Major-bound peacemaker implicated in coach bug exploit
For months, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has teased that there are several additional coaches that are known to have abused exploits within CS:GO to give their team an unfair advantage during competitive play. A report in March from Dexerto indicated that there were 52 coaches that could receive sanctions due to the abuse. The investigation and announcement has been delayed as ESIC continues to deliberate potential penalties for the suspected coaches.
In a report today, Jaxon reported that Imperial head coach Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu was one of the coaches. He is being suspected of using the coaching bug in 2018 during a match against "Mans Not Hot", a mix team of European players that would later join European organization Imperial, which has no relation to peacemaker's current employers. In a video released by Jaxon, it shows that the coach of Heroic was using a "no-clip" mode. This allowed the coach to move freely throughout the map, which is a different exploit from the previous scandal which forced coaches into a stagnant position on the map. The video below is courtesy of Jaxon.
peacemaker is seen moving throughout the map in the second round of Map 2, Inferno. With Heroic on the T-side, peacemaker follows CT players into apartments where they are quickly dispatched by his own players. After the bomb is planted and the round is over, the coach disconnects from the server and the clip ends.
HEROICImperial| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer |
55 - 33 | +22 | 95.8 | 76.4% | 1.47 |
| Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen |
37 - 27 | +10 | 68.7 | 76.4% | 1.20 |
| Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen |
35 - 37 | -2 | 78.0 | 72.7% | 1.12 |
 Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel |
32 - 34 | -2 | 66.7 | 78.2% | 1.02 |
 Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh |
29 - 31 | -2 | 58.7 | 70.9% | 0.90 |
| Imperial |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas |
35 - 34 | +1 | 67.4 | 63.6% | 1.10 |
 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković |
34 - 35 | -1 | 72.0 | 74.5% | 1.00 |
| Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas |
37 - 44 | -7 | 73.8 | 65.5% | 0.95 |
| Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann |
28 - 37 | -9 | 62.2 | 65.5% | 0.87 |
| Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen |
27 - 38 | -11 | 59.2 | 69.1% | 0.84 |
peacemaker recently qualified to the upcoming CS:GO Major in Antwerp this May. With new questions surrounding not only his, but the integrity of other coaches that might be in attendance at the event, there are fears that event might be compromised. Dust2.us has reached out to peacemaker and ESIC for comment on the matter. ESIC declined to comment for the story and peacemaker did not respond at the time of publication.
