The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has officially opened an investigation into allegations made by former CS:GO<\/em> coach Nicolai \u201cHUNDEN\u201d Petersen that members of the Heroic roster were complicit in his usage of the spectator bug<\/a>.<\/p>
The formal investigation was officially opened<\/a> today, two days after HUNDEN sent the ESIC information that he alleges shows evidence<\/a> that some of the Heroic players were in on his use of the bug. This alleged evidence, according to an interview between HUNDEN and TV2.dk<\/a>, includes acknowledgment from former player Nikolaj \u201c\u2060niko\u2060\u201d Kristensen that “everyone” on the roster knew about the bug usage. This evidence also allegedly includes logs showing Ren\u00e9 \u201c\u2060TeSeS\u2060\u201d Madsen helping HUNDEN get into position to use his bugged camera during a match in 2020.<\/p>
This latest development began earlier this summer when HUNDEN announced that he was leaving Heroic<\/a> upon the expiration of his contract, while denying allegations that he shared Heroic’s strategies with teams competing at ESL One Cologne. Heroic responded the next day with a statement saying he had shared strats and thus had breached his contract<\/a>, and passed that information along to the ESIC. Roughly a month later, the ESIC handed HUNDEN a two-year ban<\/a> for sharing Heroic strategy materials with competitors.<\/p>
