## CS:GO Mentors Prohibited for Deception – iGB
Three mentors from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) squads have been apprehended for dishonesty by exploiting a game flaw and have been prohibited from professional competition.
**CS:GO Mentors Prohibited for Deception**
Three mentors from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) squads have been apprehended for dishonesty by exploiting a game flaw and have been prohibited from professional competition.
The prohibitions were declared by ESL and DreamHack, two prominent esports competition organizers, following an examination by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC).
The “mentor bug” permitted mentors to utilize a “free camera” to observe CS:GO matches from any position on the map. This provided them with an unfair advantage, enabling them to discern the locations of their adversaries and inform their team.
The involved squads, Heroic, MIBR, and Hard Legion, have been expelled from their competitions and forfeited their prize money, which amounted to approximately $11,000.
The squads also lost points in the ESL Pro Tour, which are essential for qualifying for major esports events such as ESL One Cologne and IEM Katowice 2021.
The mentors themselves have been prohibited for varying durations.
Nicolai HUNDEN’ Petersen, the League of Legends trainer, has been prohibited for a year. Ricardo ‘dead’ Sinigaglia, the MIBR trainer, has been prohibited for six months. Aleksandr ‘MechanoGun’ Bogatryev, the Hard Legion trainer, has been prohibited for two years. These prohibitions all commence on August 31st.
The ESIC examined the proof and concluded that the three trainers had engaged in deceitful practices by taking advantage of a loophole. The teams involved have been granted the opportunity to appeal to the ESIC’s disciplinary panel.
These prohibitions imply that the trainers are ineligible to work in any capacity, cannot be accredited, cannot provide services for any event, competition, or tournament organized by an ESIC member organization, and cannot participate in them. This prevents them from collaborating with any team or player in these events.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, matches are being conducted online. This necessitates additional limitations. Trainers are prohibited from communicating with their teams in any manner from 15 minutes prior to the match commencement until the match concludes.
They are not permitted to be in the vicinity of the team during this period. They cannot be present on the match server, the official match channel on Discord, or participate in the map selection process. They are prohibited from communicating with the team in any way during this time.
The ESIC will continue to examine the situation to determine if the team’s athletes were aware of or participated in the coach’s actions. At this time, the ESIC states they lack sufficient evidence to make a definitive conclusion.
The ESIC will continue their inquiry for an additional two months, hoping to uncover further evidence that could aid their investigation.
The ESIC specifically expressed gratitude to Michal Slowinski, an independent esports official, acknowledging the significance of his contribution to the investigation.
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