CSGO pros call out ESEA and DreamHack over alleged cheaters ESL\/Valve\/StarLadderDuring an online qualifier match for the DreamHack Rotterdam event, a player named \u2018holmyz\u2019 for Pharsyde hit a ridiculous running headshot on an enemy covered by smoke. While the kill itself is questionable, it has also raised conversation about whether he should be allowed to play, given his banned status on another platform. During the European Open qualifier for the DreamHack Open Rotterdam event that\u2019s scheduled for later in October, pharsyde defeated The Dice 16-11 on Inferno to advance to the next round. Their next scheduled opponents, RADNICKI, forfeited due to refusing to play against pharsyde. This kill by Pharsyde\u2019s holmyz has sparked yet another discussion about the legitimacy of this European squad: RADNICKI player Petar \u2018HOLMES\u2019 Demitrijevic made a point the address the illegitimacy when he announced their forfeiture: \u201cyou cannot beat completely unknown new upcoming talents with private profiles and barely played pugs on their ESEA\/FACEit matches\u201d Won against #1 seed @GambitEsports youngsters in @DreamHack Rotterdam Open Qualifier but you cannot beat completely unknown new upcoming talents with private profiles and barely played pugs on their ESEA\/FACEit matches so we forfeit our match against them after first half in 1\/4 \u2014 Petar Dimitrijevic (@HOLMEScsgo) September 21, 2019 On FACEIT, both holmyz and his teammate mauw1 have been banned for cheating, but they have not been banned on ESEA, which is the anti-cheat being used for these DreamHack qualifiers. Holymz has been linked to cheating in the past, when pro player Kristian \u2018akEz\u2019 Kornbakk provided an alleged recording of holmyz admitting to purchasing and using cheats: \u201cI haven\u2019t played legit in like two weeks. I been playing these shit tournaments and fucking won but someone is trying to expose me and they need to look demos etc, they wont find any cheat, but other things they might expose, its not good, but I think it will be fine.\u201d After the forfeit by RADNICKI, Pharsyde have moved on to the closed qualifiers to face GamerLegion, which features CS:GO legend Dennis \u2018dennis\u2019 Edman, who has sounded off about this team in the past. When the most recent clip went viral, dennis called out ESEA and DreamHack directly about the alleged cheaters: \u201cI\u2019ve played so many of your tournaments and I\u2019ve enjoyed them all but this is just too much. You need to get your shit together and ban these cheaters. Can\u2019t believe you\u2019re actually letting them play.\u201d .@ESEA @DreamHackCSGO i’ve played so many of your tournaments and i’ve enjoyed them all but this is just too much. You need to get your shit together and ban these cheaters. Can’t believe you’re actually letting them play. \u2014 dennis (@denniscsgod) September 21, 2019 Alex \u2018ALEX\u2019 McMeekin, in-game leader for Team Vitality, also chimed in and suggested that FACEIT and ESEA share a cheaters database: This is bullshit, I\u2019ve experienced it first hand (in a minor qualifier no less), it\u2019s about time the main online qualifier organizers (Faceit & ESEA) have some shared database about cheaters or something to avoid having to ban the same people twice. https:\/\/t.co\/sxc7PSQaqP \u2014 Alex (@Vitality_ALEX) September 21, 2019 Currently the match between pharsyde and GamerLegion is still scheduled for September 22. It will be a best-of-three series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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