Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series issues wide-reaching bans in response to FACEIT ban wave

In response to a series of cheating bans on the FACEIT platform today, the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series hereby announces that the following players are barred from competing in the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series and its qualifiers due to cheating and integrity violations on third-party platforms.

The following individuals are hereby banned for a period of two years (2025-05-27 to 2027-05-27) for Cheating on a Third-Party Platform:

• Kiryl "SlooKy" Misiukevich

• Enmanuel "SJR" Villar

• Christopher "aleph" Froden

Additionally, the following individuals are hereby banned for a period of one year (2025-05-27 to 2026-05-27) due to Playing with a Cheater on a Third-Party Platform:

• David "MERL" Davidyan

• Vladyslav "Valter0k" Pukhtai

• Vitalii "k0vi4" Drahushchak

• Kiryl "seNsite" Sytsevich

• Antonio "zockie" Montañez

• Steve "BabyRage" Vilca

• Rodrigo "Antuanette" Armando

• Juan "Slayerhz" Rodriguez

• Stanley "calamity" Chiu

• Max "alula" Schreier

• Matthew "nero" Seymour

• Taggert "taggy" Baker

• Luka "based" S.

• "daces"

Per the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series rulebook, the tournament organizer reserves the right to bar competitors from its competitions for serious infractions on other platforms in order to protect the integrity of its competitions.

4.14 Banned Players and Ban Policy

The Dust2.us Eagle Master Series reserves the right to rule ineligible players who are currently banned or otherwise sanctioned by the ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), Gamers Club, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), BLAST, or other major tournaments organizers at its sole discretion for serious infractions and/or integrity violations and independently rule ineligible players for these violations at its sole discretion. Serious infractions and/or integrity violations include but not limited to: Cheating, Match Fixing, Betting Offenses, and Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

For avoidance of doubt, The Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series reserves these rights for both teams competing in the Main Event as well as teams competing in the Open Qualifiers for the Main Event.

While extensive, the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series hopes these bans send a strong message that there are consequences for playing with cheaters and materially benefiting from serious breaches of competitive integrity in the North American scene.

Players have the right to appeal their bans by contacting Head Admin Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore via email at jeffrey@dust2.us.

Due to team Junga being banned from competing in the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series they have been replaced in Series #2 by the runner-up of the first open qualifier Akimbo. As such, the team list for the Dust2.us Eagle Masters Series #2 now look as follows: