Former NaVi coach denies exploiting CS: GO bug

Former CS: GO coach of Natus Vincere, Andrey "Andi" Prokhorov expressed his opinion about the ban for using a coach bug in one of the official matches. Andrei clarified that he was not even near the computer during the match and was standing behind the players' backs, and learned about the vulnerability itself already in 2020, when they began to remove the coaches.

"If my memory serves me, it was in March 2017 that I became the coach of the team, and the last days of March, including the 29th (the day of the match against NiP), I spent at a long training camp with the team - in preparation for the Starladder tournament, which was start in early April in Kiev.I learned about the existence of some kind of bug in 2020, when the case was made public. Until this moment, I did not come across it myself and did not hear about its presence.It is absolutely normal practice for bootcamps, when the coach enters the server with the team, goes to the spectators, and then goes behind the backs to the players in order to look not at each one separately, but to see everyone in front of him. I believe the following happened during that match: when I entered the spectators, somehow, the camera changed its position. The sixth computer at that base had a peculiarity - it stood with its back to the other five computers, that is, the one who went behind the backs to the players could not see what was happening on the monitor. Returning to the computer after the game, as usual, I left the server, because when the match ends and the teams left it, the camera flies anyway.Thus, I did not even realize that some kind of "violation" took place, because I played the match behind the players' backs.More detailed points to summarize:1. I still haven't been able to watch the video - the prosecution. However, based on reliable sources, the camera was not controlled, and there were two views: the first - to the sky, almost half of the game; the second is under the bridge;2. The team did not adjust to the actions of the opponent;3. This is the only precedent, moreover, where no one controls the camera. Let me say that my team lost this game without any chances;4. This was the first bootcamp for me as a coach before the first major tournament; there are always a lot of people on the base, including a manager, operator, correspondent, CEO, etc. Can anyone really believe that the coach comes to the first bootcamp, sits down at the computer, turns on a bug and off we go? To this day, I have no idea how it turns on. Agree, such actions look, to put it mildly, not entirely adequate, to say nothing of logic.Be that as it may, I believe that the prosecution does not have sufficient grounds for judgment, let alone the charges. I have never used any prohibited programs, bugs, and moreover, on this basis, I have not voiced information to the players. I was annoyed to see my name on this list, but I hope, both in relation to me and in relation to other innocent coaches, the prosecution will consider each case in more detail. "