The eSports Integrity Coalition has banned two Dota 2 players for match fixing after aligning with Sportradar and their Fraud Detection System.

As a teenager I walked into a shop, picked up a Walkman, opened it, plugged it into my headphones and walked out without paying. I wouldn’t do it, today. As I’ve aged my values have changed and I now find justice and honesty more important than listening to The Cure.

Had I been caught, I would have deserved my punishment, but I don’t think it would be fair for that judgment to follow me into adult life, and that’s what went through my mind when I read that two Dota 2 players have received two-year bans for match fixing.

According to reports, the eSports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) and Sportradar decided to use Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System after rumours surfaced of some dodgy affairs in a World Cyber Arena European qualifier between Team Dx and Yellow Submarine.