Valve permanently bans Counter-Strike players involved in match-fixing

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Valve has said it will terminate its relationship with individuals who are found to “demonstrate a willingness” to sully the integrity of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eSports scene.


According to a post on the official CS:GO blog, Valve stated the it will “take whatever action necessary” to protect the integrity and “entertainment value” of professional matches.

“As the scene grows, it’s an unfortunate reality that some individuals will seek opportunities to take advantage of their fans,” reads the statement.

“We will continue to take whatever action we think is necessary to protect the entertainment value created by professional Counter-Strike, including, on occasion, terminating our relationship with individuals who have demonstrated a willingness to exploit their fans’ faith in the integrity of the sport.”


In January 2015, it was alleged that members of two professional teams were involved in match-fixing during Cevo Season 5 back in August 2014 – specifically iBUYPOWER and NetcodeGuides.com.

Valve investigated the allegations, confirmed the individuals indeed participated in match-fixing, and banned them from future tournaments.

The company said that while bans such as these can be “disruptive and painful” to members of the community, sometimes it’s necessary.

“Back in January and early February 2015 we took action after we discovered that a small number of professional CS:GO players were engaged in match-fixing,” states the post. “Our decision was to ban these players indefinitely from involvement in Valve-sponsored events. To clarify, the bans for these players are permanent, and players proven to have taken part in match-fixing will be permanently banned.

“We sincerely hope that we won’t have to issue more in the future.”


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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2016/01/06/counter-strike-match-fixing-esports/

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JZXPosted:

Mickers Perma ban is pretty hefty, jees.


True, when people's money is on the line, it's pretty reasonable. I'm talking hundreds of dollars.

JZXPosted:

I have already lots so many skins from this, one of the big ones was iBuyPower during an ESN game.

SavitarPosted:

Hoop
KappaClaus
Hoop
DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


must of completely misread the article or don't know what your talking about.

Anyways, thye must have thought that the money they made from skins was better than their whole career. I think that a perma ban is justified though, they knew it was wrong but did it for the money and was not fair on anyone betting.


I mean I wouldn't blame them for throwing that match. They never had a salary from their sponsor, iBP and their main income was from winning tournaments, but even then they were placing pretty bad in the last few tournaments they played before they threw.


Yeah, the point i was making waa that it their eyes obviously the money was better than their career


Well it was but I still don't know why Valve handed them a perma ban. Like some other pro said, Valve could have gave them a 1 year ban then something related to community service.

SkittlePosted:

I agree with this 100%, if they have to lose matches on purpose just to make money then what is the point of the sport even existing? It becomes nothing more than a staged scam tbh.

HoopPosted:

KappaClaus
Hoop
DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


must of completely misread the article or don't know what your talking about.

Anyways, thye must have thought that the money they made from skins was better than their whole career. I think that a perma ban is justified though, they knew it was wrong but did it for the money and was not fair on anyone betting.


I mean I wouldn't blame them for throwing that match. They never had a salary from their sponsor, iBP and their main income was from winning tournaments, but even then they were placing pretty bad in the last few tournaments they played before they threw.


Yeah, the point i was making waa that it their eyes obviously the money was better than their career

SavitarPosted:

Hoop
DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


must of completely misread the article or don't know what your talking about.

Anyways, thye must have thought that the money they made from skins was better than their whole career. I think that a perma ban is justified though, they knew it was wrong but did it for the money and was not fair on anyone betting.


I mean I wouldn't blame them for throwing that match. They never had a salary from their sponsor, iBP and their main income was from winning tournaments, but even then they were placing pretty bad in the last few tournaments they played before they threw.

XboxPosted:

Honestly its good that Valve banned them players. They knew what they were doing was wrong and did it anyways.

HoopPosted:

DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


must of completely misread the article or don't know what your talking about.

Anyways, thye must have thought that the money they made from skins was better than their whole career. I think that a perma ban is justified though, they knew it was wrong but did it for the money and was not fair on anyone betting.

PURPDRANKPosted:

DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


They didn't cheat there way to the top, iBP was the best NA Team. They threw a match that meant nothing to them so they could win skins. Perma is to much for something that was new, and had no ruling about it at the time. They have served there time and learned their lesson, they would probably do anything to compete again.

R.I.P. Swag, and the others too.

ExoticWolfsPosted:

DeluxeHazard Good move by Valve. If you have to cheat your way to the top then why are you even competing?


The fact that you would make this comment is stupid, it makes me think you don't even know what you are writing about. This has nothing to do with cheating to the top, matchfixing in this scenario, is them throwing the game on purpose to gain skins from betting. iBP didn't need the win of this game, as they were already moving on in the tourny (I think that's what it was), and NetCodeGuides needed the win to move on. So it was a win win for both teams from their viewpoint.

Anyways, I don't feel that this permanent ban was necessary. Not going to try and excuse the players from what they did as it was very wrong, but the punishment given doesn't match up. At the point in time that this took place, there was no rule against what they did. They knew it was wrong and stupid, but they did it anyways. They have offered multiple times to try and make it up to everyone, such as streaming for charity and giving all of their winnings to charities. All they want to do is play competitive CS. One mistake has ruined their career, great talent gone to waste. RIP NA CS


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