CS:GO ’s Best Player has been there but got lucky. A scandal that changed the NA landscape forever, and possibly the most famous of all CS:GO scandals. The real line should say "don't tell your GF, who you're cheating on, you matchfixed" Otherwise most of the pro scene in not only CS but also Valorant would be banned for life.
i and NetcodeGuides. Recently, I've gotten an update for and read this: "Following an Esports Integrity Coalition survey on "community opinion on the appropriate sanctions for those caught cheating in esports," ESL has announced a decision to lift its lifetime ban on players, including those of the former i team , who were caught throwing matches.
"don't matchfix or you'll be banned for life" - this line is laughable.
And it all would have gone unnoticed if it weren’t for Richard Lewis.
I've been following CS pretty closely since this happened and I sure can't. Probably pretty much everyone knows what happened here. On Aug, i played against NetcodeGuides.com and lost 4-16.
Valve's rock-solid stance on the permanent nature of the bans condemned the players to find other competitive pursuits, even when both ESL and lifted their own bans on the players. Long story short, it was proven to be a fixed match. i has never returned to housing a competitive team and the scars left on the NA scene are still evident.
The Canadian revealed he will be allowed to participate in Valve-sponsored events following the 10-year anniversary of the i bans.
