Monopoly GO devs Scopely address rule breaking and cheating through a Fair Play Q&A post

Earlier today, Scopely, the developers of Monopoly GO, released a Q&A post surrounding Fair Play and cheaters gaining tens of thousands of points rapidly in tournaments. The feeling of spending thousands of dice on an event only for a random cheater to fly by with triple your points is frustrating, and Scopely has shed some light on what’s going on in the backend to address this.

In their September 9 Fair Play Q&A post, Scopely’s Monopoly GO Game Integrity Team highlighted a few community questions involving rule-breaking players getting tons of tournament points, using scripts, and other game-breaking cheats. Following a brief introduction, they detail the steps they’ve taken so far to counter this and the results.

“We are also taking additional measures on the back end to combat the novel ways bad actors find to play unfairly,” the Integrity team clarifies in the post. “These efforts have led to a significant reduction in in-game exploitation over the past month and a half. We will continue to add protections and increase our enforcement against bad actors to ensure that the game remains fair, positive and fun for all players.”

Another notable point is a specific stat about how many cheaters they’ve dealt with recently. Alongside automatic cheating detection, Scopely mentions manual bans of players, with 10,000 issued in the past 45 days. These are likely through reports in its Monopoly Support channels.

Let’s admit it. It’s tough sometimes to figure out if someone is cheating or is a dedicated, experienced player who min-maxes their rolls. Monopoly GO has a massive community, and with that comes a mix of casual and competitive players who’ll do everything they can to get the most out of the experience without spending any money. I’d even say I sit comfortably in the middle as someone who plays every day but isn’t as active in sticker trading and winning tournaments as others are.

This announcement is the second in a new series of Q&A posts Scopely releases to the community. The first blog answered general questions about Monopoly GO’s future, with this being a direct continuation. I’ve quite enjoyed reading these and learning more about some new events coming in the future, and I remain optimistic for now about how they tackle the neverending fight against cheaters.