Top Counter-Strike Players Embroiled In Hacking Scandal

An anonymous reader writes Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the world's fastest growing eSports, but the community has been rocked by scandal in the last week, with several top players being banned by Valve for using various hacking tools to improve their performance. With the huge Dreamhack Winter tournament taking place this weekend, the purge could not have come at a worse time for the game, and fans are now poring over the archives for other signs of foul play in top tier games — be sure to look out for these tell tale signs while playing.

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Reminds me of Chessmaster cheating

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to play people in online chess, but would mirror the games using the game Chessmaster. That way my opponent would not be playing me, but rather Chessmaster. Eventually I got a really high rank and someone beat me. I congratulated him for beating Chessmaster, the game, on the hardest difficulty. He told me that he too was using Chessmaster. His version was higher than mine.

I found that pretty much all the top ranked players were using Chessmaster or some variation to win. In conclusion, all the top ranked players cheat at games if they can get away with it.

Re:Various hacking tools?

[OzPeter]

It really does not require any more skill. If hacking were allowed, it would come down to who has the fastest computer and lowest ping to the server.

Playing the game without hacks requires skill.

Sooo .. sorta like high frequency trading?