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The Counter-Strike match fixing scandal was a 2014 match fixing scandal in the North American professional scene of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO).It involved a match between two teams, iBUYPOWER and NetCodeGuides.com, where questionable and unsportsmanlike performance from the team iBUYPOWER, then considered the best North American team, drew suspicion, resulting in a loss for the ...
One of the largest match fixing scandals in esports occurred when South Korean authorities arrested 12 individuals, including three players, involved in five fixed StarCraft II matches in October 2015. [22] The Counter-Strike match fixing scandal in 2015 involving iBUYPOWER and NetCodeGuides was one of the most notable instances in esports. [4]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a multiplayer first-person shooter released in 2012, [1] where two opposing teams compete against each other. [2] Players of the game have incomplete information about the other team and their location, meaning that any method to discover additional information about the other team is extremely powerful.
In January 2015, six Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players and a team owner were banned due to the IBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal. [137] [138] In June 2021, six Valorant players for the team Resurgence were suspended for match fixing a match against Blackbird Ignis in September 2020. [139]
The commission works to investigate and prevent all forms of match fixing, cheating, [1] [3] and use of doping, [4] most recently investigating the coaching bug in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [5] [6] The commission only employs five full-time workers and works by partnering with several betting websites and tournament organizers. The ...
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Shahzeb Asghar Khan (born October 8, 1993), [1] better known as ShahZaM, is currently a content creator for G2 Esports. [2] He was a former CS:GO professional player before announcing that he would be officially making the switch to Riot Games' Valorant.
In January 2015, Lewis broke the story that two professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams, iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com, were conspiring in a match fixing scandal for financial reward in 2014. Valve, the game's developer, later permanently banned the players involved from any tournaments organized by the company. [16]