The CS:GO community is often seen as a “strange” place due to the “unusual” behavior of some players here. From accusing teams of cheating without any evidence, to continuously sending death threats to a 16-year-old kid.
You thought that was it? Recently, another “weird” incident occurred in the CS:GO community when a guy faked his own death just to get… amnesty in the ESEA tournament.
It sounds crazy, but this is real as the CS:GO player named “Meho” thought this would be a “master prank” to escape a ban from ESEA. The male gamer decided to fake his death and told his friends to “join in” with him. The prank began with a tweet on Twitter on June 15.
This information at that time was also corroborated by Zyrus, a support staff member at ESEA. He tweeted that his last conversation with Meho took place just four hours before the incident and it was sad to know that “the community has lost a soul”.
With those examples, the entire CS:GO community believed that Meho had indeed passed away in a car accident. However, it was all just “a hoax” as he was still alive and continued to compete in the ESEA tournament. The one who “exposed” this was none other than commentator Ryan on June 17.
According to Meho’s profile on the ESEA system, people can see that the last time he played on this platform was on June 18. A day after the community continuously “called out” his name, Zyrus appeared to inform everyone that it was all just a fictional story. While he was glad that no one was hurt, no one really found any humor in this prank.
Also at the end of that day, Meho “resurrected” on Twitter, revealing that he had faked his death to escape punishment from ESEA.
It seems the prank wasn’t enough, as the male gamer continued to announce that he just signed a contract as a Valorant player. However, it seems the community had “learned their lesson” after the recent hoax, so most people no longer believe what he says.