The Danish team Sashi Esport is looking to make a fresh start in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Steam). To do this, they are relying on 2 controversial figures in the community. Both are confirmed cheaters and banned by Valve. The community views this critically.
Which two individuals is the team relying on?
- The team is relying on Allan “Rejin” Petersen (35, Denmark): He joined on June 30 as the new Sports Director for Team Sashi. Rejin is permanently banned from participating in any Major tournament sponsored by Valve.
- The new head coach will be Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen (32, Denmark). HUNDEN is not allowed to participate in any Major tournament until the PLG Copenhagen 2024 is concluded.
Both involved in the CS:GO scandal, coach even banned twice for a long time
Why did they receive these bans? In 2020, it became known that some professional coaches had exploited a bug in CS:GO for years, which had circulated among professional coaches since at least 2017.
Through this bug, known as the “Spectator” bug, coaches could move the camera freely in CS:GO and thus gain unfair tactical advantages over their opponents.
At that time, 37 coaches were banned from CS:GO.
HUNDEN is particularly controversial in the community: He was banned for a second time in 2021 for 2 years because he was involved in another scandal. He was accused of betraying his old team to get a job with a new team:
- Thus, he had handed over his team’s secret strategies to a competitor.
- He had blocked access to the folder with the team’s strategies for his own team members.
For this, he received a 2-year exclusion from CS:GO. However, it appears that the Dane continues to be employed despite these scandals. When he found a new job in January 2023, HUNDEN’s new team was sharply criticized for hiring him.
Why is the team now hiring both? The team is convinced of the quality of both individuals and wants to entrust them with the rebuilding of the team before CS2 is released and CS:GO regains popularity.
Regarding the hiring of HUNDEN, Rejin stated:
- They have known each other for years and have worked together before.
- It is exciting that they were able to get him to represent Sashi.
- It was the logical choice to hire him.
At the moment, the team only has one player under contract. HUNDEN and Rejin’s task will likely be to find new players.
“A cheater hires another one”
How is this being discussed? The fact that a cheater, the Sports Director, hires the other, the coach, and greets him warmly is being very sarcastically commented on in reddit .
The talk is about “a shame that this man is still being paid”.
Valve is known for being tough on cheaters:
CS:GO player sues Valve for €266,000, but unfortunately the wrong Valve
