Counter-Strike staff suspected of match-fixing is punished for dishonest

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The WCA have now launched a statement, confirming they’ve investigated the “dubious match” and are happy T.O.T. had been responsible of “subbing actions” given 5 gamers abruptly switched IP addresses mid-game, suggesting the staff had substituted all 5 gamers with out alerting the event officers.

Substituting gamers in aggressive matches is permitted in emergencies and when a staff member is unable to play. Used strategically, nonetheless, they can provide a staff an unfair benefit in tournaments.

Regarding the doubtful match on Jul third, 2017 between T.O.T vs EMP pic.twitter.com/DEmzrrGuzy

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As a consequence, T.O.T. have now had their win transformed to a 2-Zero loss, and been excluded from the WCA 2017 Tournament Platform Classic. Its coach and 5 of its gamers have additionally obtained year-long bans.

But that’s not all. It’s additionally been reported that proof of match throwing – on this case, screenshots of conversations from T.O.T. gamers providing to “win, lose or change the outcomes of matches” – has additionally emerged within the Chinese media.

While there’s no proof of any wrongdoing on EMP’s half (in any case, anybody may create the betting accounts and use no matter names/images they need), the staff supervisor has taken to Chinese social media web site Baidu providing a reward to anybody who can show his gamers have additionally been concerned in nefarious behaviour.