The world's largest pro tournament for "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" seems to be a hot-bed of controversy, with tournament officials requiring the "do over" of a quarterfinal match...until one of the sides ultimately forfeited, according to articles at both PCGames N and HLTV.org.
Fnatic, playing in its home country of Sweden and one of eSports' top "CS:GO" squads, faced a nine-round deficit in its showdown with French opponent LDLC, then utilized a "boost" maneuver (in which one player jumps off of another) to reach an unknown map position that offered them a huge advantage. Fnatic triumphed 16-13 and appeared to move on.
The two sides had been duking it out on "Overpass," a map released in December of last year ("Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" launched in August 2012). LDLC filed a grievance about Fnatic's use of the boosting technique.
DreamHack tournament referees then determined that both sides used "texture transparency and (an) immortal bug," and ordered the match replayed. Four hours later, Fnatic made it a moot point by forfeiting the match, advancing LDLC to the semifinals. See the official tweet from DreamHack below:
Fnatic has given an official forfeit in the match against LDLC. LDLC is playing the semi final against Na’Vi at 16:30 CET
— DreamHack (@DreamHack) November 29, 2014
In the semifinal, LDLC squared off against Na'Vi, which advanced earlier in the tournament by beating a last-minute qualifier taking the place of a disqualified team. Both teams were discharged after their members were caught cheating in regular play by Valve Anti-Cheat, the software that monitors "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" and several other competitive games.
Approximately one month ago, DreamHack, Europe's biggest eSports festival and gaming expo, unceremoniously canned its CEO following an internal power struggle. The expo is set to conclude tomorrow.
