Dota 2 team kicked out of $15.5m Prize Tournament (2018 International) over Illegal Mouse

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'Dota 2' team kicked from $15 million finals for using illegal mouse
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According to a report over at Motherboard, the organizers of The International 2018 took Peru's Thunder Predator team out of the running when they found that one team member used a Razer Synapse 3 mouse with pre-set macros added in. The cheating was discovered when player Atún was able to teleport several character clones at the exact same time, a move impossible to pull off without a pre-programmed macro, according to Motherboard. The offending team said that no software macros had been used, but that Atún uses the Synapse mouse with a "manual configuration to be able to have a better use of hardware."

Apparently that still constitutes cheating for the tournament organizers, who announced the disqualification on Twitter. Thunder Predator responded on its Facebook page, saying that while the decision is irreversible, it would begin preparing for the next Dota 2 Pro Circuit.
I love it when Gabe dickslaps cheaters.

 
Damn getting out of control pretty soon esports will need USADA
 
Rekt. I saw when the clips first came out.. What an idiot. Apparently he was using a macros on a different character (Huskar) to toggle armlet while Roshing.

I am not surprised at all that he is Peruvian. LOL We've come full circle with the Peruviam memes in DOTA
 
I love it when Gabe dickslaps cheaters.

Its not really a cheat, more of a hardware driver/software exploit. Since it cant really be programmed against with a games anti-cheat system. Razer can only address this.

CSGO had three different situations like this over the past two years. Jump-throw keybinds were banned. Valve had to contact Nvidia to disable a Nvidia control panel video setting for CSGO. An third party community server access needed to be temporarily blacklisted from lan Pc's. Last two dealt primarily with lessening the view obstruction of smoke/molotovs.

Remember back in the old Battlefield days when entering a tank the turret turn speed was at a crawl. Way around that was by using your mouse DPI buttons. This situation is just a more advanced version of that. Things for the most part that are unenforceable in everyday play. Yet banned at the Pro level.

World of Warcraft Arena standards are quite possibly the biggest separation gap between live server and Blizzcons 3v3 Arena Tournament. On live you can use macros and addons. Yet at Blizzcon macros and addons are forbidden.
 
PEDs for gamers. We need USADA to get involved.
 
PEDs for gamers. We need USADA to get involved.

After Semphis elaborated on how Cloud9 used adderall at one ESEA lan. Most of the high tier CSGO lans instituted random drug testing. This was back in 2015. Players are even required to fill out a form indicating which prescribed medicine theyre on.
 
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Is this tourney in person or online?

It was during the online qualifier.

At Valve lan events hardware is scanned at player check in and is placed under event administrator control throughout. Any peripheral hardware drivers must be asked for prior to the lan an are supplied along with being pre-installed by Valve at the event directly from the hardware manufacturer. Even cell phones are confiscated prior to live play.
 
Not that it matters China number 1
 
Not that it matters China number 1

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Not that it matters China number 1
Returning Champion Team Liquid is European and the Top 2 ranked teams are European.

It is an even year, though, so a Chinese team should win TI
 
Is this tourney in person or online? If in person, just give hardware options from tournament runners. No bringing in your own shit.
I believe Valve hasn't heebok deal team sponsors. Yet. Ergo, dotards are contractually obligated to use their sponsor/s gears. Idk about the razer fiasco tho.
 
Its not really a cheat, more of a hardware driver/software exploit. Since it cant really be programmed against with a games anti-cheat system. Razer can only address this.

CSGO had three different situations like this over the past two years. Jump-throw keybinds were banned. Valve had to contact Nvidia to disable a Nvidia control panel video setting for CSGO. An third party community server access needed to be temporarily blacklisted from lan Pc's. Last two dealt primarily with lessening the view obstruction of smoke/molotovs.

Remember back in the old Battlefield days when entering a tank the turret turn speed was at a crawl. Way around that was by using your mouse DPI buttons. This situation is just a more advanced version of that. Things for the most part that are unenforceable in everyday play. Yet banned at the Pro level.

World of Warcraft Arena standards are quite possibly the biggest separation gap between live server and Blizzcons 3v3 Arena Tournament. On live you can use macros and addons. Yet at Blizzcon macros and addons are forbidden.
Yeah, nuance blah blah. It's a cheat, and the cheater ate dickslap.
 
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