Crowd Shouts, Throws Things At Counter-Strike Tournament

Today, Virtus.pro swept a two game series against Cloud9 to win the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finals at the DreamHack Open in Bucharest. The all-Polish team appeared all but unstoppable, defeating the Americans 16-9 on both the first map, Train, and the second, Cobblestone.

However, during the finals, some people in the crowd began holding up signs to Virtus.pro reading “THEY ARE B” and “THEY ARE A,” potentially revealing important information about what Cloud 9 was or wasn’t up to.

CSGO "fans" throwing shit at casters and holding up signs like this is fucking awful. Way to be twats. ( ° ͜ʖ͡°)╭∩╮ pic.twitter.com/kine0kTgus

— Lauren Scott 🎃 (@pansy) September 18, 2016

I forget that esports isn't just this small scene of people who are truly passionate now, sadly its very much open to fuck heads too.

— Lauren Scott 🎃 (@pansy) September 18, 2016

In this case, it was no doubt more of a troll than anything else, but some feel it threatens the integrity of the game either way. With $50,000 on the line, any distraction can cause havoc for the teams competing, and it’s up to venues and tournament organizers to prevent disruptions like the above.

As Canadian CS:GO caster Sadokist! pointed out, some in the crowd were throwing things at those on the announcer panel as well.

2/2 The majority were great, both throwing things at casters, trolling teams with signs of pure disgrace, and obnoxious noises let me down.

— Matthew Trivett 🐺 (@Sadokist) September 18, 2016

For its part, the event organizers at DreamHack said on Twitter that they were vigilante and responded swiftly.

We’ve been very observant about this. The person in question was thrown out as soon as we spotted it that round. https://t.co/NtVoYvKXzM

— DreamHack (@DreamHack) September 18, 2016

Virtus.pro couldn’t be less concerned, however, content to celebrate a stunning win today against a worthy opponent.