Is he a genius? CS2 player steals SSD before the game: wants to help the opponent remove the plug-in

The competition on the E-sports field is as hot as the traditional competitions, but many "out of the box moves" will appear in many cases. Unplug network cable, card BUG, open plug-in, off-site assistance The wonderful cases of different e-sports events cannot be linked up. But in the final of CS2 game IEM Dallas this month, something unprecedented happened——

The competitor stole the competitor's SSD, and it's still three pieces!

It was the 19-year-old American player nbgee12 who made this event that was destined to be recorded in the history of CS2 E-sports. In the current IEM Dallas race, he came to the scene with the team as a substitute for the Elevate team. During this period, he stole the solid state disks of Stewie2k, Niko and Nertz, which seriously affected the preparations before the game. Through investigation and monitoring, the police arrested him.

In the past, computer hardware is often the most easily ignored thing in the E-sports events. Even if there is a problem, it is easy to replace and will not affect the game. The importance of the SSD, which is solely responsible for data storage, has been further enhanced because it contains game configuration information and various files of contestants.

Although this action of nbgee12 did not promote the actual competition process, it caused too much impact. But his career was completely ruined. ESL, as the sponsor, did not make a "theft" charge against him for the time being, but also prohibited him from participating in the activities of IEM Dallas Station, and permanently prohibited him from using the FACEIT war platform.

There are different opinions on why nbgee12 should steal the competitor's SSD. After the punishment announcement was released, nbgee12 explained that he was making a prank when his head was not clear. However, the explanation given by another player, m0NESY, was even more staggering:

"I found that someone stole NiKo and Stewie2K solid state disks and wanted to download plug-in software from them. What kind of madman could come up with such an operation?"

For nbgee12, his career has ended because of what he did. One of the few good news is that this "prank" will not lead to the whole team being Banned as it did in the game. Only nbgee12, as a substitute, was affected.

However, after this incident, the manager of G2 also posted news on Twitter, hoping that the sponsor ESL could pay more attention to security issues. If the monitoring did not capture nbgee12, several players found the problem on the day of the game, and the results might be completely different.

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