Valorant Pro Accused Of Letting Boyfriend Take Over During Women-Only Match
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On July 24, the mysterious Twitter account @nicekeybinds posted a complete Google Doc accusing MarsArxa, a member of the all-women Valorant esports crew Fallacy, and her boyfriend Nate ‘Payen’ Lopez of dishonest. The incident occurred throughout a match organized by Galorants, a neighborhood house for feminine and non-binary gamers of League of Legends developer Riot Games’ team-based hero shooter. Both gamers have been quiet for the reason that allegations surfaced (Lopez didn’t reply to Kotaku’s request for remark in time for publication, Mars put her Twitter on non-public), and Galorants has but to handle the problem, having as a substitute spent the weekend placing out fires made by its fuzzy Astral Clash Tournament guidelines and unsportsmanlike conduct unrelated to those allegations.
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@nicekeybinds has additionally been silent since dropping the frilly doc, which was put collectively after the writers watched a successful stream clip Mars posted and deemed her response disproportionately lowkey.
“We don’t know what kind of person says absolutely nothing after winning a 1v5 versus a well respected signed team,” the doc says.
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Then, in devoted element, it factors out each discrepancy between Mars’ typical playstyle and settings and Lopez’s, which have been discovered by evaluating streaming clips posted on their Twitter accounts. That consists of totally different keybinds, mini-maps of various sizes, and totally different body charges. The doc additionally notes that Lopez performed a ranked sport with 4 Fallacy crew members the day earlier than the match.
“Mars is missing from this game,” the doc says, “perhaps so that this roster could practice together without her.”
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The match that Mars allegedly cheated in was a “last chance” qualifier to 4 groups incomes an all-expenses paid journey to the Astral Clash finals in Southern California on August 6. Team Fallacy made it in, however their qualification actually relies on whether or not or not Lopez performed for Mars, which esports character Jake Lucky says Riot Games is wanting into.
Team Fallacy was in one other bind earlier this summer time, when screenshots emerged of gamers encouraging a male-identifying participant to “do a no binary change” with a purpose to compete with them. Mars was concerned in that controversy too, writing on Discord that her crew was “just trying to compete in peace.”
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Aside from previous controversy, this new doc about Mars is notably elaborate contemplating it was written a couple of comparatively unknown Valorant participant with 136 Twitch followers and a modest $300 in competitors winnings. But I assume some folks actually wish to go to California.
Update 07/27/2022 3:40 p.m. ET: Oops, corrected a defective style descriptor.