Have you ever wondered what the anti-cheating measures in Katowice are? We have the answers in the following breakdown of all protective measures at ESL One Katowice.

As you may know, some organizers, including ESL, have put in additional safety measures to prevent any form of cheating at a LAN tournament.

These measures first emerged after the cheating scandal prior to DreamHack Winter 2014, but from what we understand, ESL have improved the system with a few additional precautions.

Players have been asked for their peripherals to undergo a series of tests the day before the tournament, and they aren't allowed to get them back and set up until they hand in all their electronical devices as well, including the managers'.



All players had to hand in all their equipment

There is also only severely limited internet connection at the computers used for the tournament, only a direct connection to Steam servers is allowed in the settings.

The computers don't have any administrator rights, which means the players cannot install anything by themselves, including all peripheral drivers. All needed drivers can only be accessed by an ESL admin via FTP connection.

Some game files and folders have been set to read-only, so that the game files stay intact, including configs, which the players had to turn in beforehand as well.