Counter-Strike participant Blagoi ‘oxygeN’ Dimitrov has been accused of allegedly utilizing “unlawful methods to achieve benefit,” following 500’s match victory towards Partizan at CCT Season 2 Europe Collection #17.
On February 15, 500 received the match by defeating Partizan Esports within the Grand-Remaining 2-1, nonetheless, the legitimacy of that consequence was known as into query by B8 participant Artem ‘kensizor’ Kapran who shared clips from 500’s semi-final towards B8, and the Grand Remaining towards Partizan Esports.
Kensizor questioned how oxygeN “all the time guesses the place the enemy is standing,” linking a collection of clips that seem to indicate the Bulgarian hard-clearing angles that the B8 and Partizan gamers are occupying.Article continues after advert
Jovan Mijailović, president of Partizan Esports, addressed the clips immediately, stating “We misplaced CCT Tour Finals on account of [the] opponent crew clearly utilizing unlawful methods to achieve benefit within the sport. Such a disgrace that they’re allowed to even take part in Counter-Strike ranked tournaments. We imagine that TO ought to look into it. Anyhow, I’m so pleased with my crew!”Article continues after advert
We misplaced @cctour_gg Finals on account of opponent crew clearly utilizing unlawful methods to achieve benefit within the sport. 👇Such a disgrace that they’re allowed to even take part in @CounterStrike ranked tournaments.We imagine that TO ought to look into it.Anyhow, I’m so pleased with my crew! https://t.co/PkpFujYQPM— Jovan Mijailovic (@Jovan_PAR) February 15, 2025
Nonetheless, there was some pushback to the accusations with Counter-Strike caster, Josh ‘Emenjay’ Martin, replying to Mijailović, arguing that the clips could also be a results of in-game protocols or data 500 had within the rounds, concluding “Anybody can take out-of-context clips from a stream with x-ray and say they’re fishy.”Article continues after advert
Because the clips circulated on social media, a number of notable gamers and personalities within the Counter-Strike neighborhood shared their opinions of the alleged foul play.
Former Main semi-finalist, Joakim ‘jkaem’ Myrbostad, now representing BC.Sport Esports, shared his suspicions of 500 stating “Ngl, I stated one thing was off after enjoying vs him 3 instances final 10 days. However I didn’t wish to be a complainer however these clips makes me actually surprise if there’s something. Want to hear from himself, as a result of I’ve seen some foolish feedback from them as an alternative of explaining.”Article continues after advert
4-time Main successful IGL, Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander said “Bro please inform me that is someway taken out of context as a result of wtf is that this.”Article continues after advert
Whereas many focussed on the accusations, the clips prompted others to deal with the broader well being of Counter-Strike’s aggressive scene. With Valve mandating match guidelines that imply solely sure occasions are categorized as ‘ranked’, there may be elevated significance on these occasions to take care of excessive requirements of aggressive integrity.
Former Liquid coach, Luis ‘peacemaker’ Tadeu, identified that Valve’s new rating system means shedding to cheaters is much more damaging as “you may not solely lose to a man probably dishonest however you additionally lose factors and invitations by being pressured to play these On-line Cups.”Article continues after advert
“If getting factors for the Valve Rating appears unattainable for you…Its not Valve Rating that should change, its you… 🤡 “Now you may not solely lose to a man probably dishonest however you additionally lose factors and invitations by being pressured to play these On-line Cups.. @CounterStrike https://t.co/xJ0YS0rE7B— Luis Peacemaker (@peacemaker) February 16, 2025
Counter-Strike caster, Neo ‘Ne0kai’ Caine, and Spanish skilled participant Alejandro ‘mopoz’ Fernández shared comparable views that, whereas the clips don’t affirm dishonest, the incident ought to act as a wake-up name to TOs (match organizers) to implement guidelines that require cameras to be pointed on the gamers’ PCs to make sure outcomes are professional.Article continues after advert
I believe in the end this must be the inducement for TOs for on-line video games to mandate correct digital camera placements, and possibly even cameras pointed in direction of folks setupsI suppose out of context clips all the time look slightly bit sus as we don’t have the comms to help, so there isn’t a… https://t.co/4cpyK1hvwg— Ne0kai (@Ne0Kai) February 16, 2025
