Notable for investigating the coaching bug scandal in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the organization has received criticisms for a lack of resources and game knowledge.

[1][2] Smith had been an attorney working in sports regulation law before he was brought into the Global Offensive scene to investigate skin gambling.

[5][6] The commission only employs five full-time workers and works by partnering with several betting websites and tournament organizers.

[7] Although ESIC received plaudits for the CS:GO coaching bug investigation, the organization has also been criticized for a perceived lack of expertise about the games it regulates.

[10] ESIC was criticized in December 2022 when it lifted Nicolai "HUNDEN" Petersen's two-year ban early after a "constructive engagement between the two parties".