Riot Games have released a statement which stated that Guild Esports are disqualified from EU First Strike Playoffs due to an in-game bug exploitation. Here is their statement:
Guild Esports disqualified from EU First Strike Playoffs – What was the Exploit?
In their final match of the closed qualifiers (Just before the Quarter Finals), Guild Esports faced off Europe’s best team, G2 esports in a best of one. The map picked was Ascent, and according to many, G2 was the favourite heading into the match.
The match started out strongly for the Swedish lineup as they took the half by storm; however in round 12, Guild intended on using an exploit to gain an unfair advantage over G2. The bug involved Killjoy’s signature ability (Turret) and Sage’s Wall to create an extended boost over Ascent’s B Main. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, this is how the bug looks like:
Here is G2 Pyth’s POV, dying to the Turret + Wall Boost:
.@G2pyth POV dying to the boost pic.twitter.com/8MdH62of9D
— Haci (@DonHaci) November 14, 2020
Guild Esports went on to win the match 13-10, confident that they took down the best team in Europe, and advanced through to the playoffs.
Here is what Guild Esports had to say about their disqualification:
Credits: Guild Esports
Guild Esports disqualified from EU First Strike Playoffs – What will this mean for them?
Guild’s use of the Killjoy turret and Sage Wall certainly shook the VALORANT scene, as something like this had never happened before. A few days after the ban, Guild Esports are now memeing the disqualification and participating in the third European First Strike qualifier.
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