Video game players to be tested for performance enhancing drugs at tournament

Following an admission by a professional Counter-Strike player (…what?) that he and many “all” of his colleagues were using Adderall, the Electronic Sports League will be putting into effect an anti-doping policy to prevent future PED abuse amongst their competitors.

Electronic Sports League (ESL), world’s largest gaming organization, announced on Thursday that they would begin testing competing e-sports gamers for PEDs.

The drug is commonly used to cure and aid people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

The ESL put it is going to enlist the services of the World AntiovervallenDoping Agency and Germany’s anti-doping organization to form a coverage upon the problem, and seeks to achieve analysis in any respect of the most significant happenings should the statement is determined.

As mentioned in their announcement, this random drug test will begin at next month’s ESL One Cologne tournament. “I do not even care, we have been all on Adderall“, he stated with amusing.

An e-sports trend of video games drawing huge audiences as spectator sports has boomed in recent years, bringing with it big cash prizes at tournaments; teams with deep-pocketed sponsors, and even wagering on outcomes.

Unikrn launched its e-sports betting arena in Australia about two months ago in a partnership with Tabcorp, a wagering specialty firm with global reach.

US video gaming team Cloud9 admitted to taking Aderall at an ESL tournament in March Jack Etienne, the owner of Cloud9 told the New York Times: “We don’t agree with Kory’s statements about Cloud9, and don’t condone the use of Adderall unless it was prescribed for medical reasons”.

Billions of hours of video related to gaming are watched monthly at YouTube, from “walk-through” clips showing players how to handle challenges, to comedic commentary and in-game action.

“To play a match, be it online or offline, under the influence of any drugs, alcohol, or other performance enhancers is strictly prohibited, and may be punished with exclusion”.