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CyberEvolution is a North America professional gaming league that was founded in 2003. Using a pay-to-play format, CEVO, as it's commonly known, 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 task asked of he/she relating to assistance or instruction towards any individual signed up or interested in CEVO, and can provide support through IRC and Ventrilo

Contents 1 History 2 Anti-Cheat: CMN Client 3 Anti-Cheat: Officials 4 The Community 5 External links

CyberEvolution was founded in 2003 by owner Charlie Plitt. Currently CEVO has completed four seasons of Counter-Strike 1.6, and is on their third season of both Counter-Strike: Source and Call of Duty 2. Earlier in 2006 they had expanded to two more games, Day of Defeat 1.3 and Defense of the Ancients(DotA).

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 almost 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.

CEVO claims their anti-cheat to be effective, but also state that they understand the possibility of players by-passing CMN3 detection. 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 CEVO community, as it's known, diverges into various coverage, and media forms. CEVO releases staff-written articles, movie reviews, monthly newsletters, and many other public agents.

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