Former NiP Coach Pita Admits to Bug Abuse Back in 2018
Former NiP Coach Pita Admits to Bug Abuse Back in 2018
Faruk "pita" Pita, former Ninjas in Pyjamas coach and professional Counter Strike player, has admitted to using the camera bug back in 2018. According to the Swede’s statement, he tried to inform VALVE about it, but the developers never responded. Meanwhile, ESIC starts a comprehensive investigation and asks bug abusers to come forward.
The incident happened in November 2018 during ESL Pro League Season 8 within an online match between Ninjas in Pyjamas and mousesports. Pita states that the bug occurred incidentally, however he proceeded to use it to his advantage for five or six rounds. Feeling remorseful, he quickly tried to contact VALVE via the direct messages at Twitter, a channel he earlier had used to successfully communicate with the developers. However, he did not receive a response even after a second message four months later.
Pita is currently jobless – he left Ninjas in Pyjamas this January. In his TwitLonger statement, the Swede acknowledges that he did wrong and states that he is ready to accept any punishment, recognizing that it may have significant consequences for his future CS:GO career.
This admission comes amid the news that Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) is going to conduct an extensive investigation, aiming to find potential bug abusers in the official matches of the past years. Meanwhile, they opened a “confession period” – from now to September 13th coaches that abused the bug can to come forward and admit their guilt, which may lead to a concession to potential sanctions.
The plan is to analyse 25000 demos of the official matches played between 2016 and 2020, starting with the more recent games. The process will be overlooked by Michal Slowinski and Steve Dudenhoeffer, who earlier were contracted by ESL for their investigation, which eventually led to the ban of Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen from Heroic, Ricardo "dead" Sinigaglia from MIBR, and Aleksandr "MechanoGun" Bogatiryev from Hard Legion. The analysis will be done through AI and visual inspection. It is expected that the process will take around eight months. Depending on the findings, the coalition will be publishing reports either monthly or quarterly. Potential sanctions will cover all tournaments of the ESIC members, among which are ESL, DreamHack, BLAST, WePlay, Eden Esports, UMG, UCC, and more.