ESIC Commissioner hints towards more CSGO bans for stream sniping ESIC\/Valve\/Unsplash: Alexander Jawfox[jwplayer sVR4A9qr] After a wave of 37 bans in the Counter-Strike scene thanks to the exploitation of a spectator bug in-game, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has hinted that more bans may be on the way to stream snipers. Since the coaching bug was uncovered, which allowed team coaches to watch certain areas of the map independent of their players and therefore keep an eye on enemies, the community has been shaken as a number of top talent has been implicated in proceedings. Shortly after ESIC announced that 37 coaches had been found using the exploit, the commissioner of the organization, Ian Smith, revealed that more bans could be on the way for a whole different reason. Appearing in a conversation with other prominent CS:GO community members, the topic of cheating was understandably the focus of discussion, and while it was centered around the coaching bug, the buck didn\u2019t stop there. Now, it looks like some of the focus of ESIC\u2019s work is to be shifted towards stream sniping, which has apparently become a major issue since leagues were moved online thanks to the ongoing global health crisis. Read More: How Kjaerbye plans to rebuild with FaZe CSGO – \u201cWe\u2019ve got perfectly factually substantiated reports on stream sniping,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI won\u2019t go into too much detail because we\u2019re going to explain this all in a release, but it\u2019s a pretty big deal.\u201d He continued: \u201cI know what information you can gain from the stream, given the delay between real-time action and the stream, is limited. But there is some useful information there, and on top of that, it\u2019s against the rules. It\u2019s not about how badly you\u2019re cheating, but it\u2019s against the rules, and unfortunately we found that a lot of people were on the stream. Players and coaches. So, we\u2019ve got something to say about that.\u201d “”We’ve got factually substantiated reports on stream sniping””@bristollawyer says that we’ll soon hear on the stream sniping abuse that was happening during online leagues. We’re still live:https:\/\/t.co\/RaYXOfbXTV pic.twitter.com\/warpiVKb9H \u2014 HLTV Confirmed (@HLTVconfirmed) September 28, 2020 Many of CS:GO\u2019s top coaches were implicated in ESIC\u2019s findings earlier on September 28, but the fact that many more \u2014 players and coaches alike \u2014 could face repercussions if found guilty of stream sniping. Of course, some of those included in ESIC\u2019s report have responded to the accusations. Notably, RobbaN, who was coaching FaZe Clan at the time that he is accused of using it, was backed by the organization when saying that he did not use the bug to his advantage. How long we have to wait to find out ESIC\u2019s research into stream sniping, as well as the guilty parties involved, remains to be seen. But it\u2019s fair to say that the entire CS community is being shaken as the stories unravel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ESIC Commissioner hints towards more CSGO bans for stream sniping ESIC\/Valve\/Unsplash: Alexander Jawfox[jwplayer sVR4A9qr] After a wave of 37 bans in the Counter-Strike scene thanks to the exploitation of a spectator bug in-game, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has hinted that more bans may be on the way to stream snipers. Since the coaching bug […]<\/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-38105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38105","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=38105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}