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Massive BanWave on Apex Legends for Linux Users

GaGaGaeland Feb 28, 2023

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There is currently a massive ban-wave on Apex Legends, affecting Linux users.
See :
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1448216694
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApexLegendsOnLinux/comments/11bo2sw/permanently_banned_for_cheating_beware_users_of/

All Proton's versions seems wrongly detected as cheating : Official Proton and Proton-Experimental, but also Proton-GE.

So be careful and don't connect on the game if you're not banned yet !

@liamd I don't know if it is news worthy, but an article might help shedding light on this issue ?

Last edited by GaGaGaeland on 28 February 2023 at 10:50 pm UTC

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GaGaGaeland Mar 3, 2023

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Update :
Even though EA responded with the meanest message when I appealed my ban :

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They started to silently unban people: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1453575624
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557/page/10
I played a game today and confirmed that I'm no longer banned

Last edited by GaGaGaeland on 3 March 2023 at 8:58 pm UTC

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