Damian “EMIYA” Boulware, a North American professional Counter-Strike 2<\/em> player, just got banned for cheating on FACEIT. It turns out his team, Rocket, also broke other rules during the closed qualifier for an RMR tournament.<\/p>
The ban came to light on Feb. 19<\/a>, less than two weeks before the PGL CS2<\/em> Major American RMR<\/a> is scheduled to begin, where Rocket are set to compete. Shortly after, another Rocket player, Ahmed “ayy” Mahmoud, reportedly said he will not attend the RMR since they “don’t deserve that slot,” according to HLTV<\/a>. During the closed qualifier for the event, Rocket apparently broke the rules by allowing their coach to communicate with the players during games, according to HLTV, which is forbidden by the rulebook.<\/p>
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Ayy claimd Rocket’s coach Alexandr “Psycho” Zlobin “watched our POV during a few of the games<\/a> and would just give little adjustments,” against M80 and BOSS. Additionally, the player’s “unsure” whether the coach aided them versus Cloud 10 and Carpe Diem. Apparently, Rocket stopped using Psycho when an unnamed team explained they were breaking the rules.<\/p>
It doesn’t end there. Another Rocket player, Matthew “nero” Seymour, admitted to Dust2<\/a> he was aware what they were doing was forbidden, and there’s “no excuse” for their wrongdoings. He also outlined how there were other teams breaking the rules in closed qualifier. But, there’s no way to confirm these allegations, as the organizers didn’t use a TO-operated TeamSpeak for the tournament. <\/p>
