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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 ...
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]
Here is a look at the 20 biggest scandals in the history of sports, and while this counts down, they are in no particular order because we're trying to determine which awful scandal is more ...
Bug exploits are typically executed by players, but one of the most significant bug abuse scandals in esports was the Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal. In August 2020, ESL banned three coaches who had taken advantage of a bug that allowed them to see parts of the map they should not have had access to during matches. [14]
Here is a look at the biggest sports scandals of all-time. Sports can be a source of joy that brings people together, but it is not free from controversy. Here is a look at the biggest sports ...
The scandals rocked the USC athletic department, leading to a complete overhaul of the top spots at the school. Bush announced in September 2010 that he would return the Heisman Trophy he won in 2005.
Match-fixing in professional sumo is an allegation that has plagued professional sumo for decades. Due to the amount of money changing hands depending on rank and prize money, there had been numerous reports of yaochō (八百長) (corruption, bout-fixing) in professional sumo for years before it was finally definitively proven to exist in 2011.