Estonian e-sports experiences a game-fixing scandal

At the end of May, Estonian esports was hit by a scandal - during the finals of the "OlyBet Spring 2024" tournament, a childish collusion scandal occurred. Both involved teams, "Estownia" and "Magneta", were disqualified and the finals will be replayed.

The tournament organizers issued an official statement "Both Estonian teams violated the fundamental principles of fair play in “Counter-Strike 2” and deliberately altered the course of the game for personal gain."

The tournament finals will be replayed and will feature "GENESIS" and "Mald1vez" - the losers of both semifinals.

The incident occurred during the 17th round of the last map, when the "Magneta" team player "rnr" urged the "Estownia" team to influence the "OlyBet" betting question, namely, “Will there be at least one ACE achieved during the finals?”.

Team Estownia roster:

• fejtZ
• Eku
• consss
• Xbenz
• klyrO

Team Magneta roster:

• Ekuz
• Freesies
• wAw
• neaQ
• rnr

It is worth mentioning that the leader of the "Estownia" team, "consss", has previously been at the center of similar events, when several leading European players suspected that the Estonian had been using cheats for a long time.

The matter is currently being investigated by the Estonian Anti-Doping and Sports Ethics Agency.