Popular WWE 2K24 creator WhatsTheStatus introduced on X that each one his uploads had been deleted from the sport, and that he had acquired a everlasting on-line ban from the 2K sport. The creator was recognized for importing hidden content material from the sport’s information to WWE 2K’s group library so different gamers may entry it.
As reported by VGC, WhatsTheStatus, popularly recognized simply by Standing, took to X to inform followers that the whole removing of his uploads was achieved by 2K, not him. The following day he revealed that he had additionally been completely banned from all the sport’s on-line options.
“We have been lately alerted that this account has been related to inappropriate content material,” the ban message reads. “This can be a violation of our Finish Consumer License Settlement which each and every participant accepts previous to accessing WWE 2K24 on-line options.”
A 2K spokesperson gave an announcement on Standing’s ban: “The participant in query has acquired an indefinite ban attributable to violations of phrases. Mods which negatively influence the sport expertise for different gamers violate our phrases. Our major concern is a constructive WWE 2K24 expertise for all gamers.”
Standing is thought for importing hidden content material from the sport, together with hidden fashions of sure wrestlers, or importing often unplayable characters. His notable uploads for WWE 2K24 included content material that allowed female and male wrestlers to face one another, one thing which is not allowed by the principle sport.
Chatting with VGC, Standing expressed confusion on the ban, saying he hadn’t been given any warnings, nor had he been instructed what uploads constituted inappropriate content material. “I used to be banned with no warning and no affirmation on what prompted it, so it might be something,” Standing mentioned.
As he is a well-liked creator offering entry to precious content material for different gamers, different WWE 2K followers are additionally upset about Standing’s ban. #FreeStatus trended on X in america and Canada earlier within the week, whereas gamers are additionally flooding the sport’s user-uploaded libraries with pictures bearing the identical slogan.
2K acquired itself in scorching water over WWE 2K24 moderation earlier this 12 months, when gamers have been importing express imagery to the sport’s Create-A-Signal function en masse. Most of the pornographic pictures managed to make it to the highest of the trending pages, with a few of them staying up for days at a time.