fb disqualify Property, ban emilio

Fragbite Masters have reached a conclusion in the situation regarding Joel "⁠emilio⁠" Mako's VAC ban, and have chosen to ban him, and disqualify Team Property from the tournament.

When emilio was banned in the middle of the match against HellRaisers a couple of days ago, the match instantly halted and Fragbite decided to investigate the situation.

In the end, the Swedish organizers gave Team Property fourty-eight hours to find evidence suggesting that emilio's ban was a mistake, but they could not provide it.

"I cant prove that my IRL friend is the one that have been cheating, and I know it’s retarted to even lend him the account in the first place," Joel "emilio" Mako told Aftonbladet.se

"But to my excuse, I really didnt know that all your accounts gets banned if 1 gets effected. If I knew that I would never ever give him the account because I would never risk my career!"

Fragbite Masters have therefore decided to ban emilio from all future Fragbite Masters seasons - though it's something they are open to revisiting if new evidence comes up.

In addition they will be disqualifying Team Property from Fragbite Masters Season 3, which means the match against HellRaisers will not be continued.

Situation

The player Joel "emilio" Mako of Team Property was VAC banned in the middle of a Fragbite Masters group stage match. Team Property were given 48 hours to investigate the ban and to give evidence proving that the ban was faulty.

This is a unique situation, to say the least. In all my years of doing Counter-Strike content and events, this one is a first.

Ruling

As no evidence has been presented, and as the VAC ban is still intact with Mako's account, we have no choice but to disqualify Team Property from Fragbite Masters Season 3 with the reason: Cheating. As for Joel "emilio" Mako, he will be banned from all future Fragbite Masters events.

If additional evidence is discovered and presented to the organizers the case can be revisited. But for now, this case is considered closed.

Signed,
Pontus Eskilsson, Head of Fragbite Masters

Furthermore, according to Fragbite emilio has been removed from Team Property following the team's disqualification, leaving them with just four members:

Marcus "⁠Delpan⁠" Larsson
Jimmy "⁠Jumpy⁠" Berndtsson
Christian "⁠Spitfire⁠" Schiölde
Marcus "⁠zet⁠" Sundström

According to Team Property's management, the team plans to rebuild and will be announcing their new member as soon as they're ready for it.

Marcus 'zet' Sundström Age: 27 Team: Property Rating 1.0: 0.73 Maps played: 17 KPR: 0.51 DPR: 0.75 Christian 'Spitfire' Schiölde Age: 23 Team: Property Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 144 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 Joel 'emilio' Mako Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 106 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Marcus 'Delpan' Larsson Age: 25 Team: Property Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 123 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Jimmy 'Jumpy' Berndtsson Age: 27 Team: Property Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.67