For “Final Fantasy XIV” players, every time the world’s first kill in Ultimate Raid occurs, it should be a moment of cheers across the server. But I don’t know since when, the world’s first kill and the cheating controversy seem to have become a fixed package. With the birth of the world’s first killing team in the latest Ultimate Raid “The Pillars of Eternity”, the community quickly set off another wave of doubts. Some players believe that the winning team is suspected of using third-party tools to assist in the strategy, making this competition that was originally about technology and endurance once again mired in familiar controversy.
Not long after it was announced, the community started grabbing evidence.
The controversy mainly comes from the battle footage released by the first-killing team. Some players believed that the information display method and interface details shown in the video were suspected to involve third-party plug-ins or auxiliary tools, and therefore began to wonder whether the team gained additional advantages during the challenge. Although there is no official evidence to prove that the team violated the rules, related discussions have quickly spread on Reddit, forums and social media. What’s even more embarrassing is that this is not the first time that “Final Fantasy XIV” has encountered a similar situation.
Every time there is a world first kill, controversy almost always breaks out!
In recent years, many Ultimate Raid world’s first kill events have caused controversy related to plug-ins, plug-ins or third-party tools. Even in 2023, officials canceled the certification because the world’s first killing team was found to be using unofficial tools, causing a huge controversy. Because of the existence of precedents, whenever a new world-first killing team is born, the player community will immediately not only congratulate, but also often start to check the video frame by frame. Some people look at the mechanics, some look at the output, and some look specifically at the corners of the screen to see if there are any strange plug-ins.
The real problem is actually getting more and more troublesome
For “Final Fantasy Most of the current world first kill competitions are run by the player community themselves, and the official neither broadcasts nor conducts on-site verification. This resulted in the community holding a “National Film Review Conference” every time a team won the championship. The result is that no matter whether the team has problems or not, it is almost impossible to escape suspicion once in the end.