Because of ex-Cloud9 Counter-Strike: International Offensive player Kory Friesen’s admission that he competed inside tournaments while under the influence of Adderall xr, ESL is making becomes its policies and changing the rules of e-sports tourneys.

"The integrity of our activity is and always will be each of our biggest concern, " Ould - Rozwandowicz, head of marketing and sales communications at ESL told Sent. "When we first observed [Friesen's comments], we all focused immediately on kickstarting a policy-making process along with adjusting the rules. We have done changes in our rules, attained out to authorities for help, and will be ready to announce all of our next steps in a couple of days. While that comes out, you can take care of that as our total statement on the issue. inches

While ESL does have principles against players competing throughout drugs and CSGO Skins, including alcohol, apart from an incident when a participant showed up drunk, ESL has not found out about a player taking drug treatments, until now. So there’s simply no list of repercussions, Rozwandowicz publicly stated.

"Contrary to what [Friesen] says in his meeting, taking performance enhancing prescription drugs isn't 'how you win' those tournaments, and it's counter-productive in the long run, ” she continuing. “Like in any sport, an individual win by practicing in addition to working hard. "In Friesen’s circumstance, the incident took place too long ago that it’s difficult for ESL to demonstrate it. Friesen is also will no longer with Cloud9, after getting removed due to his (and his team’s) poor efficiency.

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