Cheating is nothing new, not even in the brave new world of gaming. — Prostock-Studio / IStock.com pic via AFP
In a game of strategy, speed and 3D immersion, teamwork is essential as contestants engage in breathtaking two-minute missions. The suspensions sent a shockwave through the gaming community and a number of teams including German outfit Mousesports, who parted company with coach Allan “Rejin” Petersen over the cheating. He has been banned for 20 months.
“The reason why there is cheating in eSports is because there are high stakes,” Desire Koussawo, the director of the French arm of ESL, one of the world's biggest eSports event organisers, told AFP. An example of some gamers' willingness to cheat came in 2018 when the Peruvian team Thunder Predator was ejected from the qualifying stages of “The International,” a prestigious tournament of the multi-player Dota 2 game, because one of its members used a programmable mouse which gave it an unfair advantage.
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