Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series ban five players for integrity violations in ESEA Advanced S53 Fast Track Qualifier

The Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series hereby announces that the following players are barred from competing in the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series and its qualifiers due to cheating and competing with a cheater in the ESEA Advanced S53 Fast Track Qualifier:

• Valeriy "lockstock" Pekhterev (Also known as awpg0d)

• "LemooreOFF"

• "ers" (Also known as windowplayerhahaha)

• "mQerrr" (Also known as 929)

• "b4blo"

lockstock and LemooreOFF will be banned from our competitions for a period of two years (2025-04-01 to 2027-04-01) while "ers" will be banned for a period of one year (2025-04-01 to 2026-04-01).

As "b4blo" and "mQerrr" were already banned from the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series due to a previous integrity breach, they will remain banned until 2026-09-28 as the bans will not be served concurrently.

Per the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series rulebook, the tournament organizer reserves the right to bar competitors from its competitions for serious infractions on other platforms in order to protect the integrity of its competitions. Additionally, competitors who are banned on popular third-party platforms are ineligible to compete in our events, with Dust2.us reserving the right to apply additional sanctions at its sole discretion.

4.14 Banned Players and Ban Policy

The Dust2.us Eagle Master Series reserves the right to rule ineligible players who are currently banned or otherwise sanctioned by the ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), Gamers Club, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), BLAST, or other major tournaments organizers at its sole discretion for serious infractions and/or integrity violations and independently rule ineligible players for these violations at its sole discretion. Serious infractions and/or integrity violations include but not limited to: Cheating, Match Fixing, Betting Offenses, and Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

For avoidance of doubt, The Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series reserves these rights for both teams competing in the Main Event as well as teams competing in the Open Qualifiers for the Main Event.

Valeriy "lockstock" Pekhterev and "LemooreOFF" are barred from our events due to cheating on a third-party platform (FACEIT) while ers, mQerr, b4blo are barred from our events due to reasonable suspicion of knowingly playing with a cheater on a third-party platform (FACEIT).

lockstock and LemooreOFF would already have been automatically banned from our events due to 4.14 Banned Players and Ban Policy found in our rulebook, however as these players are the subject of considerable public attention Dust2.us feels it is pertinent to reiterate that they are not welcome in our competitions while serving their bans.