In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Steam), the team Strife released one of their players during an official league match. The 21-year-old American cxzi played so poorly that teammates thought he must be drunk. And he apparently actually was.
This is how the situation looked from the outside:
- The team Strife played against the team MIBR in the ESL Challenger League. Strife lost the first map 16-5.
- In particular, the professional player Danny “czxi” Strzeczy seemed completely out of form. He had one of the worst games of his career and ended with a rating of 0.45.
- After the first map, there was a long break. Then Strife announced that cxzi would not play in the next map – and would not compete for Strife for the entire season. Austin “AAustiN” Urb was substituted in, but couldn’t save the situation either. The next map was lost 16-6.
Player reportedly slurred and played complete nonsense
What happened there? As the website dust2.us reports, the player cxzi was apparently intoxicated when he played the match.
According to his own statements, the 21-year-old had taken about “5 drinks” between 2 PM and 4:30 PM, before he arrived for the match at 7 PM. Strife had thrown cxzi out of the team after the game and terminated his contract.
It is said that one of the players suspected in Round 1 that cxzi had been drinking. By Round 2, the rest of the team noticed as well.
One player said that cxzi must have “just come from a dentist appointment and can’t use his face or he is drunk.”
When cxzi was inexplicably separated from his team during the bomb planting, they were sure, “he must be drunk.”
Player posts suspicious video with “beer bongs” before the match
It was also added that cxzi reportedly slurred during the match. The player apparently posted a story on Snapchat after the match showing some people using “beer bongs” and “shotgunning” beer. This is when someone punctures a hole in a beer can and then drinks it as quickly as possible.
What does the player say? The player claims that he posted the video but was not there. He seems to admit that he drank something before the match, but in his perception, he was apparently not drunk. He says:
“In the end, I’m the only one who can assess how I feel. People make assumptions about how I spoke or so, and have “evidence” against me, but that proves nothing.”
We have reported on MeinMMO before about professionals in CS:GO who ruin their careers:
Player sabotages professional career in CS:GO at 14, sues Valve at 18
