During a match against B8 Esports, Swedish pro Joel “joel” Holmlund was banned by Akros Anti-Cheat software, one of the best-known anti-cheats available for CS2.
The Anti-Cheat developers have confirmed that this isn’t a case of false positive which has led to B8 Esports getting disqualified from the tournament and other organisers have followed suit. Having faced a match-fixing ban almost a year ago, Joel was on the path of resurging his career with B8 when this happened.
His recent surge in performance led him to B8, a team coached by Counter-Strike legend guardiaN who claimed that no one on the team had any idea about Joel cheating on official matches. The allegations triggered an internal investigation within the ranks of B8 but the nature of his cheats remains unclear.
Former Godsent player RuStY raised cheating allegations against Joel when they were competing under the same banner but to no end. Being a player from Tier 2, he had little to no spotlight on him which is why he may have eluded the eyes of other players but getting caught in a tournament has pushed him to the limelight.
After every investigation concludes, Joel is likely to receive a long ban from competitive Counter-Strike and it is unlikely that any organisation would associate themselves with him after his suspension runs out.
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