Heroic fell short at IEM Cologne 2021 with a 7-8th place finish. The worst was yet to come, however, as the CS:GO team then parted ways with head coach Nicolai ‘Hunden’ Petersen after alleging that he leaked sensitive information to rival teams.
In an explosive revelation, pro Counter-Strike squad Heroic claimed that their coach, Hunden, shared the team’s strategy book with opponents in the run-up to IEM Cologne 2021 — only a year after the coach was wrapped up in the game’s ‘spectator bug’ scandal from 2020.
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Richard breaks down the statements released by Heroic and ESIC amid the rumors that the strat book was leaked to CS:GO powerhouse Astralis, and explains why he believes there’s no turning back from this point — branding Hunden as “untrustworthy,” despite the coach’s denial of these accusations.
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