Esports Cheating Ban Highlights Corruption Problem in Competitive Gaming

The Esports Integrity Coalition (EIC), a non-profit industry human body dedicated to cleaning up esports, has banned a player for two years after he confessed to cheating during the Mettlestate Samsung Galaxy CS:GO Championship earlier this thirty days.
Connor Huglin, who received a two year ban from competitive esports, after he was found to be using third-party computer software to cheat in the Mettlestate Samsung Galaxy CS:GO Championship.
It is the first such ban handed straight down by the EIC’s disciplinary board since the organization’s development in the UK summer that is last.
EIC reported that the player in question, Connor Huglin, who played for Armor Legion Gaming under the display name ‘zonC,’ accepted a ‘plea bargain,’ after admitting using a third-party software cheat that had gone undetected by Valve’s anti-cheat software.
‘It is always disappointing when someone cheats and I am given by it no pleasure to ban a player, but cheating cannot be tolerated in e-sports,’ said Ian Smith, ESIC’s e-sports integrity commissioner. ‘It fundamentally undermines the credibility and integrity of our industry. I hope this demonstrates that ESIC will deal quickly, decisively and proportionately with cheats following a reasonable procedure.’
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Does esports have a corruption problem? It’s well worth remembering that this is still a very young ‘sport,’ and something that largely lacks ove