WCG admins to crack down on drugs?

3-9-2008 13:47

Gameplayer.com.au have had an interesting interview with one WCG admin who believes drugs are affecting esports.

We've all heard about drug scandals in major sporting events such as the Olympics and world football. Sporting figures who are caught trying to cheat with the use of drugs are then disqualified from any event they are participating and major shame is brought to themselves along with their team.

Now, as esports is ever-growing and being recognized as an international sport, it seems players from all games are starting to experiment with drugs to try and boost their performance at global tournaments.

The Australian gaming website, Gameplayer, have attempted to see how affected the esports world really is at present and what event organisers are planning to do about it by interviewing the Australian World Cyber Games Tournament Director, Alex Walker.

Here is a small snippet of the interview:

I noticed that you made a mention about people claiming they were better after having a bong or two. That's true. I've seen a number of players at national tournaments who came in "baked" (that's stoned for the uninformed) purely so they could play better. In most cases they did, although obviously they couldn't just pull out another joint midway through.

In one WCG, a player I knew took amphetamines an hour before his match to boost his reflexes. His team ended up losing the match, although it certainly had an impact - his performance helped his team to win one map out of three - it kind of hits home that only the really talented will come out on top in the end.

The whole interview can be found over at gameplayer.com.au. The article is interesting but do you really think drugs do affect a player's abilites in-game and if so, is it a positive change?

who is the cash, there is the cheats..sad true

2008-09-03 14:54

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so true. always if you can win something people are really trying to cheat, sadly enough

2008-09-03 16:42

I've seen it happen lol

lol haha, I heard about it but never knew that such thing would happen at a big tournament

2008-09-03 14:59

I doubt this is true, normally it is pretty easy to see if people are on drugs, and i have certainly never seen anything looking like it at big events..

2008-09-03 15:15

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Archi nearly faked us all! www.hltv.org/?pageid=154&galleryid=996&pictureid=5226 ;)

2008-09-03 15:40

haha :D I don't want to know how i look stoned :/

2008-09-03 15:44

still some drugs can bust your reflex for a short period of time :D:D:D and that can help in a very important game :d

2008-09-03 15:32

Hahahaha Rumor on the e-street is that Nomad and Nix0n are always stoned when they come up with all these smart fancy gadgets on the HLTV website??? Does this mean Einstein was stoned 24/7 aswell?

2008-09-03 15:33

drugs dont help play.... in my opinion.... i cant see a shit...

2008-09-03 15:35

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yes they does =)

2008-09-03 15:39

lol..ofc marijuana is helping..maybe the reflex isnt that good..depends..but it gives you more aim..so much iv played under M. iv had more aim <.< ..^^ edit//didnt want to reply lol

2008-09-03 16:11

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some people after M. are so stoned, that their aim is -20% :-P and some people have after M. aim +20% (these % are for example)

2008-09-03 20:03

lol ye..last lan i forget to put my headsets on and was thinking why the fuck im getting so owned =D but yea could get lucky =)

2008-09-03 20:24

mate call it weed u pussy, it has a name...

2008-09-05 11:26

If I'm right, thc (contained in marihuana) slows down your reflexes and there is another ingredient in marihuana which makes you feel very very tired (less in high quality weed). Alcohol is also strange to use because it also slows down your reflexes. amphetamines? omg i would never touch them.. I hope that won't grow, but if, we should ban them :O

let me tell u somethong my bro, weed does slow ur reflex, makes u chill, and sleepy, but also, which good aspect of it is, does make u more focused, so if u play a pcw, and u need to focuse on it, weed will do it for u, obvoisly not to much ;], and now think when u are focused, u are like an outsider, so see things better and u are concentrated on small things(which are verry important), anyway enough of that, smoke play and then tell us how it was :D peace ;]

2008-09-05 11:33

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actually i already tried.. but i think i was a bit too much :/ wasn't feeling too focused^^

2008-09-05 13:12

hahahahha :D peace dude ;d when time will come and we will do a meeting all of hltv users ^^ ill show u how do use it responsibly :D peace ;]

2008-09-05 14:55

your words should be holy! what about a huge-hltv-users-lan :D?

2008-09-05 16:00

whereever it will take a place i am in! first of all lets make a thread about choosing place? Thank You my Lord! ;d peace ;]

2008-09-05 16:40

nice news ... now gamers test it ....

2008-09-03 15:50

agreed

2008-09-03 16:18

next time zonic put some thc in ins's juice if you want to win.haha

2008-09-03 16:08

sativa weed will allow u to control your reflexes, thus i always smoke some nice 90% sativa before i play at a lan. Indica, such as kush or skunk, will make u tired, and ur reflexes will decrease. And a bong before u play? having a spliff during ur play is the best thing there is...on a lan, when you die in the round, u either can spec ur other players, or smoke and watch them play :P :P

2008-09-03 17:13

Pure idiotism

2008-09-03 18:17

Drugs effect? ::)

2008-09-03 18:48

nothing like contributing a intelligent remark that has nothing to do absolutely about the topic other than a direct insult which was uncalled for. since you're 15, you know jack shit, so talk when u grow up to the addictive age stage of 17

2008-09-03 19:25

First of all :D I'm almost 16 :DD Secondly, my physical age doesn't make me stupid. At last, it's still pure idiotism so STFU BTW You aren't behaving yourself as a grownup at all, so I assume I hurt you in a bad place.

