CS:GO Mentors Prohibited for Deception
## CS:GO Mentors Prohibited for Deception – iGB
Three mentors of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) squads have been prohibited from professional competition for utilizing a game glitch to deceive during contests.
**CS:GO Mentors Prohibited for Deception**
Three mentors of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) squads have been prohibited from professional competition for utilizing a game glitch to deceive during contests.
The prohibitions were declared by esports event organizers ESL and DreamHack following an investigation by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC).
The “mentor glitch” permitted mentors to utilize a “free camera” perspective of matches, enabling them to view the game from any location on the map. This provided them with an unfair advantage by allowing them to inform their squads of their adversaries’ positions.
The squads involved, Heroic, MIBR, and Hard Legion, were disqualified from their tournaments and were required to return their winnings, which totaled approximately $11,000.
They also lost points in the ESL Pro Tour, which are necessary to qualify 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, a League of Legends mentor, has been suspended for a year. Ricardo ‘dead’ Sinigaglia, MIBR’s coach, has been suspended for half a year. Aleksandr ‘MechanoGun’ Bogatryev, Hard Legion’s coach, has been suspended for two years. All suspensions commence on August 31st.
ESIC examined the proof and determined that the coaches definitely took advantage of a loophole. All teams have the option to appeal to ESIC’s Disciplinary Panel.
The suspensions imply that the coaches are prohibited from assuming any position, providing services, or participating in any events, competitions, or matches organized by ESIC members. They are not allowed to work for any team or player.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, matches are conducted online. Additional rules are in place. Coaches are not permitted to communicate with their teams for 15 minutes before a match begins until the match concludes.
They are not allowed to be present with the team, on the match server, on the Discord server, or involved in map selection. They cannot communicate with the team during this process.
The ESIC will persist in its examination to determine if the team’s athletes were aware of or participated in the coach’s actions. At this juncture, they assert that there is insufficient evidence to definitively conclude.
The organization will continue its probe for an additional two months, in case they uncover further proof that could warrant a more thorough investigation.
ESIC specifically acknowledged Michal Slowinski, an independent esports official, stating that his contributions were crucial to the investigation.
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