CyberEvolution

CyberEvolution (commonly abbreviated as CEVO) is a North America professional gaming league that was founded in 2003. Using a pay-to-play and free event format, CEVO provides anti-cheat technology, a customer service team, and cash prizes for the events, composed of a specific game chosen by CEVO's staff and given specific rulings and settings, it holds.

Over five hundred teams from North America and other parts of the world participate in CEVO. CyberEvolution is managed by a staff composed of over forty hired officials to handle cheating disputes, customer support, and any other tasks relating to assistance or instruction towards any individual signed up or interested in CEVO. Officials provide support through CEVO's Live Support system and Ventrilo

History
CyberEvolution (CEVO) was founded in 2003 by owner Charlie Plitt. Currently CEVO has completed six seasons and is now on their seventh season of Counter-Strike 1.6, and is on their fifth season of Counter-Strike: Source. Between late 2006 and mid-2007 CEVO also offered Call of Duty 2. In 2007 they had expanded to two more games, America's Army which is now starting its second season, and Team Fortress 2.

Another introduction in 2007 to the Counter-Strike 1.6 community was Project Gamer; which took off with great success. Project Gamer was aimed to be a free version of CEVO which ran year round and offered prizes based on playoffs which occurred every 3 months. After 1 season of Project Gamer CEVO decided to convert Project Gamer back into the regular CEVO divisions as the new CEVO-a (Amateur) which had been removed for a season.

Anti-Cheat: CMN Client

In recent years, several online gamers have used cheating utilities to give an unfair advantage. Within competitive leagues these cheat utilities, also known as "hacks", are always against league rules. CEVO, in attempts to hinder and prevent cheating within its league, released the "CEVO Match Network", or commonly called the "CMN Client."

Little is actually known about the exact detection methods the CMN uses, which CEVO holds confidential and private. The CMN3 allows specific staff personnel of CEVO to view what are called, "CMN Logs." CMN Logs allow authorized personnel to determine whether a player is or was previously using a cheat or "hack" during matches.

Anti-Cheat: Officials
CEVO claims their anti-cheat to be effective. As a second layer of protection, CEVO uses a multi-review demo review system. All players participating in the league are required to record themselves play via ingame recording commands. When a team accuses an individual of cheating, a CEVO official contacts them requesting their ingame recording, known as a "demo." The demo, along with the CMN Logs, are watched by CEVO officials. The demo is then reviewed by a member of the CID (Cheat Investigation Division), a team of officials with the specific job of viewing demos and screening for cheaters. This process takes about 3 days.

The Games
CEVO currently offers leagues, tournaments, and competitions for the following games.
*Counter-Strike
**Professional
**Main
**Intermediate
**Amateur
*Counter-Strike: Source
**Professional
**Main
**Amateur
*Call of Duty 2
*Team Fortress 2
*Americas Army
**Professional
**Amateur

Staff
* Charlie Plitt
President / Chief Executive Officer

* Eric Ping
Chief Technology Officer

* Mike Herb
Chief Development Officer CMN Technologies

* Jennifer Inglisa
Vice President Marketing

* John Roa
Business Development Director

* Chris Pipher
Director of Gaming Operations and Development

* Samantha Nicolazzi
Human Resources Manager

* Justin Booth
Graphics Artist

The Community

The CEVO community, as it's known, diverges into various coverage, and media forms. CEVO releases staff-written articles, monthly newsletters, and many other public agents.

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