37 CSGO coaches banned after ESIC investigation of coaching bug StarLadder \/ EPICENTER \/ FaZe ClanThe Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has issued sanctions against 37 coaches implicated in the use of the CS:GO spectator bug, following an investigation that is bound to send shockwaves through the scene. Following initial bans by ESL against three coaches and after an investigation by Michal Slowinski, there was an ominous sense that more was yet to come as a result of the spectator bug. The bug allowed a spectating player (in this case, the coach of a competitive team), to have a birds-eye view from specific points on the map, gaining an unfair advantage. ESIC commenced their investigation on September 4, and have now presented their findings. 37 coaches have been implicated. The coaches have been banned from official tournament action for varying lengths of time, from as little as 3.75 months to 36 months for the most \u201caggravated\u201d offenders. In their report, ESIC states that they \u201ccould not ascertain, with any reasonable certainty, whether the teams related to the offending parties were complicit in the exploitation of the Spectator Bug at the time that the offenses took place. As such, ESIC will not make a comment in this regard and encourages the community to refrain from speculation on this element.\u201d \u201cESIC believes all sanctioning decisions must be proportionate, fair and consistent,\u201d the report continues. \u201cWe have gone to great lengths to ensure the calculation of the sanctions imposed on the offending coaches comply with these standards.\u201d ESIC Spectator bug investigation results The three coaches first implicated, Hunden, dead, and MechanoGun, have had their initial penalties \u201camended as a result of additional evidence uncovered during the investigation.\u201d MechanoGun\u2019s ban is extended to 36 months, dead from 6 months to 6.5, while Hunden has been reduced from 12 months to 8. A number of coaches from high-profile, professional teams have been implicated, including former FaZe Clan coach Robert \u2018RobbaN\u2019 Dahlstr\u00f6m, Furia\u2019s Nicholas \u2018guerri\u2019 Nogueira, NiP\u2019s Faruk \u201cpita\u201d Pita, and former Na\u2019Vi coaches Sergey \u2018starix\u2019 Ischuk and Andrey \u2018Andi\u2019 Prokhorov. Both pita and Guerri previously addressed their use of the bug and RobbaN has since hit back at his own suspension. Some uses of the bug date back as early as 2016, a testament to the thorough VOD review taken on by ESIC and Slowinski. The investigation was expected to take eight months, but new \u201ctechniques\u201d and dedicated work expedited the process. So far, only 20% of the total demos have been reviewed at this point. However, ESIC states this 20% \u201clikely comprise the most substantial cases of abuse.\u201d Full list of banned CSGO coaches: *Teams listed are at time of infraction: Twista (iGame.com): 15.75 months – casle (maquinas): 10 months – dinamito (Furious Gamer): 10 months – ArnoZ1K4 (Evidence): 10 months – Rejin (Tricked): 19.8 months – glouDH (Freestyle): 10 months – prd (Neverest): 10 months – nook (QB Fire): 7.5 months – rikz (DETONA): 10 months – Apoka (LG\/INTZ\/BOOM): 5.4 months – MechanoGun (Hard Legion): 36 months – hellpopovich (9z): 10 months – fuRy^ (DreamEaters): 7.5 months – Solaar (Syman\/k23): 10 months – HUNDEN (Heroic): 8 months – dead (SK\/MiBR): 6.5 months – guerri (Furia): 4 months – pita (NiP): 10 months – AKIMOV (Hard Legion): 7.5 months – F_1N (Gambit Youngsters): 8.75 months – ellllll (Imperial\/paiN): 10 months – peu (W7M): 5 months – RobbaN (FaZe Clan): 5.5 months – Loord (Kinguin\/Aristocracy): 6 months – ToH1o (Ex-Outlaws\/Windigo): 10 months – Andi (NAVI): 10 months – pepik (eSuba): 10 months – B1GGY (Heretics): 7.5 months – chrille (Epsilon\/Red Reserve): 10 months – starix (NAVI): 10 months – ave (North): 10 months – rosey (Nordavind): 10 months – LMBT_R (Hellraisers\/forZe): 7.5 months – FeTiSh (Heroic): 3.75 months – miNIr0x (AGO) 3.75 months – pNshr (SKADE): 3.75 months – ruggah (Dignitas): 3.75 months – All those implicated are eligible to appeal by emailing Chairman of the Independent Disciplinary Panel, Kevin Carpenter, and setting out the grounds of their appeal. A further report is due for release in October, which will complete the investigation. ESIC concluded their report with a message to the CS:GO community: \u201cWe understand that these revelations have been tough for many people within the CS:GO community, but we believe it is in the long-term best interests of the game and all of esports for integrity breaches to be dealt with head-on,\u201d they wrote. \u201cWe know that most coaches, players, tournament organizers, publishers and developers, fans, sponsors and broadcasters want CS:GO and esports to be clean and a fair competition between players and teams doing their very best to win. We see our job as being to ensure that that happens and that corrupt and bad actors are rehabilitated or removed.\u201d The sanctions issued by ESIC following the results of their investigation mean that the 37 CS:GO coaches who have been punished: must not actively or passively communicate with the team starting 15 minutes prior to the official match start up until the end of the match – must not be physically present around the team starting 15 minutes prior to the official match start up until the end of the match – must not be on the game server during official matches – must not be on the official match channel on the Discord server – must not be part of the official map veto process nor be in communication with the team during this process – For a full break down of ESIC\u2019s investigation, details of specific matches where the bug was used, and an explanation of the sanctions, read the full report here. ESIC\u2019s decision follows Valve\u2019s punishment against previously implicated coaches, who were stripped of the Regional Major Ranking points. It remains to be seen what action the publisher will now take in light of the new developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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