ESL explains why FURIA’s CS:GO game wasn’t paused after game-breaking bug at IEM Katowice 2023

A major CS:GO bug came to light on Feb. 1 during the first day of IEM Katowice 2023, one of the flagship events of Counter-Strike esports. FURIA were playing BIG on Mirage and one of their weapons vanished out of thin air when Andrei “arT” Piovezan dropped his AK-47 to André “drop” Abreu. The players later found out the weapon ended up under the soil.

The bug wasn’t caught by the broadcast and everyone realized what happened on Feb. 2 after drop shared the moment the bug happened via the match’s demo. After seeing the clip, fans were left wondering why the match wasn’t paused. ESL has clarified the protocol for such cases and why FURIA didn’t pause under the circumstances.

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