14 of the 16 teams participating in EPIC League CIS have written an open letter to the organizers, calling for an investigation into the cheating allegations made against Akuma. The tournament participants suspect that the Ukrainian team, which managed to beat Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro and ended up among the prize winners, somehow, with the help of third parties or technical devices, received data about the opponent's actions during the match and used it to locate players on the map and use it to gain an unfair advantage.
The letter is not limited to criticizing Akuma. It also mentions the problems of the tournament, which was organized by the Russian Cybersport Federation (FCC) and Epic Esports Events. Over the past few days, analysts have repeatedly expressed the opinion that it was the unprofessional approach of the organizers that created an environment in which cheating was possible, and it was difficult to conduct a full investigation. In particular, the authors of the letter point out that the tournament organizers did not record communications between team members and did not use additional means of detecting cheats. The authors of the letter call for the introduction of a number of mandatory measures to counter cheating in the future, including continuous recording of TeamSpeak conversations and player actions, as well as the use of other anti-cheats in addition to VAC.
Earlier, the FCC released a statement saying that it had conducted its own investigation and found no violations in the actions of Akuma players or tournament organizers. At the same time, representatives of the organization noted that if necessary, they are ready to re-investigate with the participation of Valve and ESIC.