How Deep Do Counter-Strike’s Scandals Go?

A cheat called word.exe. A thrown match worth more than a trophy. A gambling site secretly owned by the YouTubers promoting it. Police raids, an FBI investigation, a Bitcoin miner hidden inside an anti-cheat, and a market crash worth billions. This is the Counter-Strike scandal iceberg, and the deeper we go, the darker it gets. Which scandal surprised you the most? Which one belongs in part two? Tell me in the comments. 0:00 Intro 0:24 Tier 1 - The Surface: word.exe (forsaken) 1:19 The thrown match (iBUYPOWER) 3:04 The coach bug 4:27 The Olofboost 5:56 Two VAC bans before a Major (KQLY) 7:27 Tier 2 - Under the water: CSGO Lotto 8:51 The skin casinos vs. Valve 10:07 "We were all on Adderall" 11:00 s1mple's early ban 11:42 Banned by a graphics card (AMD Anti-Lag+) 12:31 Tier 3 - Police and courts: fixed matches in Australia 13:54 Match-fixing in North America (FBI) 14:55 Jamppi vs. Valve 15:37 Outsiders 16:29 Loot box laws and the X-ray scanner 17:27 Tier 4 - Betrayed from inside: the ESEA Bitcoin miner 18:49 ESEA hacked 19:33 The source code leak 20:07 Unpaid Ninjas 20:49 The unpaid champion (WESG) 21:29 HUNDEN and the leaked playbook 22:40 joel 23:29 NOMERCY and the $4.5M bet 24:55 Tier 5 - The economy: the keys 26:06 The trade-up crash 27:04 Outro Every claim in this video is sourced. Full source list in the pinned comment. Footage, photos and logos belong to their respective owners (Valve, ESL, PGL, BLAST, Liquipedia, h3h3Productions, TmarTn) and are used for commentary and reporting. #counterstrike #cs2 #csgo #esports #iceberg