I'm so sick of these blatant cheaters winning the arena tournaments with what seems like little consequence. I saw that happen in the TWO arenas I played in today. In each case the account was created at most 2 months ago, they were both in the high 90% of accuracy for most of their games (I'm guessing they play without help here and there to throw off the scent, until they start losing), and the best part, it's not like they're memorizing a YouTube opening trap. They're playing several different openings against several different defenses and performing like GMs.
Maybe that's it! These guys are probably actually Magnus Carlsen or Hikaru doing a ratings climb for streams. Yup, that's gotta be it.
Hey, so I just played this blitz arena with 2008 total players and placed fourth. One of my only two losses in the tournament was against a player who seemed really suspicious and was instantly banned the moment I reported them after the game.
Although I was given back my ratings, I should also be given arena points as I lost around five precious minutes of the arena playing against someone (or rather something) that is impossible to beat. Moreover, this also ruined my 3 or 4 game win streak which would have given me more points, giving me a decent chance to place first. In this way, such people change the whole fate of these arenas.
Since this happens quite frequently, I request the chess.com authorities/professionals who took the time to read so much to fix this and ensure that your win streak isn't ruined when you play against a cheater in a chess.com arena.