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British esports journalist and analyst Duncan “Thorin” Shields made a public statement on Twitter his own thoughts regarding forZe's decision to sign Alexander “zoneR” Bogatiryev, a controversial coach who was recently banned for his cheating antics in the CS:GO scene.
So forZe has hired a proven mass cheater, doubled down on that it's a good thing to hire him and now has been shown to be recording scrim demos without consent.
This is why nobody trusts or believes you, forZe owners. You didn't earn it.
— Thorin (@Thorin) November 1, 2020
Thorin, who has been very vocal in making a stand against cheating in the CS:GO scene in his YouTube channel, published his statement as a response to MAD Lions' accusations of forZe's recording of their scrimmage using GOTV, the game's recording system that allows the viewer to further dissect the strategies of their opponents. Mad Lions coach Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu showed the evidence on Twitter, which was supported by the in-game bot command, “CKRAS GOTV.” The image revealed that Mad Lions player Rasmus “sjuush” Beck instructed forZe to remove GOTV with his teammate Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen questioning their intent.
You guys are a great team @forzegg, with talented players and I am not here to discredit the success u guys have.
But offering to send us the demo doesn't fix the issue itself.
Why are you guys practicing with GOTV on and recording the practices in the first place? pic.twitter.com/l3OQFlUTa6
— Luis Peacemaker (@peacemaker) November 1, 2020
Prior to this incident, zoneR as well as two other coaches were given bans from being involved in the competitive scene for abusing the in-game camera bug. ZoneR suffered the worst as he was given a two year ban. When forZe signed zoneR back in October, they defended him saying that he deserved a second chance for redemption.
To make things a little bit more clear.
We decided to give him a CHANCE to be useful and atone for his guilt and understand why the reaction of the community is very ambiguous.
Please, read👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/HZIw2dmxN6
— FORZE Esports (@forzegg) October 24, 2020
However given this recent incident, forZe's decision has backfired as other members from the community have likewise expressed their distrust with the organization, most notably from Janko “YNk” Paunovic a renowed CS:GO coach revealing his overall experiences when conducting scrimmages with forZe.
I've noticed this a long time ago, since then I would check for it on every server we'd join, had no idea it was even a thing.
We'd have to ask them to kick the GOTV every single time we'd practice on their server.
— Janko Paunovic (@YNk) November 1, 2020
ForZe esports has yet to release a public statement regarding this occurrence.
