After missing Antwerp Major, CSGO coach peacemaker is cleared by ESIC Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/PGLImperial CS:GO coach Luis \u2018peacemaker\u2019 Tadeu has revealed that he has been cleared by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) after being suspended ahead of PGL Major Antwerp for encountering the spectator bug. peacemaker was one of the three CS:GO coaches attending PGL Major Antwerp who were provisionally suspended just days before the start of the event as part of ESIC\u2019s investigation into the historical use of the spectator bug. The Brazilian coach encountered the free roam bug \u2013 a \u201cfar more serious\u201d variant of the bug than the static and the third-person view variants in ESIC\u2019s opinion \u2013 in one round while coaching Heroic in a 2018 online match. He faced a ban of up to 24 months from all ESIC member competitions. According to ESIC, only three coaches experienced the free roam variant of the bug. One of the other two coaches is Soham \u2018valens\u2019 Chowdhury, a retired coach who guided Cloud9 to victory at ELEAGUE Major Boston in 2018. Because of the suspension, peacemaker was unable to coach Imperial at PGL Major Antwerp. The Brazilian team, featuring two-time Major champions Gabriel \u2018FalleN\u2019 Toledo, Fernando \u2018fer\u2019 Alvarenga, and Lincoln \u2018fnx\u2019 Lau, made it to the final round of the Legends Stage before losing to Copenhagen Flames. A maior vitoria da minha carreira. A partir de hoje, n\u00e3o estou mais suspenso e posso retornar a competir. The biggest win of my career. As of today, I am no longer suspended and can go back to competing. PT-BR + ENG 1\/3 pic.twitter.com\/KzTgK2v0F6 \u2014 Luis Peacemaker (@peacemaker) May 26, 2022 Cleared by ESIC In a statement, peacemaker said that ESIC Integrity Commissioner Ian Smith \u201caccepted the arguments provided\u201d, adding that the esports watchdog will comment on this matter \u201csoon\u201d. The Brazilian coach described this outcome as \u201cthe biggest victory of my career\u201d. \u201cThis morning, I was told through my attorney, Luis Felipe Maia from Maia Yoshiyasu Advogados, that we had successfully obtained the immediate removal of my provisional suspension,\u201d peacemaker added. \u201cI am no longer at risk of being banned and I will be able to continue my career as normal.\u201d In a video posted on Twitter, peacemaker said that he was able to prove that he never shared any information with his players during the round. He added that his attempts to reconnect to the game server while in a bugged state prove that he was trying to fix the problem. peacemaker also posted a video from Danny \u2018mahone\u2019 Hsieh, a content creator and former NIP analyst, analyzing the round in which he had the bug. \u201cFrom a purely analytical standpoint, there is no clear evidence that the players of Heroic used any information that could only be obtained through peacemaker\u2019s point of view,\u201d Hsieh said. \u201cIt was entirely possible to play the round the way they did without any extra information.\u201d It remains unclear whether the other two coaches who were suspended from PGL Major Antwerp, 9z\u2019s Rafael \u2018zakk\u2019 Fernandes, and Spirit\u2019s Sergey \u2018hally\u2019 Shavaev, have also been cleared by ESIC. Unlike peacemaker, they encountered the static variant of the bug. This development marks a significant shift in the way ESIC looks at the spectator bug and deals with these cases. On May 5, ESIC said that all occurrences of the bug, \u201cregardless of apparent harm (or harmlessness) (\u2026) should be dealt with swiftly and immediately\u201d. In describing the static variant (a less serious variant than the free roam), it noted that, even if the bug was not abused, \u201cthe mere potential for exploitation and utilization\u201d created an \u201cunrectified opportunity for an unfair advantage\u201d. The following day, ESIC doubled down on that position. The esports watchdog stated that it did \u201cnot view the outcome of an unfair advantage being achieved as a necessary factor of the threat\u201d created by the bug. It added that the affected coaches should have \u201cimmediately\u201d attempted to rectify the bugged state in which they found themselves. peacemaker said that he hopes to return to competition \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d Imperial are due to compete at IEM Dallas, which will take place from May 30 through June 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After missing Antwerp Major, CSGO coach peacemaker is cleared by ESIC Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/PGLImperial CS:GO coach Luis \u2018peacemaker\u2019 Tadeu has revealed that he has been cleared by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) after being suspended ahead of PGL Major Antwerp for encountering the spectator bug. peacemaker was one of the three CS:GO coaches attending PGL Major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}