2008-09-03 21:56

thirdly dont mouth off on a forum. makes u both look stupid. :)

2008-09-05 22:07

I've heard about this...so sad!

2008-09-03 18:18

hehe All players from our top clan are pot heads xD Last year two teams showed up in wcg qualy wasted. Thats's fun :D

2008-09-03 18:36

im sure smoking/drinking will help calm nerves and avoid mistakes made from nerves

2008-09-03 18:37

Yup, nervousness can really screw up ur gameplan in a big tourney. But perhaps it should be wise fer mega-events like the WCG to organize random drug test if pro-gamers really wants to see one day, that electronic-sports can be as big as the olympics or the champions league. It think is okay to take THC medication if ur at an amateur stage. For a fast game like 1.6, meth is the best cheat available but it usually destroy ur long-term teamwork professionalism.

2008-09-08 08:57

yeah but cons out wage pros if u use pot/alcohol

lol i never thought the drug issue would also be present in e-sports

2008-09-03 19:35

lol this is actually funny. About two weekends ago i went to go lan with my new team mates and i had about 2 joints for the fun of it. And i totally raped at cs it was crazy :P I do believe weed can help you play better it gets you zoned and amped!

2008-09-03 19:51

That's stupid, not positive. There is not fun when someone won because got high. Maybe players who want to inflate their ego on gaming can find a little bit of fun using drugs to win. :P

2008-09-03 19:57

About 2004 or smth, at WCG baltic qualifier, one Latvian team was disqualified, because they used amphetamine :I

2008-09-03 22:21

Holy shit...pass me the bong cauz i wanna win the WCG :(

2008-09-04 03:23

laf.

2008-09-04 10:08

drug consumers try to change themselves from the outside, but really talented people change themselves from the inside and improve naturally. everything is already inside, you just have to become conscious of it.. it's ok guys, only the best win; like Usain Bolt with 3 world records ;-)

2008-09-04 10:51

yh but i bet he had some crazzzzy jamacan sh*t which doesnt pop up on the drug radar. only way to explain it. lol =)

2008-09-04 15:05

advice: don't take viagra before a big game...it realyyy doesnt help. i never knew i felt that way about the arctic skin before. p.s. for the record that was a joke and i have not taken V before a big game o.0

2008-09-04 15:07

but after.

2008-09-05 13:14

Hahah... :D Good one, got my lolling.

2008-09-15 06:48

Like in most bussines thats involved money, people try to use wrong ways to win. Control of this is critical.

2008-09-04 18:59

finally some light is shead on the use of drugs in gaming, but i think it aint anything new to the scene that drugs have been involved in gaming for some time. just wanna point out that i aint advocating drug use its a dead end but it got its perks but mostly downsides. just from personal exp, weed is probly not the best way to amp your gaming. did some aim map testing awhile back and recorded it, dude gotta tell you the movement was kinda noobisch but the aim was mostly insane. some easy shoots missed but damn.. some wicked headshoots. the one thats truly will rock your gaming skills is amphetamines, your a beast. reflexes like a madman and the focus is just to good to be true, aim wise weed rocks amphetamines but endurance seems to conquer aim during long matches. but when the shit wears off and the rebound effects comes in to play it aint pretty. rebound effects on weed like... dry mouth? :D dont know if this comment will be censored but the amount of caffeine and what other legal we use to keep focus during long gaming sessions i tought it would be fair to give my 2 cents. drug tests before competing aint a thing that should be overlooked. hope it will be a standard in lan tourneys.

2008-09-04 22:16

Coffee does help a bit when wanting to stay on top of your game. Problem is, you'll need it constantly. Because if the effect wears off you'll get sloppy. Alcohol. When you drink something light (for example beer) it has been proven to raise you're concentration after like 1,2 units after that it will only get worse. So yeah. You can do three things. 1) Drink coffee all session long (you might get shaky though) 2) Drink beer all session long (you might not be able to say no to the 3th beer, which will make you lose the positive effect) 3) Don't do anything and just drink water or something and play like a normal kid. THC / Harddrugs. I don't think they could be positive in any way. (when talking about gaming that is xD )

2008-09-05 11:13

I know element used to smoke up at some events but I can't see f0rest or neo doing any of this.

2008-09-07 19:42

you don't have to experiment with drugs,If someone discover you, you'll be out of all(Diego Maradona)

2008-09-11 03:49

I'd say there could be SOME truth to this. I mean I've played drunk quite many times and sometimes I really do own, not because my reflexes are suddenly inhuman and my aim is forest like but just because of my playing style. I mean I can just run down the middle in mill throwing flashes and smokes around and kill people 'cause they're not really expecting for me to play like that. And when you're drunk you will probably have more fun playing and generally you do better when you're relaxed and having fun. It's not like you can just smoke some spliff and suddenly become a f0reneo and kill everything on the server but for some people it might help a little. But then again if you're high your concentration might not be up there with your other stats but who knows :p I've never tried any drugs, no matter how light (excluding booze, but I'm finnish so yeah..) but like I said, alcohol does it for me.. sometimes. The other times I do like cr4p 'cause I'm too busy telling bad jokes and laughing at them by myself. But I think if a player uses anything other than energy drinks/coffee he should be removed from the tournament and the team disqualified. Using drugs is stupid and not exactly the best advertisement for gaming either.

2008-09-15 06:46