BOOM support Apoka following ESIC ban

BOOM will continue to work with the Brazilian coach after he received a ban for over five months by ESIC.

Alessandro "⁠Apoka⁠" Marcucci was handed a ban by ESIC on Monday after being found to have used the coaching bug in two full matches and in single rounds in four more. His punishment was reduced by 85%, to 5.4 months, as he was awarded concessions for coming forward ahead of the announcement of ESIC's inquiry into the use of the coaching bug and for assisting with the investigation.

The Indonesian organization has expressed its support towards the Brazilian coach, who denied any wrongdoing shortly after the announcement of his ban, as he claimed that he hadn't been present on his computer during the two instances in which he remained in the bug for the entire match.

BOOM retain Apoka's services

"We firmly believe that Apoka did not intentionally use this bug to gain an unfair advantage," a statement from the organization reads. "Apoka himself fully cooperated with [ESIC's] investigation and has explained his side of the story on his streams, where he explains a failure to disconnect due to his not being on his PC."

"Moving forward, while we are disheartened with ESIC's decision to penalize Apoka, we respectfully accept and will comply with their decision. However, we would like to make clear our support for Apoka and our decision to stand by him and continue working with him."

Apoka is allowed to continue working with the team behind the scenes despite his ban, but he will be unable to enter the server and communicate with the team in any way during official matches at ESIC member events until the ban expires.

BOOM's news follows several other instances in which banned coaches have kept their jobs in their respective organizations, including OG's Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due, FURIA's Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira, Hard Legion's Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk, HEROIC's Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen, and AGO's Mikołaj "⁠miNirox⁠" Michałków.

