Arie — Everyone’s favourite bitcoin mining site American TF2 league, ESEA, is being sued! In case you missed what happened, the ESEA client program, which you need to have installed if you want to play in their league, was used to mine bitcoins. This involves doing a lot of calculations on the CPU and GPU, which can lead to overheating and damage.
ESEA reaction
A bunch of people have now sued, seeking compensation for the damage caused by this unauthorized use of their computer. A judge and jury will now have to determine if ESEA’s original and rather dubious excuse (“rogue employee did it, sorry lol”) is factual and sufficient.
So are we rooting for ESEA to survive this, or would this be a great opportunity for a NATF2L-like league to take over?
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2013-07-04 by Arie.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.