{"id":16436,"date":"2021-05-12T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/did-alliance-cheat-dreamleague-season-15-dpc"},"modified":"2024-07-20T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:30:13","slug":"did-alliance-cheat-dreamleague-season-15-dpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/dota-2\/did-alliance-cheat-dreamleague-season-15-dpc","title":{"rendered":"Did Alliance cheat in DreamLeague Season 15 DPC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

See the image from Valve above? There are only five Meepos, just as a Dota 2<\/a> team should only have five players. That’s the premise of the cheating allegations against famous esports organization Alliance during DreamLeague Season 15<\/a>, aka Season 2 of DPC’s European Upper Division. The Dota 2 esports world is buzzing right now, questioning if what Alliance did should be considered cheating.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> DreamHack has come out to say Alliance did nothing wrong, and following guidance from Valve, the Dota 2 coaching rule has been reverted back<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Original story below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did Alliance cheat in the DPC?<\/h2>\n

This question isn’t as easy as it seems. First and foremost, Alliance didn’t cheat in the traditional sense of the word, for example using hacks or watching streams from another team’s perspective.<\/p>\n

Instead, behind the Alliance squad sat Peter “PPD” Dager, who called out instructions to the team during their match against BRAME in DreamLeague Season 15. This Reddit thread<\/a> details the incident.<\/p>\n

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In the video below, you can hear PPD’s callout, with a player reacting. So what’s wrong with that? Well, coaches are not allowed in Dota 2 esports matches after the drafting phase, or so we all thought.<\/p>\n

This essentially makes Dota 2 a six-man game as the coach can watch the mini-map, make informed calls, and give teams an advantage.<\/p>\n