c4urself, we cheat...
Once in a while the counterstrike gaming scene goes through a little earthquake. In this case it involved an internationally fairly unknown clan, c4urself. In the UK they where quite known, for several reasons. It is fair to say that the clan did not enjoy the best reputation. Most of the UK gamers, considered them to be pricks. Unfortunately, I never had the displeasure of meeting them, so I can cannot confirm whether that being said about them is true or not.
Like most people I will judge others by their actions. Unfortunately c4urself have committed the ultimate sin within competitive online gaming, they cheated. To be specific, one of their players was found to be cheating in an online match against UK`s most prominent counterstrike team, 4Kings. Now this is not the first time that cheating has occurred with in the scene. Several matters, make this more severe. First of all, 4Kings belong to the worlds top 8 of counterstrike teams. So any team to beat or tie against the 4Kings will cause quite a sensation, in this case c4urself drew a tie against 4Kings. Secondly, this is not the first time members of c4urself have been accused of cheating, albeit it was a different member (Kritikal) who had been notorious of using cheats in the past in a previous team. In this specific case the player wilzOOO was found to be cheating. He was found guilty of using a program, a wallhack. There are different versions of these types of programs. Lets just say it gives the player using it such a great advantage, that most of the time he will spend trying to cover up the use of this program during a match. The end result of this scandal, effects the player wilzOOO, the clan c4urself, and once again will question the credibility of online matches.
wilzOOO, will have trouble trying to re integrate into the scene and gain back his credibility, just read the community`s response to this article published at ukterrorist. It should be noted that in this case we are talking of a player who is only 14 years old. There is no doubt that the player should be punished, despite his young age. As of today he has been banned from playing in the clanbase online leagues, and he has been dropped from his team. I think it is fair to say that currently in the UK and world wide gaming scene, he has to be the most hated person, Recon form CXG will be glad for the current relief. I am sure that it wont be easy for a 14 year old to deal with. It´s best if wilzOOO apologized to everyone publically and then avoided the internet for the next 2 weeks until the scene focuses on the next scandal. One thing is for sure, should he ever become a successful eAthelete (some one who`s profession is a gamer) he will still have to bear wearing that scarlet letter for the rest of his career. That's the drawback of the internet and google, this one will go down in history, and the story will resurface as long as someone types in wilzOOO into a search engine. Life could be worse I suppose...
For c4urself, life wont be easy either. Every time they win legitimately there will be a foul after taste in the mouths of the community. People will obviously question the legitimacy of the win. This foul after taste is further fueled by the clan leader stating that he was sitting behind wilzOOO during the online match, and saw no indication of him using any cheats. Which raises the question, is the man blind, stupid, a liar, or was he in on the scam? What ever the answer may be, there is no way the manager will look good? Not to forget when one considers Kritikal`s history, one cannot help but wonder if the entire team was somehow involved in the scam. How convenient it would be to then let a 14 year old, wilzOOO, take the fall for the team. I fear though that this might be carrying the thought to far, and lets not forget, my name is not Mulder, nor is it Columbo, but the truth is out there.
Once again this scandal proofs that any result achieved online is to be taken with a grain of salt. All too often the following proverb applies
"online a hero, on LAN a zero"
Sebastian aka Smack
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