Rainbow 6 Siege Team 'Admits To Throwing Game' For Better Major Seed
The Rainbow 6 Siege community has been catapulted into hysteria, as the head coach of CYCLOPS Athlete Gaming appears to have admitted to intentionally throwing a competitive match which allowed them to get a better seed in the upcoming Six Major event.
The organisation that competes in the Asia-Pacific region have been looking to secure their place at the Rainbow Six Invitational which takes place each February and crowns the winner as World Champions. With their APAC League positioning in jeopardy, CYCLOPS would not have qualified for the major if Cloud9 overtook QConfirm in the standings and subsequently allowed their opponents to take home the win - which led CYCLOPS to be cemented in the qualifying positions.
Despite their eye-brow raising Operator choice and overall performance, Hibiki "XQQ" Motoyama potentially admitting to throwing the game off his own back could have now called their abilities as a team into question. Randomly quoting a tweet that hinted at match-throwing tactics, XQQ appeared to state: "For anyone who [was] wondering why we played like that", which quickly grabbed the attention of Rainbow Six fans around the globe. He has since deleted the tweet.
The Rainbow Six competitive rulebook indicates that CYCLOPS could face a fine between $2,000 and $5,000 alongside a hefty 6-12 month suspension from competing, should they be found guilty. The rulebook states "The intention behind forbidding match throwing is to provide a consistent minimum level of competitiveness and entertainment throughout Rainbow Six Circuits. Examples of match throwing include but are not limited to: losing purposely to obtain a lower seed or rank, purposefully losing to dodge an opponent in a competition bracket etc."
On a technicality, the team actually gained a higher seed rather than lower one, which isn't discussed within the rules, although if true, it will likely break ethics codes.
XQQ took to Twitter again to state "I tried my best to win, but I lost because I was tired from the overcrowded schedule and I couldn't adapt to the new patch. Thank you for your cooperation. A major betting on invisibility will be held in November, so let's meet again at that time", before taking to the platform again to say that this was the "worst day of my competitive career so far".
No punishment has been handed out as of yet.
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