CSGO participant banned dwell on Twitch stream for dishonest in Main qualifier

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The primary NA open qualifier for the BLAST.television Paris Main was thrown into disarray on February 14 after a participant was caught dishonest dwell on stream.

Because the qualifier’s Spherical of 16 was about to get underway, the participant ‘pawt’ of crew Enjoyable MIx was banned by Avid gamers Membership, the platform the place the match is being held, earlier than the beginning of the match towards Strife Esports.

Confusion ensued earlier than it was revealed that the participant had been banned for a dishonest offense. The second was caught dwell on stream by Dust2.us’ Twitch channel, which was about to stream the match.

Avid gamers Membership disqualified Enjoyable MIx after the incident and overturned the crew’s Spherical of 32 victory towards goomba stomp, who went on to lose to Strife by a 16-2 scoreline.

The incident additional provides to what was already a rocky qualifier, on a platform with which most North American gamers should not acquainted. Avid gamers Membership, self-described as “the largest esports platform in Brazil”, partnered with BLAST to host the qualifiers for the upcoming Major in both South America and North America.

Open qualifiers for the overwhelming majority of worldwide competitions are run on FACEIT, which just lately merged with ESL, BLAST’s greatest competitor, after the 2 corporations had been purchased by Saudi Arabian government-backed Savvy Gaming Group in January 2022 for a mixed $1.5bn.

The primary North American qualifier was marked by low signups, with solely 36 groups registering for the match. Eight groups will progress from the open qualifiers to the closed stage, through which they are going to be a part of groups like Complexity, MIBR and Evil Geniuses.