The story continues to develop regarding accusations of cheating that were brought against several well-known players at once. We are talking about a bug that allowed the coach to see a random place on the map. Thanks to this, he could obtain information about the movements of the members of the opposing team and their weapons.
September 4, former Ninjas in Pajamas coach Farouk “pita” Pita released a statement in which he admitted that he used the described bug back in November 2018, in the ESL Pro League Season 8 match against mousesports. The trainer claims that he didn't know exactly how to trigger the glitch and kept it going for five or six rounds. Later, regretting his actions, he tried to contact Valve through a Twitter account dedicated to reporting such problems, but received no response. Alan “Rejin” also admitted to using the bug. Petersen, who is currently a mousesports coach. At the moment, his participation in the team is temporarily suspended.
The organization for the protection of fair play in eSports (Esports Integrity Association) announced on September 4 that it was launching a large-scale investigation, the purpose of which is – identify all cases of using this bug from 2016 to the present time. It is expected that the investigation of all available match footage will take about eight months, but ESIC will issue monthly reports on the progress of the investigation. The organization also announced that the period during which players can admit to using the bug and avoid punishment for cheating will extend until September 13.
