"CS2" contestant was fined for "cheating" with Razer keyboard in competition: an innocent mistake that failed his teammates

Emergency stop technology is crucial in competitive FPS games, allowing players to maintain firearm accuracy by moving quickly and stopping abruptly. While emergency stops have traditionally required players to quickly release and tap the opposite arrow key, the "Quick Tap" feature makes this technique easier, requiring players to simply press the opposite arrow key.

However, fast knocking is also seen as cheating in some competitive FPS games. In the recent 20th season of CS2 ESL Pro League, HEROIC player René "TeSeS" Madsen was found guilty of enabling the feature on the hardware, causing the team to lose the entire game.

TeSeS has admitted the error on social media, saying it was not aware of it, and has turned off the feature. The incident has sparked discussion about the boundaries of cheating in electronic sports. Razer's driver is thought to have caused the quick tap feature to be enabled without knowledge. Other keyboards besides Razer offer similar functionality.

As technology advances, there is an increasing possibility of hardware competition in electronic sports. Features such as high refresh rate screens and hardware macros that reduce the difficulty of operation pose a new challenge for electronic sports: how to draw the line of cheating. This is a matter that requires time and consideration, as electronic sports is still in the development stage.