Cheating and sports have always been in the same circle. Professional gaming is no except. Winning is very important but at what cost.
If you look at any sport at one point in time there have been accusations of cheating. In the area of professional Gaming, it has seen its share of cheating and scandal. Cheating in gaming can come in various forms. The human factor is high on the list. The temptations to look at someone’s screen during a match is like the fruit from the forbidden tree of knowledge. Hardware also comes into the fray even if it is not intentional. The as a recent case where a manufacturer that had pre-programmed macros on the button of the mouse for a particular match.
Hacking takes many forms and cheating in gaming is just one of its tentacles. In the middle of the year, there was a $100 000 tournament in Asia. There was a member of the Indian professional team that was caught with various hack programs on his computer. Needless to say, that the whole team suffers from the action of one individual. Illegal substances like “steroids” is something you would not necessary associated with this sport as it is not a very physical one. There, however, are drugs that heighten your concentration and focus and players have been identified and removed from the industry in the form of a lifetime ban. Not only does his have a ripple effect on the industry as it affects sponsors but the developers on the game as well if there have been any breaches.
It some countries it is a serious concern that they have set up a task team to investigate irregularities. Anyone in gaming knows that it is a multi-billion-dollar industry and like any sport, with those numbers, the prize money will increase. As the money increase so will the temptations to go to the dark side. Keep it real and remember “never stop bashing those buttons”
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