Hard Legion remove zoneR following ban for coaching bug exploit
After an internal investigation into Aleksandr "zoneR" Bogatiryev's two-year ban by ESL, Hard Legion has decided to cut ties with their coach effective immediately.
"It was difficult for us to believe in Alexander's guilt,", Hard Legion said in their statement about the matter, but based on the results of internal discussions, the decision was made that the punishment was fair and that no appeal would be made. zoneR was banned by ESL for two years due to abusing the coaching bug exploit in six maps across three matches in ESL One: Road to Rio - CIS.

Hard Legion added that they condemn any manifestation of cheating, with their concern beign that the players were aware of zoneR's usage of the exploit. However, that was not confirmed and they "tend to believe that the coach did not inform anyone about the fact he has an advantage in the game".
According to Hard Legion, the players continued to play fair, "ignoring the fact that the coach's hints turned out to be extremely correct". No sanctions from the side of the team will be applied to the Semyon "kinqie" Lisitsyn and co. as "we have no reason to believe that the players were aware of this 'bug' in advance", the statement reads.
With zoneR being dismissed from the team for his transgressions, he Hard Legion the team for the second time in two months, having departed at the end of June before returning two weeks ago, in August.
Following the announcement, freelance esports referee Michal Slowinski — who was one of the key people in uncovering the bug abuse—, added that Hard Legion's assistant coach Erik "AKIMOV" Akimov was also caught abusing the bug. The infraction happened in Eden Arena: Malta Vibes Cup 3, a tournament that took place on July 14-19 where Hard Legion placed 3-4th. Slowinski also added that "it is very surprising that they [players] didn't realise something was wrong, considering this was abused at least 10 full maps".
Hard Legion are now:
Semyon "kinqie" Lisitsyn
Svyatoslav "svyat" Dovbakh
Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko
Igor "Forester" Bezotecheskiy
Dmitry "rAge" Bolotov
You can read the statement in full below:
Official statement from the Hard Legion team regarding the ban of Alexander “MechanoGun” Bogatyrev.
Yesterday we received a letter from ESL announcing the decision to ban our coach for two years. It was difficult for us to believe in Alexander's guilt, but we had to conduct a personal investigation of this situation. Based on the results of internal discussions, we decided that the punishment from ESL was fair. We refuse to make any appeal and we are staying on the side of the tournament organizer.
The Hard Legion organization is extremely negative about any manifestation of "cheating" and believes that honesty in Esports should be above all other things!We are very concerned that our players are suspected of knowingly conspiring with the coach and are also secretly urged to punish them. In the course of the proceedings with the coach and the players, we tend to believe that the coach did not inform anyone about the fact that he has an advantage in the game. The players continued to play fair, ignoring the fact that the coach's hints turned out to be extremely correct. We have no reason to believe that the players were aware of this "bug" in advance, so no sanctions on our part will be applied to the players.
We made a decision to not to take the side of the coach and not look for excuses for his action. Alexander "MechanoGun" Bogatyrev was immediately dismissed from his post as team coach.
We bring our deepest apologies to all competitors, as well as all the Esports fans. We believe that this story will be indicative for everyone.










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