Counter Strike Global Offensive: In the world of FPS games, CS: GO is quite a popular name. The title has been around since 2012 and even today is played by gamers across the globe. There are dedicated tournaments organized by several organizations where gamers actively participate to show their skills. Recently, one such Counter Strike Global Offensive tournament has come under supervision for all the wrong reasons. There has been an alleged accusation that two professional gamers teamed up to get points and emerge as the winners.
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Cheating and using unfair means in competitive esports is a heinous offense. The developers and tournament organizers try to implement all kinds of means to safeguard gamers and prevent exploitation. However, despite all measures, they are unable to restrict the actions especially when gamers team up together to benefit from the game.
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Counter Strike Global Offensive: What happened in the tournament?
The Counter Strike Global Offensive tournament in question was organized by Sony. It was an invitational tournament and featured several professional gamers. During this tournament, two gamers allegedly teamed up to get benefitted.
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— Sony Electronics (@SonyElectronics) July 22, 2022
Popular esports journalist, Jake Lucky reported that the two gamers in question were Kephrii and Gale. Since it was an invitational tournament, the rules were slightly different from other Counter Strike Global Offensive events. In this tournament, gamers were rewarded with one point for a kill. however, getting a knife kill would fetch five points.
In a $100k CSGO tournament two players Kephrii and Gale are being accused of teaming and feeding knife kills to the other. This tournament is unique in that prize money is awarded to individual players based on points.
1 kill = 1 point
1 knife kill = 5 points pic.twitter.com/kQtH4zRPYJ— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 31, 2022
The prize distribution of the event was also quite unique. Gamers who have the most points at the end of the event received most of the prize pool. Subsequently, those with fewer points received a lesser amount of the prize money. It has been alleged that Kephrii and Gale teamed up and fed knife kills to each other so that they can accumulate the most points and get the most part of the prize pool.
During the event, several gamers were suspicious of their activities while a few of them openly opposed their actions.
At least two opposing players have made these accusations, even his own teammates were suspicious. The two accusers were threatened to be dq'd if they refused to keep playing on. I was told an initial ruling was made that there were no concerns of teaming. pic.twitter.com/yV4mZH2WkP
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 31, 2022
Kephrii replied to Jake Lucky’s post and revealed his side of the story. However, it should be noted that he was knife killed around five times, which raises the suspicion even more.
I genuinely did not hear him. I haven't played CS in about 3 years. Afterward I begged my team to swap me to A side since he kept going B. This tournament gives 1 point for an Elim, 2 Points for an Assist, & 5 Points for a Knife. I am a huge anticheat advocate; I sadly just suck.
— Brian St. Pierre (@Kephrii) July 31, 2022
With all the accusations piling up, it was revealed that Kephrii has been removed from the tournament.
Kephrii has been removed from the tournament.
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 31, 2022
Whether any further investigations are being carried out remains to be seen. However, it is fairly certain that the gamer won’t be playing at any more invitational tournaments for some time now.
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