Azubu Frost should have been DQed and banned from participating in any tourneys for a year minimum.

Its funny, because almost every team in the tournament got warnings for doing the same as AZF. Even that, they were WAY better than TSM in every aspect of the game. Their jungling was so agressive that TSM jungling barely could get red 2 or 3 times. The only thing I saw after the game ended, was TSM and CLG fans QQing way too much.

Honestly if you were to DQ AZF for peeking, you should DQ every other team for peeking (which in turn was already a decent part of the tournament). The main difference is that AZF gained something this time. However what people are saying is that every other team that peeked didn’t gain anything in return and thus they should be okay. It’s like saying you peeked at a friends test for answers in school, saw his answers were wrong and decided not to copy them. Did you gain anything? No. Did you cheat? Yes. The same thing can be said here. 

There is no such thing as a good cheat, I’d say full DQ since 2 million is on the line. Riot really dropped the ball on this on my opinion.

Not having Azubu Frost in the finals would completely illegitimize a already damaged Worlds imo. While I don’t think 30k was enough, a DQ would do more harm than good to the sport as a whole.

On another note the matches yesterday were amazing, but I’ve been rooting for TPA since their dominance over M5, and this certainly won’t change that. Go TPA!

They should have had the setup that MLG Anaheim had with the sound-proof booths. Make it blacked out in the back so you cant see screens or anything but the crowd, your team and your computer screens. The best way to avoid cheaters is prevent methods of cheating.

Cheating and they don’t get DQ? rofl, what is the point to this tournament, just cheat its no biggy when u just pay it with your winnings. Tournament is a bunch of shite and so is Riot. The set design stuff is pure common sense, my grandad would of done a better job.

lol i didnt even notice the ss of the dude obviously lookin at the minimap. so terrible.

yep i would have dq’ed every team that was caught looking at the other screen. of course i also would have never had the screens put in a location where the opposing team could see them but thats besides the point

cheating is cheating and now if azubu wins it all they have effectively proven that cheating gets you a slap on the wrist while still being able to compete for the 1 million grand prize.

what im still baffled at not seeing is any kind of apology from anyone for cheating. sure you cheated and cheaters are typically looked down upon, but being the bigger person and owning up to it and apologizing would go a long way to restoring some faith to your game. just my opinion however

Some of the onus has to fall on the organisers who created the poor setup, AZF are getting highlighted as they won, but every other team that did it, which has been reported AZF weren’t the only team doing it, have to be held accountable aswel.

Also I’d like to see the official rules regarding this situation, if there is no Black and White ruling on this issue, then they can’t possibly hold AZF accountable, as any competitive professional knows they will exploit any rules to win, if they can. The organisers can only learn and adapt the rules.

TSM should have practiced more, AZF is better atm tbh… but this happening is idiotic and although they are at fault for cheating, riot is also to blame. They should never have set this up in this matter. When I realised there were no delay and on a live stage with no soundbarred booths? BG.

It’s really really rare for a sports team to be disqualified post match for an infraction it commits during the game. The only sport that I can think of that nullifies victories semi frequently is the NCAA and almost unanimously, those are due to off the field, non sport related rule violations.

To hammer the point. Remember ‘Spygate’ a few years ago where the NE Patriots were actively caught cheating, spying/taping other teams practices (mind you, much more premeditated than a glance). NO WINS WERE NULLIFIED. None. Fined 500k and denied a first round draft pick the next year. 

Anyway, I understand the ‘DQ them!’ sentiment, but the fine certainly has precedent in the competitive sport world. 

I am saying DQ but this is to me mostly on Riot with their poor stage, come on, watching the dota2 international and this, the first thing I said to myself was “Can’t they hear or see whats going on from the people and the screens all over the place?” there not inclose but hey the stage rotated woot and come on if there is a 40 foot screen behind me I am going to look also because it a big ass screen. Riot if you look at this, please copy what they do in most MLG and Dota2 tournaments.

DQ The player on the team that cheated & fine him 30k.

The team should be tax’ed with -15% of all winnings as well to promote fair play.

The player that cheated should be DQ for the next riot event.

Disqualified. People hate it when you screen-look in couch coop versus. The only difference here is the 30k prize pool. They should’ve been banned.

Either you cheat or you dont cheat … there is no “half-cheating” just like there is no “half-pregnant”. So either they are innocent and dont deserve a fine OR they are guilty and have to be disqualified. Since they are fined it seems that Riot feels it proven that they cheated and thus they should have been disqualified … no matter how terrible the stage design was.

The guy who designed the stage needs to be fired in any case. It would have been simple to borrow the booths from MLG OR to have the players seated to the side but behind the big screen. Having a clear view of the audience will ALWAYS enable cheating and with such a big prize pool Riot should have taken no chances. Booths are a MUST HAVE!