Furthermore, in the press release, it was announced that Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, will be hosting servers for teams that need it.
The statement released by Michael Allen is as follows:
"Verizon and Cyberathlete Amateur League are partnering this season to provide Counter-Strike Servers for Invite, Premier and Main. Verizon, through their Verizon Gaming Network will be providing accounts for teams so that they can host their own server whenever they want for scrims and matches. The game servers will be on Verizon’s network infrastructure that spans the US and will ensure playability where ever you are in the US.
The Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL) has selected E-Sports Entertainment’s (ESEA) anti-cheat Client to help police and standardize all Counter-Strike Invite and Premier matches for Season 16. Building off of the success and effectiveness during CAL’s $25,000 online Razer tournaments, ESEA’s Client will better equip CAL’s Anti-Cheat Staff with the tools and information needed to more effectively catch and punish players seeking to gain unfair advantages through cheats and illegal client variables. With over 300,000 league participants, CAL is the largest online gaming league in the world and has been a longtime leader in competitive online league play.
In addition to protecting players against third party cheats or client exploits, E-Sports Entertainment has also developed a custom authentication module to validate the players in the server against their registered CAL rosters. Doing so will limit the use of ringers and hold teams more accountable for using any roster violations. This season will be a building block to implement the ESEA Client into all CAL Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source divisions for future seasons.
Since its inception the ESEA Client has caught nearly one cheater a day and detected 2,000 illegal client settings while protecting over 20 million player minutes of ESEA's Premium service. Featuring proprietary pick up game, last man standing, and death match server modifications with advanced statistics and player authentication modules, E-Sports Entertainment's Premium service offer a fun, controlled, and 24 hour destination for online gaming."
This should definately cut down on the amount of illegitimate players and should improve the overall quality of play in the league.
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