Overwatch 2 hardware bans are the case where the computer is refused after the Battle.net login has been replaced. The client never reaches a normal queue because the HWID matches a stored ban.

The anti-cheat collects device identifiers from the PC at launch. Those are the values a hardware ban is checked against.

The Overwatch 2 spoofer presents a different hardware ID so the banned profile is not what the game sees.

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