Denmark Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.81
Maps played:
1578
KPR:
0.55
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Casper 'ruggah' Due
Casper 'ruggah' Due
Age:
32
Team:
understandable tbh
2020-09-30 17:39
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nah
2020-09-30 17:41
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ban coaches all of them
2020-09-30 17:39
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1 reply
#40
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Brazil finexys_
yeah nobody likes coaches
2020-09-30 18:38
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#3
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Sweden Fizze
Lol all coaches have some excuses
2020-09-30 17:41
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#10
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Brazil GBRMIBR
But apoka I trust, he organized more than half of the 1.6 cs championships in Brazil, He was the one who banned aspx, the famous Brazilian hacker. He's an excellent person and very humble, I'm sure he wouldn't do that.
2020-09-30 17:44
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#29
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Finland BlackMatter
Cheaters pften are giving the best image of themselves to outsiders
2020-09-30 18:13
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10 replies
No way, Apoka is the "Olofmeister" of the brazilian coaches Imagina saying that Olof is cheating lmao
2020-09-30 18:23
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9 replies
I mean, do you remember 2014? Olof far away from being a good example
2020-09-30 18:36
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#63
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Finland BlackMatter
I dont care aboit their public image, it doesnt trll much. Anyone can cheat, its just more like the better the behaviour the more likely a cheater
2020-09-30 19:10
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Nice Englando
2020-09-30 22:00
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5 replies
What is wrong
2020-09-30 22:09
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4 replies
#109
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Estonia Eduzera
Nice Englando
2020-10-01 20:00
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3 replies
Ok fakeflagger
2020-10-01 20:06
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2 replies
#111
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Estonia Eduzera
Nice Englando
2020-10-01 20:07
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1 reply
Nice Englando
2020-10-01 21:54
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olof was in SMN cheaters list, so... Probably you didnt knew cs in 2013, 2014 olof isnt and good example at all
2020-09-30 23:45
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#38
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Brazil opala_6cc
#saveASPX
2020-09-30 18:33
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"If i was cheating don't u think i would baushaiksnamabeiensnaiwbdanla to the other side?" Thats some legendary stuff
2020-09-30 18:47
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2 replies
#54
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Brazil opala_6cc
*aspx analyzing the demo* in background: FALA GORDOX !!!
2020-09-30 18:48
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Lol
2020-10-01 07:28
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Well done BOOM, APOKA is innocent I trust him, he is very honest ESIC: esports idiot clowns 🤡 Banned guerri who PROVED to be innocent and apoka who would never do that to gain advantage
2020-09-30 17:42
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#13
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Palestine MrZoldiK
The strangest one, is ruggah, he used once in one round, which is mostly unintentional!!! And still receive a ban!
2020-09-30 17:45
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4 replies
Like RobbaN Valve's blaming all on coaches Mark my words: they banned starix bcs he exposed flusha
2020-09-30 18:43
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3 replies
#70
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Indonesia begalracer
2020-09-30 19:41
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doubt, watch them try to expose flusha too
2020-10-01 02:54
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1 reply
#103
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Slovakia Daev0n
Yeah, they seem to enjoy this witch hunt a bit too much
2020-10-01 09:14
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#7
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Brazil Bina1
those who judge Apoka don't know shit about his history on Brazilian CS Maybe the most respectful person in the BR scene
2020-09-30 17:42
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#86
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biguzera | 
Brazil oldStar
+1
2020-09-30 23:29
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#93
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Brazil mrduardo
+1
2020-10-01 00:11
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fallen
2020-10-01 03:55
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ok
2020-09-30 17:45
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Apoka did nothing wrong
2020-09-30 17:45
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Expected and make sense.
2020-09-30 17:49
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And another cheater Org
2020-09-30 17:50
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7 replies
0 iq spotted
2020-09-30 18:25
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2 replies
yeah in you.
2020-09-30 18:48
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1 reply
yes, I spotted it, good to see you're aware of it
2020-09-30 19:02
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Whoever says that apoka is a cheater doesn't understand shit about the history of cs, both in 1.5 and in cs: go
2020-09-30 21:34
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sorry, you can make a difference but for me, all caught coaches are cheater 1 round or 100. The only correct way is to call an admin and clear the situation at that moment. When you can't do that you calculate to play not fair and that is enough. There are so many coaches that act always correctly, they deserve support not the cheater.
2020-09-30 22:36
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Ok, but apoka was turned at the base looking at the wall, and he really wouldn't do that I know what this guy is like, the guy is almost 20 years cs , why would he do that ????? dead and guerri were banned and deserved, but apoka, he would never do that, I say that as a person who accompanied his entire journey, you know ???
2020-09-30 23:07
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there's a bunch of text right above the comments. you should read that
2020-10-01 23:29
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where is cheater org boycott list?
2020-09-30 17:52
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Heroic, Furia, OG , Hard legion, Boom, ENce So far all cheater support orgs
2020-09-30 18:00
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5 replies
Add BIG to this list
2020-09-30 18:45
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4 replies
No german Coach banned so stfu
2020-09-30 18:48
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3 replies
and that bug?
2020-09-30 19:12
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If you ban BIG for using Jump Bug you have to ban all players cuz the bug was a direct part of the game and got trigger all the times. Valve said also it is a part of the game until we fix it. So don't matter what u think. Valve decides.
2020-09-30 19:14
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#74
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Brazil Yung_Leann
by that retarded logic the coach bug and pixel walking is part of the game too and nobody should be banned. valve didn't ban BIG to save face because BIG abused that bug which was basically like an wallhack in every match that they played in the qualifier, they eliminated a bunch of teams by abusing the bug then used it in the major itself too. if valve was to punish BIG for that it would become a shitstorm because they would have to REDO the qualifier to compensate for teams that they beat while abusing the bug.
2020-09-30 19:51
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#21
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Brazil thr110
in apoka i trust
2020-09-30 17:57
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Didn't Apoka get his ban reduced because he admitted to it? Then he claims afterwards that he is innocent? Either validate his claims of innocence or revoke the ban length reduction.
2020-09-30 18:21
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Apoka is probably the most innocent out of all the banned coaches
2020-09-30 18:25
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4 replies
Honestly, as innocent as Guerri and ruggah, very unfortunate that they were banned.
2020-09-30 18:45
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yep, and if robban can he prove he muted his mic I'd add him on the list as well
2020-09-30 19:03
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+1
2020-09-30 18:48
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+1, that of the dead and the guerri was right, but apoka has quite a history and he would not do such a thing, whoever saw him in 1.5 and 1.6 knows who he is
2020-09-30 21:40
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What a cheat, he getting vision of his own team base!
2020-09-30 18:28
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1 reply
I mean if it was dust2 tho...
2020-09-30 19:19
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apoka,ruggah,guerri,lmbt did nothing wrong
2020-09-30 18:30
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2 replies
RobbaN
2020-09-30 18:45
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#113
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Brazil NegoNey
+1
2020-10-01 21:17
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in Apoka we trust <3
2020-09-30 18:45
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2 replies
+1
2020-09-30 18:45
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#87
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biguzera | 
Brazil oldStar
+1
2020-09-30 23:30
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#62
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Brazil serjolaum
apoka is a god kkkkkkkkkkk
2020-09-30 19:09
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#66
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Poland SebL
More than expected, I think more coaches with ban stayed in the team than got benched.
2020-09-30 19:18
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Apoka is a legit dude, it's been 20 years since he's into competitive CS, and never have someone accused him of something like this. Not to mention, he always stood behind them boys. It's a shame to see that ESIC doesn't have enough evidence and has to apply a ban based on the probability of him using the bug to cheat, instead of real tangible evidences.
2020-09-30 19:39
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#88
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biguzera | 
Brazil oldStar
+1
2020-09-30 23:30
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What is up with all these orgs sticking out with the cheaters
2020-09-30 19:42
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How can these people be okay with this shit. PEOPLE CHEATED? HELLO? MORALS?
2020-09-30 20:07
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Respect
2020-09-30 20:27
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Who
2020-09-30 20:29
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#89
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biguzera | 
Brazil oldStar
Apoka = Integrity /closed.
2020-09-30 23:31
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#92
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Brazil dioguinho25
Apoka showed the screen record of the rounds that the bug happened, the man didn't move his mouse, after the first round when it didn't "debug" he immediately called the organization Apokão você representa o brasileirinho <3
2020-10-01 00:10
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#96
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Argentina Jagr929
Respect Apoka
2020-10-01 02:29
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#99
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Brazil drydden
Of all the coaches banned he's the only one i trust didn't use the bug to get unfair advantage, not him of all people
2020-10-01 03:27
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#101
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Liminha | 
Brazil Gaiolero
Apoka is Love, Apoka is Life! <3
2020-10-01 05:19
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Who?
2020-10-01 11:17
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Apoka <3
2020-10-01 13:36
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:) apoka
2020-10-01 15:58
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A S P X
2020-10-01 18:38
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