Anti-cheating measures to be deployed in esports competition
CS:GO tournament organisers BLAST alter coaches’ code of conduct following cheating scandal
Esports tournament organisers BLAST has made significant changes to its code of conduct to prevent cheating amid fears of match-fixing.
BLAST is one of the premier hosts of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Dota2 tournaments, which are regularly sponsored by bookmaker Betway.
The new rules aim to prevent coaches from cheating following a scandal that saw 37 coaches suspended for using an illegal bug during competition.
Coaches will now be required to stream their perspective onto a dedicated Discord channel, as well as install compulsory anti-cheating software during all games.
The MOss Anti-cheat software constantly monitors a user’s PC, taking random screenshots and flagging prohibited activities.
For example, coaches could load up the official stream of the competition on their PC to identify where the opposition were on the map, before instructing his players to take advantage.
Over the weekend we shipped two changes to the @BLASTPremier rulebook, we now require all coaches to stream their perspective to our discord as well as have MOss running on their PC during all games.
— Vitality Mulgan (@Mulgan95) October 26, 2020
MOss will provide us with screenshots and logs of their PC during live games pic.twitter.com/mszZOWSFa7
Robert Mulgan, BLAST esports operations manager, said: “Although this isn’t a perfect system it [is] a fantastic step forward in improving the integrity of online games, and will give us more evidence if we need to review cases.”