ESIC suspends 37 CS:GO coaches for exploiting 'Spectator Bug' during matches

On Monday,  Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) released preliminary report on 'Spectator Bug investigation' in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. 37 CS:GO coaches have been suspended by ESIC, who have been found guilty of exploiting bug during various matches over past four years or so. Coaches have been banned for as little as three months to 36 months, based on severity of ir violation.

"On 4 September, ESIC anunced an investigation into historical abuse of a bug CS:GO's spectator mode (Spectator Bug). ESIC contracted services of Michal Slowinski ( discoverer of wrongful use of this exploit) to work with ESIC in fulfilment of inquiry. This statement sets out findings of first part of our investigation," ESIC's press release read. 

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ESIC initially estimated need to review around 25,000 demos to access exploitation of spectator bug. However, esports governing body later retrieved 90,650 demos from databases, which amounts to over 15TB of data. Monday's findings were a result of review of just 20% of total demos. However, ESIC is confident that it only ar 0.1% of remaining demos have signs of exploitation of bug. final investigation report will be released in October. 

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Spectator Bug allows coaches to become spectators during CS:GO matches, effectively allowing m to have a bird's eye view at a section of map, which can n be used to gar information on enemy movement and tactics. re have been reports of coaches exploiting this bug to gain an unfair advant during matches for over four years w. Former Na’Vi coach Sergey “⁠starix⁠” Ischuk admitted via Twitter that he came to kw about bug four years ago.

Former Ninjas in Pyjamas coach Faruk "pita" Pita also admitted that he used bug once, but refrained from exploiting it again as he thought he owed it to CS:GO community. " reason why I did this was obviously that I was remorseful but also at same time I wanted to get a fix to this,” Pita said in a TwitLonger. “We didn’t play much online games in NiP so I wanted to get this fixed for sake of community.”

Pita, as well as starix⁠, were handed a 10-month suspension for his involvement. MechaGun was handed a 36-month suspension, while Rejin was suspended for 19.8 months. 

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ESIC suspends CS:GO coaches: Full list

implicated coaches will be eligible to file an appeal by sending an email to Kevin Carpenter,  Chairman of Independent Disciplinary Panel.

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(Im Credits: CS:GO Official Website)