'H1Z1' Cheaters Banned - Thousands of Gamers Kicked by Daybreak, YouTube Apology for Second Chance

After thousands of cheaters were banned from H1Z1 gameplay this week by Daybreak Games, the company's president, John Smedley took to Reddit to share an update on this situation. According to Smedley, the nearly 25,000 gamers have the opportunity to publicly apologize for cheating by sending in a public YouTube video to the company. So far, only three of the thousands apologizing have been unbanned, but Smedley is sharing these videos on Twitter, which is pretty entertaining.

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According to IGN, Smedley posted the following message to Twitter in response to countless emails from banned players trying to lift the ban:

Dear Cheaters who got banned. Many of you are emailing me, apologizing and admitting it. Thank you. However.. You're doing it wrong

— John Smedley (@j_smedley) May 20, 2015

If you want us to even consider your apology a public YouTube apology is necessary. No personal information please. Email me the link — John Smedley (@j_smedley) May 20, 2015

And I will tweet it.

— John Smedley (@j_smedley) May 20, 2015

Please address your apology to fellow players, not us. Although you hurt our business this is about them not us — John Smedley (@j_smedley) May 20, 2015

He also took to Reddit to share videos and explain more about the apologies, according to PC Gamer.

"I want to make sure it's clear there are consequences for cheating," he said in his post. "You don't just get to make a video and get unbanned. This is a very limited time thing to try and raise awareness of what's actually going on."

You can check out the first apology video from a banned cheater right here:

First one. Going to be honest I wish it wasn't about the money, but he's first and that means something. https://t.co/s6otGIqZ25

— John Smedley (@j_smedley) May 20, 2015

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