CS:GO captain celebrates victory against ‘ex-cheater’ at BLAST Paris Major

FORZE’s in-game leader Andrey “Jerry” Mekhryakov took shots at Monte’s rifler Sergiy “DemQQ” Demchenko—both on the server and in an interview—after his squad defeated Monte 16-6 on May 9 in the BLAST Paris CS:GO Major Challengers Stage. Jerry accused DemQQ of playing with cheaters on the controversial team Akuma in 2020 and said he felt extra motivated because of that before today’s match.

“The only case here that gives me energy is that DemQQ was playing in Akuma, in the RMR in 2020, and he was probably playing with the cheaters, everyone knows that,” Jerry said in a post-match interview with HLTV. “But no one can prove it because it’s Counter-Strike, we don’t have an institute to detect cheats because they might be really good. That was the only motivation, I think, because when you play against an ex-cheater at a Major you have to win. [laughs] About handshaking? I think it’s just their choice and we don’t really care.”