[Update – Feb 26th, 9:30AM US Eastern: See ‘Updated’ section below – Zwift has backtracked and rescinded the ban.]
On the doorstep of Zwift’s biggest event of the year – the UCI sanctioned Esports World Championship, which is later today – Zwift has managed to get themselves into another cheating and rider ban debacle. This time, for the banning of an individual that published a post of a previously known bug that allowed competitors to change their weight values mid-race without being detected, potentially significantly altering the results of said race. The published post included numerous requests to Zwift to address the issue.
To be super clear: Zwift confirms they did not ban the individual for actually using said cheat, but rather, for publishing it. And like any good drama – the coverup is often far worse than the actual crime. The question is, who was doing the cover-up here? Let’s dive into it.
Earlier this past week, Luciano Pollastri published a post titled “The Ultimate Undetectable Weight Cheat on Zwift”, on a burner WordPress (a blog hosting platform), with the publishing designed to draw attention to the bug. The article was then posted to a handful of Zwift Facebook groups.
The article essentially outlined that you could actually change your weight mid-race (such as just after the start), which would immediately take effect (such as before a climb, making you lighter and thus faster in the game). However, the key ingredient was that you...
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