I måndags offentliggjorde Joel "emilio" Mako via in Facebook-sida att han kommer att åka till Birdie 25 och tävla om den 50 000 kronor stora prispotten LAN:et har att erbjuda i sin Global Offensive-turnering. Nu visar det sig dock att det inte kommer att gå — då Birdie säger nej.
LAN:et, som funnits i 23 år, har nämligen en nolltollerans mot fusk. Baserat på Makos exceptionellt välkända VAC-avstängning i kombination med hans offentliga erkännande kommer därmed Birdie inte att tillåta honom spela CS:GO-turneringen.
The correspondence between Joel and Birdie was on the 30th of March. The question was if there were any special rules for the CS:GO tournament, and if it was ok to buy a ticket. Our ticket support staff refered to our general rules (found here: http://birdie.org/game/information/generella-regler) since the CS:GO rules are not published yet.
A couple of hours later he announced he would be attending Birdie and its CS:GO tournament on his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/JoelemilioMako/photos/a.693871373991739.1073741826.437425739636305/869448193100722/?type=1
His status of having an active VAC ban was not known by our ticket support staff, and since it was not brought to our attention by him, it was not until our Game admins got news of this that we realised the situation.
To not confuse the situation any further we made sure to have an internal discussion which also involved SESF (Svenska e-Sportföreningen), as we are licensed by them and follow their general rules and guidelines when it comes to e-sport.
The result of that discussion is that we can not accept players who have an active VAC ban to join our e-sport tournaments. The same principle goes for our other games and their corresponding systems as well.Furthermore, we want to make it absolutely clear that Birdie does not tolerate cheating in our e-sport competitions.
With that said we also believe in second chances and even if we can not allow Joel to participate in the CS:GO tournament. We welcome him to Birdie and would like to give him an opportunity to clear his name. We are notorious for our funtours and if Joel would be interested in joining we will host one in his name.
The above is not an first april joke, a decision was also specifically made to not accept VAC banned users from competing in our creative/demo competitions where we have a price pool on 60 000:- SEK right now. Last years invitero can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIaH-w8jW4
For any media inquiries please contact lezgin.bakircioglu@birdie.org
Birdie 25 arrangeras i Fyrishov i Uppsala den 14-17 maj. CS:GO-turneringen på plats kommer att ha 50 000 kronor i prispotten, varav hälften går till vinnarna, och kommer bland annat att få sällskap av turneringar i League of Legends, Dota 2 och Hearthstone. För att läsa mer om Birdie 25 kan ni bege er till vår tidigare nyhet, alternativt Birdies hemsida.
LAN:et, som funnits i 23 år, har nämligen en nolltollerans mot fusk. Baserat på Makos exceptionellt välkända VAC-avstängning i kombination med hans offentliga erkännande kommer därmed Birdie inte att tillåta honom spela CS:GO-turneringen.
Statement från Birdie
The last couple of days Joel "emilio" Mako have made it official that he will attend the demoparty Birdie hosted in Uppsala/Sweden (14-17 May) and its CS:GO tournament with 50 000:- SEK in the price pool.The correspondence between Joel and Birdie was on the 30th of March. The question was if there were any special rules for the CS:GO tournament, and if it was ok to buy a ticket. Our ticket support staff refered to our general rules (found here: http://birdie.org/game/information/generella-regler) since the CS:GO rules are not published yet.
A couple of hours later he announced he would be attending Birdie and its CS:GO tournament on his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/JoelemilioMako/photos/a.693871373991739.1073741826.437425739636305/869448193100722/?type=1
His status of having an active VAC ban was not known by our ticket support staff, and since it was not brought to our attention by him, it was not until our Game admins got news of this that we realised the situation.
To not confuse the situation any further we made sure to have an internal discussion which also involved SESF (Svenska e-Sportföreningen), as we are licensed by them and follow their general rules and guidelines when it comes to e-sport.
The result of that discussion is that we can not accept players who have an active VAC ban to join our e-sport tournaments. The same principle goes for our other games and their corresponding systems as well.Furthermore, we want to make it absolutely clear that Birdie does not tolerate cheating in our e-sport competitions.
With that said we also believe in second chances and even if we can not allow Joel to participate in the CS:GO tournament. We welcome him to Birdie and would like to give him an opportunity to clear his name. We are notorious for our funtours and if Joel would be interested in joining we will host one in his name.
The above is not an first april joke, a decision was also specifically made to not accept VAC banned users from competing in our creative/demo competitions where we have a price pool on 60 000:- SEK right now. Last years invitero can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOIaH-w8jW4
For any media inquiries please contact lezgin.bakircioglu@birdie.org
Birdie 25 arrangeras i Fyrishov i Uppsala den 14-17 maj. CS:GO-turneringen på plats kommer att ha 50 000 kronor i prispotten, varav hälften går till vinnarna, och kommer bland annat att få sällskap av turneringar i League of Legends, Dota 2 och Hearthstone. För att läsa mer om Birdie 25 kan ni bege er till vår tidigare nyhet, alternativt Birdies hemsida.
