Flashpoint did nothing to rectify the situation, nor did Flashpoint issue a statement to clarify anything. The result ended up being no games replayed and the qualifier continued on. These teams include Apeks, whose “unlucky” position in the bracket put Dennis “ dennis” Edman and the crew on the receiving end of it all. However, until a return to LAN is possible, we have to deal with whatever issues arise.įirst up, the appropriately named team RatPatrol was banned in the qualifier for Flashpoint 3 after having eliminated multiple teams. It is the most fair way to have teams faceoff. This is the reason offline play holds the most respected results. One team will inherently have better ping resulting in slight advantage. Online play comes with an inherent unfairness to it. With LANs not being currently viable, online play is necessary. RatPatrol Banned for Cheating Mid-Tournament The juxtaposition of how both scenarios were handled by Flashpoint is very telling. The latter of both situations is still fresh, and as new details and statements are coming out several times a day, we can clearly see how poorly the organization handles their competition. Over the past year Flashpoint went from a prospective franchise league heavy hitter to a mere RMR event organizer and they managed to dig an even bigger hole for themselves recently. It all kicked off with RatPatrol being banned for playing with a cheater and later with the NiP vs Anonymo causing a fiesta. Flashpoint has been embroiled in a lot of controversy ever since having been given the opportunity to run a Regional Major Ranking event.

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