USA - The CEVO-Pro Season 8 playoffs came down to a thrilling three map battle between the third seeded Dallas Venom and the fourth seeded San Francisco OPTX. Both teams displayed amazing play throughout the event, with the Venom coming out on top in overtime on the third and final map of the Championship Finals. However, following the conclusion of the best of three series, GotFrag was informed by CEVO administrators that the San Francisco OPTX had filed a dispute against the Dallas Venom.

UPDATE: CEVO Administrators have informed GotFrag as of 3:50am CST, Optx General Manager Kat Hunter has cancelled the dispute in the CEVO Pro Season 5 Championship.

CEVO's Chris Pipher, Director of Gaming Operations, gave this official statement concerning the dispute.

Yes, I can confirm that the San Francisco OPTX have submitted a dispute against the Dallas Venom during the 3rd map of the CEVO-P Finals. The match is currently under review. You can expect a ruling in the next 12-24 hours.

While the official statement from CEVO does not indicate specifically what the dispute is concerning, all indications are the dispute is over Dallas Venom throwing a smoke grenade that blocked the squeaky door from being able to open in the 8th round of the 2nd half on de_nuke. The video at the bottom of the page shows what is suspected to be the incident in question.


The official CEVO rule regarding map exploits.

23.10 Game Map Exploits

It is illegal to use a map glitch/exploit for one's advantage when it was not in the original intent of the game or mapmaker.

Teams and/or players found in violation of these rules will be penalized a CEVO determined amount of rounds from the final match score. All round reversals are on a case-by-case basis and a CEVO official will specify whether or not reversed rounds need to be re-played on a later date.

Refusing to replay a reversed round(s) will result in the automatic forfeit of the round(s) reversed. Additionally, team termination and/or player suspension(s) may occur (suspension lengths and team termination are up to the judgment of the officials).

The rule is open to admin interpretation. If it was determined that an exploit was performed intentionally, the result could be a reversal or replaying of that specific round as well as further reversing of rounds following the one in question.

The San Francisco OPTX had no comment when contacted about the dispute.

When reached for comment, Alex "Jax" Conroy, General Manager of the Dallas Venom had nothing to say on the situation but was quick to focus on the positive. "I just want to congratulate my guys on a well played and hard earned CEVO championship. It was a very competitive season and they worked extremely hard to overcome a roster change and close it out", stated Conroy.


Video of the suspected incident.