i dont have a source but i believe in the beginning of december there was an article on hltv concerning streamsniping

david isnt content? u dissed urself :(

You’re basically saying „guilty until proven innocent“. Blast is recording and monitoring all the players cams and ts. Additionally the tv got turned off during the game. If there will be an investigation, they can go over ts and cams. It’s not unusual that the stream runs in a teams facility. Most likely even from the previous game or for staff members. If the intend would have been stream sniping, I doubt they’d use a tv visible on the player cams. Punishment where punishment is due, a warning could seem reasonable.

> if they did actually use it to their advantage they should obviously punished let me break it down for you. since admins have access to cameras and comms they can see/hear if they turned around or if they had any information, therefore they have every tool they need to prove beyod doubt that they weren't stream sniping. if you can't prove the tv was used to gain information then you can't say that it wasn't a simple mistake. and since i'm afraid you can't read i literally said in the comment reponding to you that they should be punished if they did use it gain an advantage, but, if after having reviewed the comms and the vods there is no substantial proof to say they streamsniped, then it was an accident and they shouldn't be punsihed but they should be warned. hope this clears it up for you buddy i also hope you're not stupid enough to think a team would streasnipe by using a tv in another room and in plain view of the cameras

And to zero this home even more... the hltv link has 3 supporting statements... in regards to the points; 1. "ESIC has therefore concluded that the only sensible solution for the CS:GO community was to draw a line in the sand as of the date of this statement by indicating that we are closing all current investigations without prosecution and reiterating that any violation of this rule from today onwards will be prosecuted vigorously and the maximum available sanction sought if the player, coach or team is found guilty," ESIC said. This means an investigation will deem if the team is found guilty... regardless of zero tolerance. 2."Rules prohibiting the viewing of a CS:GO broadcast should be reviewed and, if necessary, strengthened, republished and notified to all participants" Depending on the use of "Participants" you would have to prove it was the players or the coach "Viewing" the stream, you can't expect no one in the building to have the stream up. 3."ESIC reinforces prohibition on stream sniping in CSGO with its notification of a zero tolerance policy." Stream sniping is specifically mentioned... meaning they have to be proven guilty of stream sniping for the zero tolerance policy to be effective. In short they can reprimand them on having the stream visible... but they have to prove the players stream sniped for that zero tolerance policy to have standing... take it as you will.

They had previously said there would be a zero-tolerance policy so I'm guessing it would be a fine and disqualification at the very least.

its literally at the top of the post, you didn't even take the time to read the post before defending them lmao.