Integrity
Anti-cheat, match-fixing and sanctions: how cases are investigated and what the rulings say.
ESIC Hands NOMERCY's 2xplayN a Lifetime Ban in Counter-Strike 2
ESIC replaced the three-year exclusion of NOMERCY's 2xplayN with a lifetime ban, citing public posts made while he was suspended. Here is what the ruling says.
IntegrityESIC Bans Five NOMERCY Players Over Roman Imperium Cup Matches
The Esports Integrity Commission published bans of up to a lifetime for five NOMERCY players over four Counter-Strike 2 matches in March, then made a second player's ban permanent.
IntegrityESIC bans an H2H GG League eBasketball player for five years
The Esports Integrity Commission found that ANONYMOUS deliberately underperformed in a March 16 eBasketball match lost 60-58. He is ineligible until September 2031.
IntegrityThe duty to report a match-fixing approach under the ESIC code
What the Esports Integrity Commission requires when someone offers a player money to lose: what must be reported, to whom, how fast, and what silence can cost.
IntegrityESIC bans PlayTime's Vintage for life after its World Cup investigation
The Esports Integrity Commission closed its Esports World Cup 2026 Dota 2 case on September 10: lifetime ineligibility for Vintage, five years for DarkMago.
IntegrityRiot's gambling rule: what Article 4.15 forbids players and relatives
How the gambling article of Riot's Global Code of Conduct works for League of Legends professionals: the three bans, relatives, fantasy contests, investigations and sanctions.
IntegrityESIC Suspends Two PlayTime Members Over an EWC 2026 Dota 2 Match
The Esports Integrity Commission provisionally suspended PlayTime's coach and midlaner after an integrity issue was flagged around a Dota 2 Survival Stage match.
IntegrityVAC bans and the CS2 Major: who is eligible and what a Banned Team is
How Valve's Major rulebook treats players with VAC bans: written approval, the Banned Team rule, forfeited winnings, discretionary disqualification and checks at the venue.
IntegrityRunning a licensed MLBB tournament: the integrity rules that come with it
How an outside organizer gets Moonton's license for a Mobile Legends: Bang Bang event, and what ESIC's codes then require of the organizer, its teams, players and staff.
IntegrityWhat a coach may say at a CS2 Major, and when: the rule and its penalties
How the coaching rule works at a Counter-Strike 2 Major: who sits behind the players, the three moments a coach may speak, how timeouts are called and how breaches are punished.
IntegrityESL bars Legacy's coach from the rest of the IEM Cologne Major
ESL ruled on June 13 that Legacy coach adrrr may no longer coach at the IEM Cologne Major after repeated warnings for communicating with his players during rounds.
IntegrityLEC fines Karmine Corp and Movistar KOI after the Madrid Roadtrip
Riot's disciplinary record for the LEC lists €5,000 fines and warnings for Karmine Corp and Movistar KOI, and a €2,000 fine for Jojopyun, days before the two teams meet again.
IntegrityESIC closes the SENZA case with six sanctions and a US$20,000 penalty
ESIC ruled on April 30 on the former SENZA roster: two years for byek over account sharing, 12 months for five players who did not cooperate, and a team penalty.
IntegrityESIC Hands Former OG Player Taiga a Lifetime Match-Fixing Ban
The Esports Integrity Commission banned retired Dota 2 player Tommy 'Taiga' Le for life after he declined to cooperate with a match-fixing investigation.
IntegrityESIC issues a lifetime ban after an on-stage assault at a German LAN
ESIC banned German player MAUschine for life on April 21 after an assault on stage at the CAGGTUS Leipzig LAN party. He had already been banned for 10 years from DACH CS Masters and Fragster.
IntegrityHow an ESIC case works: from provisional suspension to appeal
A step-by-step guide to the Esports Integrity Commission's procedure: the duty to cooperate, provisional suspension, the charge, the hearing, the sanction ranges and the appeal.
IntegrityESIC bans nifee for four years over ESL Pro League match manipulation
The Esports Integrity Commission ruled on April 1 that nifee contrived in-game incidents for betting at ESL Pro League Season 22. He is ineligible until October 20, 2029.
IntegrityValve's conflict-of-interest rules for CS2 teams and organizers
How Valve's Counter-Strike 2 rules keep the people who run tournaments apart from the teams that play them: business ties, shared owners, payments, sponsors and disclosure.
IntegrityValve bars BC.Game from BC Game Masters over conflict of interest
BC.Game will not play BC Game Masters, a ranked LAN in Bucharest. Valve told HLTV it treats a team's title sponsor and its owner alike, and neither may sponsor the event.