunner\Instance0
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Creating instance folder content\MudRunner\Instance1
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Creating instance folder content\MudRunner\Instance2
[2024-05-13 12:41:20]HANDLER: Trying to unlock all game files.
[2024-05-13 12:41:21]HANDLER: Game executable (MudRunner.exe) will be copied and not symlinked
[2024-05-13 12:41:21]HANDLER: 6 Files in Game.FileSymlinkExclusions will not be symlinked
[2024-05-13 12:41:21]HANDLER: 1 Files in Game.FileSymlinkCopyInstead will be copied instead of symlinked
[2024-05-13 12:41:21]HANDLER: Symlinking game folder and files at c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\mudrunner to C:\NucleusApp\content\MudRunner, for each instance
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: File operations complete
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Starting Goldberg setup
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Found c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\mudrunner\steam_api.dll
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Placing Goldberg steam_api.dll in instance steam dll folder
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: New steam api folder found
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Generating account_name.txt with nickname MV
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Generating user_steam_id.txt with user steam ID 76561199023125438
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Generating language.txt with language set to brazilian
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Generating steam_appid.txt using game steam ID 675010
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Found c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\mudrunner\steam_api64.dll
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Placing Goldberg steam_api64.dll in instance steam dll folder
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Goldberg setup complete
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Setting up XInput Plus
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: xinput1_3.dll doesn't exist, will be deleted upon ending session
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Using xinput1_3.dl_ (x64) as base and naming it: xinput1_3.dll
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Copying XInputPlus.ini
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Making changes to the lines in XInputPlus.ini; FileVersion and Controller values
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: XInput Plus setup complete
[2024-05-13 12:41:23]HANDLER: Launching game located at C:\NucleusApp\content\MudRunner\Instance0\MudRunner.exe through StartGameUtil
[2024-05-13 12:41:24]STARTGAME: EXE: C:\NucleusApp\content\MudRunner\Instance0\MudRunner.exe ARGS: WORKDIR:
[2024-05-13 12:41:25]STARTGAME: Starting game and injecting start up hooks via Nucleus.Inject
[2024-05-13 12:41:25]INJECT: Setting up Nucleus environment
[2024-05-13 12:41:27]INJECT: CreateAndInject result code: 0
[2024-05-13 12:41:28]INJECT: CreateAndInject successful, returning 23648
[2024-05-13 12:41:28]STARTGAME: Received output: 23648
[2024-05-13 12:41:30]STARTGAME: Process ID 23648 doesn't currently exist. Seeing if there is a process running by its path
[2024-05-13 12:41:30]STARTGAME: Could not find any matching process names
[2024-05-13 12:41:30]STARTGAME: Process with ID 23648 is still not currently running. Checking every 50 miliseconds for 10 seconds to see if process is running yet.
[2024-05-13 12:41:41]STARTGAME: ERROR - Process with an id of 23648 is not running after 10 seconds. Aborting.
[2024-05-13 12:41:41]STARTGAME: ERROR - Failed to start process. EXCEPTION: ERROR - Process with an id of 23648 is not running after 10 seconds. Aborting. STACKTRACE: em StartGame.Program.StartGame(String path, String args, String workingDir)
[2024-05-13 12:41:42]STARTGAME: Starting game and injecting start up hooks via Nucleus.Inject
[2024-05-13 12:41:42]INJECT: Setting up Nucleus environment
[2024-05-13 12:41:44]INJECT: CreateAndInject result code: 0
[2024-05-13 12:41:45]INJECT: CreateAndInject successful, returning 9100
[2024-05-13 12:41:45]STARTGAME: Received output: 9100
[2024-05-13 12:41:47]STARTGAME: Process ID 9100 doesn't currently exist. Seeing if there is a process running by its path
[2024-05-13 12:41:47]STARTGAME: Could not find any matching process names
[2024-05-13 12:41:47]STARTGAME: Process with ID 9100 is still not currently running. Checking every 50 miliseconds for 10 seconds to see if process is running yet.
[2024-05-13 12:41:58]STARTGAME: ERROR - Process with an id of 9100 is not running after 10 seconds. Aborting.
[2024-05-13 12:42:00]HANDLER: Process By ID failed, setting process to null and continuing, will try and catch it later
[2024-05-13 12:42:00]HANDLER: Searching for game process
[2024-05-13 12:42:00]HANDLER: PIDs stored
[2024-05-13 12:42:11]HANDLER: Launching process picker
[2024-05-13 12:42:13]HANDLER: Process is no longer running. Attempting to find process by window title
[2024-05-13 12:42:14]HANDLER: ----------------- SHUTTING DOWN -----------------
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Yes this was teased in the last one