The Open qualifiers for the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major started on Monday, January 8, across the world, but despite the excitement of the community and pro players ahead of the first Major, the qualifiers have been flooded with cheaters.
However, some of these cheaters have been identified, and some of them have been banned by the organizers. On Thursday, one of the coaches Kassad who is the coach of Bleed Report, posted a video of a CS2 team blatantly cheating in one of the qualifying games.
The cheating happened when the scoreline was at the 18-16 scoreline, as the team, on Mirage, stacked at A site while the opponent’s squad were going through the ramp. The cheating team even pushed through the smoke while the opponents were backing off.
Kassad was furious about the inaction of the organizers after the cheaters made it to the third round of the open qualifiers. The progress of the cheaters in the tournament wasn’t as credible as it has been due to the fact that the tournament have numerous issues already.
Meanwhile, there are many other cheating cases beyond the one brought up by the Serbian coach. On Wednesday, January 10, the team Lazer Cats said that their ex-opponents for the open qualifier got banned after playing unfairly. Another team, Never More, cheated against Movistar KOI, but they were only exposed by content creator Ozzny on January 9 after he posted their video.
These incidents have left players and fans unsatisfied with the way PGL has handled the open qualifiers. Cheating issues aside, the tournaments have had logistical disasters.
There have been cases of sign-up pages not working, the anti-cheat program crashing players’ PCs, and more. Nevertheless, the events continue as teams progress into the closed qualifiers.
In the closed qualifiers, the teams will face each other in their local RMRs and compete for a spot in the Copenhagen Major.
Daniel Ademiju Idowu
