{"id":8337,"date":"2020-09-28T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/esic-claims-evidence-that-cs-go-teams-were-stream-sniping-during-online-matches"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:15:15","slug":"esic-claims-evidence-that-cs-go-teams-were-stream-sniping-during-online-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/esic-claims-evidence-that-cs-go-teams-were-stream-sniping-during-online-matches","title":{"rendered":"ESIC claims to have evidence CS:GO teams were “stream sniping” during online matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a day when CS:GO esports was rocked by a further 37 bans<\/a> by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) for the apparent use of a “spectator bug”, the same organisation now claims to have evidence that players and coaches have been “stream sniping” during online play.<\/p>\n

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Ian T Smith, the Integrity Commissioner for ESIC, made the startling claim on the HLTV Confirmed podcast<\/a> claiming that a “helluva lot” of people who shouldn’t be on the stream such as players and coaches, were in fact watching the games.<\/p>\n

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The ESIC claims to have uncovered more foul play in the CS:GO scene. (Picture: ESIC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the COVID-19 pandemic made LAN tournaments impossible due to travel restrictions, most major tournament organizers moved to online formats, and while there was in-built delays on the “live” footage, teams were still gleaming what information they could, and in the ESIC’s eyes they were unequivocal – this is cheating.<\/p>\n

“It’s something that’s really emerged in this COVID period. We got some reports, perfectly actually substantiated reports of stream sniping,” explained Smith.<\/p>\n

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“We’ve got factually substantiated reports on stream sniping”@bristollawyer<\/a> says that we’ll soon hear on the stream sniping abuse that was happening during online leagues. <\/p>\n

We’re still live:https:\/\/t.co\/RaYXOfbXTV<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/warpiVKb9H<\/a><\/p>\n

— HLTV Confirmed (@HLTVconfirmed) September 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“It’s a pretty big deal[..] I know what information you can gain from a general stream given the delay between real-time action and the stream is limited, but there is some useful information there.”<\/p>\n

For ESIC the bigger issue is not from what information you can obtain from the stream, but that there is an attempt to cheat in the first place.<\/p>\n

“It’s not about how much information, how badly your cheating. It’s against the rules to be on the stream but unfortunately, we found that a helluva lot of people were on the stream. Players and coaches. So we have got something to say about that.”<\/p>\n