During the Knights Before Christmas $10K Invitational it was announced that the Built By Gamers roster got disqualified due to an on-going investigation regarding BBG pro player Critical. Here was the Knights’ statement:
BBG wrongfully disqualified at Pittsburgh Knights Tournament – Why?
Suspicions arose after 3 weird VALORANT clips popped up on twitter, leading to conclusions that Critical was cheating during the event. Here below is one of the suspicious clips:
President of the Pittsburgh Knights, James O’Connor took to the official tweet to state the following:
ya everyone thought niesow and leaf cheated too. the only people that can decide if someone is cheating is riot, not us armchair analysts going over 15 second clips like we're flushaholics trying to chase our next high. seems like a hasty decision
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) December 20, 2020
BBG wrongfully disqualified at Pittsburgh Knights Tournament – Community reaction
The entire VALORANT community felt outraged. The fact that an entire team got disqualified based on suspicious clips instead of conclusive evidence was a very bad move from James, and the Knights. James then consulted the Anti-Cheat PD, which specializes in gathering intelligence on cheats, in order to suspend & detect cheating parties. After their investigation, it was made clear that Critical wasn’t cheating.
Due to this, the Built By Gamers roster got a heads up that they could resume the tournament. But they decided it was better not to, after the intense scenario they had gone through.
Later on, Gen.G, which would have been their next opponent in the bracket, received a BYE, and went on to win the event.
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