HUNDEN makes shocking claim about Heroic spectator bug case DreamHackNicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen, one of the 37 CS:GO coaches who were banned in September 2020 for using the spectator bug, has claimed that some of Heroic\u2019s players were aware of his actions. HUNDEN has backtracked on his previous comments that he abused the bug without the knowledge of his teammates. In an interview with TV2.dk, he alleged that part of the team knew what he was doing. \u201cSome of the players were aware of it,\u201d he said. \u201cI will not name any names as I think it is up to the players themselves.\u201d HUNDEN was banned for eight months by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) for using the bug in two matches in May 2020, against Astralis in DreamHack Masters Spring and against Team Spirit in Home Sweet Home Cup 5. His initial 12-month suspension was reduced due to his assistance in the investigation. In a statement issued at the time, HUNDEN apologized for his actions and said that he had acted \u201con my own, without the knowledge of my teammates.\u201d New evidence surfaces Asked by TV2.dk why he is telling a different story now, HUNDEN said: \u201cI\u2019ve fallen so far into a hole now that there\u2019s nothing to keep away anymore.\u201d CS:GO analyst Jacob \u2018Pimp\u2019 Winneche commented on the shocking claims by saying that he has seen material obtained by TV2.dk that seems to support HUNDEN\u2019s new version of the events. \u201cI\u2019ve been presented the material the article is based on,\u201d Pimp wrote on Twitter. \u201cMy judgment is that it\u2019s highly probable he\u2019s telling the truth.\u201d Coach bug scandal \ud83d\udea8 Hunden claims that the heroic players also was involved and aware of his cheating in the coach bug scandal. I\u2019ve been presented the material the article is based on. My judgment is that it\u2019s highly probable he\u2019s telling the truth.https:\/\/t.co\/8SaJGgqrl1 \u2014 Jacob \u201cPimp\u201d Winneche (@PimpCS2) August 26, 2021 In a statement to TV2.dk, Heroic CEO Joachim Haraldsen denied the claims, saying that ESIC \u201cthoroughly investigated\u201d the case and that HUNDEN admitted to acting alone after being found \u201cguilty of cheating.\u201d \u201cNow he changes his explanation after he was fired from the team in July and shortly before ESIC comes out with their decision in the pending case,\u201d Haraldsen said. \u201cI am convinced that ESIC and the rest of the world will see this for what it is: Nicolai Petersen failed his teammates by cheating, he failed them by sharing confidential and sensitive information with a major competitor, and he is now failing them a third time by trying to blame them for his actions. \u201cThat\u2019s not very heroic.\u201d ESIC set to make ruling ESIC will announce on Friday whether it is banning HUNDEN in a separate case that involves a potential breach of the esports watchdog\u2019s integrity program. HUNDEN has been accused by Heroic of sharing sensitive information with a competitor before IEM Cologne. HUNDEN, who did not travel with the team to that event, denied \u201crumors\u201d that leaked the team\u2019s stratbook but admitted that he shared \u201canti-strat material of opponents\u201d with other coaches, \u201cin the context of sparring.\u201d Heroic have opened legal proceedings against HUNDEN for what they deemed to be \u201ca clear breach of his contract.\u201d According to the organization, two courts have \u201cindependently found sufficient grounds for evidence collection, which has been carried out.\u201d ESL, the company running IEM Cologne, and ESIC both issued statements saying that the competitive integrity of the tournament was not impacted by the leak, but the esports watchdog underlined that HUNDEN\u2019s behavior potentially constituted a breach of its Integrity Program. TV2.dk reported on Wednesday that HUNDEN will be banned for two years. In an interview, the coach criticized ESIC for its handling of the investigation, saying that he was never heard in the case, and claimed that he was threatened with a five-year suspension if he appealed against the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HUNDEN makes shocking claim about Heroic spectator bug case DreamHackNicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen, one of the 37 CS:GO coaches who were banned in September 2020 for using the spectator bug, has claimed that some of Heroic\u2019s players were aware of his actions. HUNDEN has backtracked on his previous comments that he abused the bug without the […]<\/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-38476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38476","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=38476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}