ESIC lifts suspension of CSGO coach hally: \u201cHappy with the appeal result\u201d Jo\u00e3o Ferreira for PGLDexerto spoke with Dejan Mini\u0107, the lawyer who represented Team Spirit CS:GO coach Sergey \u2018hally\u2019 Shavaev in his appeal against a suspension for use of the spectator bug. In a brief Twitter post on September 15, Team Spirit confirmed that hally\u2019s suspension had been lifted by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) and that the coach was free to resume his activity ahead of the upcoming Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament \u2013 the qualifying event for the IEM Rio Major. Though the verdict was delivered only on September 14, Mini\u0107 told Dexerto that hally\u2019s suspension was actually lifted by ESIC ten days earlier. hally was one of the three CS:GO coaches attending PGL Major Antwerp who were provisionally suspended ahead of the Belgian event as part of ESIC\u2019s investigation into the historical use of the spectator bug. The Russian coach had the static variant of the bug in one round of a 2019 CIS Rising League Season 3 match against Dracarys, when he was coaching Espada. 9z coach Rafael \u2018zakk\u2019 Fernandes encountered the same variant of the bug, while Imperial coach Luis \u2018peacemaker\u2019 Tadeu had the free roam variant. All three coaches had to miss the Antwerp Major, which led to fierce criticism from the CS:GO community about the timing of the suspensions, especially considering that ESIC had known about the trio\u2019s offense since March 2021. Of the three coaches, hally was the only one who remained suspended. peacemaker was cleared by ESIC in May, while zakk had his provisional suspension lifted in June, though he still remained subject to a ban. \u201cPersonally, I think ESIC was fair during the appeal process, just a bit slow sometimes, which is understandable considering the number of new cases [they have] every day,\u201d Mini\u0107 told Dexerto. \u201cIn my opinion, the suspension for the static variant of the bug was way harsher than it should have been, considering that the free-roam version was used for years in official matches. hally\u2019s bug occurred only in the pistol round, and his team did not change its playstyle because of it. One of his players asked for a timeout so that he could reconnect, and the admin did nothing to explain how the bug reporting process should be done.\u201d Mini\u0107 went on to criticize the fact that hally was suspended without a proper investigation, noting that Team Spirit managed to reach the semi-finals of the Antwerp Major without their coach. \u201cCould Team Spirit have done better with the coach behind the players?\u201d he questioned. \u201cCalling timeouts at the right time, cheering them on, supporting them. It\u2019s as important as staying calm in front of a crowd. \u201cAll things said, we are happy with the appeal result and we hope, for the sake of integrity in esports, that ESIC will continue to do its job but faster. Justice is served only when the time is right.\u201d At the time of the announcement of the three suspensions, ESIC said that a fourth coach attending the Antwerp Major had encountered the third-person variant of the bug. Because of the less serious nature of this variant, the coach \u2013 whose name was not given \u2013 was not provisionally suspended from the Major. The esports watchdog said that the coach would respond to charges after the event, but no updates on this case have been provided. ESIC did not reply to a request for comment from Dexerto in time for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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