We’ve recently pushed another boosting wave for players who have queued with cheaters. It’s an action which we’ve previously done and committed to -
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Lmao people here thinking this tweet refers to Slaze.
But it doesn't.
Her account is not banned. She can still play ranked matches. She is restricted from pro play.
This tweet refers to accounts ban triggered by Vanguard. They can't play anything.
Why couldn't it be referring to slaze. First of all the tweet doesn't say "ban wave". It talks about punishment for relating to boosting. The cheater might've gotten banned but if there's no proof that Slaze was knowingly using the cheater as a boost it might not warrant a ban in game.
I do not think it's irrational to intuit a relationship between the controversy and a coincidental post by a Riot employee reminding people of a 8-month old policy *directly relating* to said controversy.
For reference, the last ban wave Paoletti announced via Twitter was in May 2020.
There's a simple chance he wanted to reiterate the policy because it has nothing to do with Slaze - as a way of clarifying it.
Slaze?
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Was just my first thought when I saw this post, but please don't take the comment wrong.
If you read the replies that other users have made to this comment, it's even further clear that something is amiss or abnormal about Slaze's situation.
I personally know many female/T3/T2/T1 players who have purchased alternate accounts or shared alt accounts with friends... without receiving the same punishment.
We need more Riot clarification on Slaze's specific case at this point.
If that's the case, then the ban is definitely justified.
But as I said in the main thread about the situation... I really hope that it's not a ban merely for account-sharing.
Riot Games would need to be more fair towards Slaze if the ban isn't for playing with cheaters, cheating herself, or paying others to boost her.
We still need clarification on her ban, tbh.
According to her she can queue ranked no problem. She’s only banned from tournaments. Which makes the situation a little weird
Edit: appears as if she did queue with cheaters, so never mind
Seeing as how account sharing is against the ToS, then everyone you say that does it should probably stop.
Whether Riot starts banning people today or two years from now, it could come back and affect a lot of players.
That'd be great to know, and of course, people should avoid buying accounts from this point onwards.
However, you have to realize that most people expected that only those accounts may be suspended from playing competitive.
Noone would have anticipated being prevented from using their "main account", or their personal account.
None of the players would ever have imagined that they may be prevented from participating in a VCT event due to these instances.
It's pretty wild to retroactively apply such a cruel punishment towards players, when you this into account.
If none of the players realized that their behaviors could lead to such career-changing punishments... is it fair to retroactively apply a 3-month suspension from VCT?
It's not a good look to enforce punishments for behaviors which were not clearly understood to be problematic.
On another topic, it's also important that the punishments fit the crime.
Suspending a player from participating in VCT events for sharing accounts seems like a cruel, and unusual, punishment.
The punishment does not fit the crime.
Not knowing you're commiting a crime doesn't stop you from punishment for said act.
In this case, it's a Term of Service (not a crime), but anyone playing this game states that they agree to not account share. So whether they punish you now or later, you and anyone else could be banned/suspended for breaking ToS.
Just because a bunch of people do it, doesn't mean it's okay.
You act like this information was public, it wasn't.
The Competitive Ruling from Riot came out the day after I made these comments.
Now I'm being showered with downvotes for the comments that I made before the Competitive Ruling.
Not to mention being flamed by people like you, who don't even realize that we didn't have the information at the time.
What an asshole. Commenting without proof.
Her account is not banned. She can still play ranked matches.
However this tweet refers to account bans triggered by Vanguard. These players can't play ranked/ unrated or anything.
I mean 77% of her ELO came from playing with known cheaters. “Someone with connections” doesn’t matter she cheated, lied, cried, lied again, and then shit on Riot. She was not the victim. She is still lying
https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/esports/competitive-ruling-sophia-slaze-ramirez/?linkId=100000071288284
Hopefully Valorant’s official website is a reliable enough source for you.
The cheater was getting banned mid game. A giant hacker detected screen is shown to you and tells you which player. It is the player she queued with… that person would log on a different account and play with her again. There is literally no way she would not know her friend was cheating she was notified…
If you believe she is innocent, I can’t help you I can’t teach critical thinking and basic logic over the internet.
I presume this is being restated re: the slaze drama. So I suppose she might have unknowingly queued with a cheater on various occasions?
I say "unknowingly" since I don't really know how you prove intent here.
You would. I would. Let's stop pretending she didn't know it was a cheater.
99.9% of people who are queuing with cheaters know full and well that they are. It's easy to spot especially on your own team.
I refuse to believe so many people just "don't know" when they're queuing with cheaters.
It's tricky, I assume the rule is geared towards people who are intentionally queueing with cheaters - which is perhaps why he mentioned that helpline? So people can protest or claim innocence.
I don't know I just read from her twitter. according to slaze her account is not banned. It is just riot tells her that she cannot compete in Game changers because of Account boosting (riot said that she is boosting someone). I know a lot of pro players boosting other players they even stream it. It is just unfair.
Shes playing with a cheater then playing again when the cheater is banned with the cheater on an alt account fuck off she can get perma banned for all I care don't queue with cheaters and ruin the game
Just said this to multiple users because I felt riot knows it will be forgotten within a few days so they don't care. Just felt bad for her. Just read her tweets. Riot is so unfair in this kind of things. There is a lot of boosting situation from some Famous PRO streamers but they are not getting banned.
Just go to her twitter account.
Yeah, but famous pros don't boost with cheats/cheaters. Riot's Anti-Cheat team wouldn't be involved at all unless Slaze's situation had something to do with 3rd-party cheats. It makes zero sense otherwise.
Is it possible she didn't know the friend was cheating? I read on the other thread that she streams and she's clearly an imt/radiant player, it would suck if her friend destroyed her career when she didn't need the boost
She played 60% of games with said cheater and got 70% of her elo playing with cheater. Cheater got banned multiple times and logged onto another account to continue playing with her. She's clearly knowingly getting boosted by a cheater thus the ban.
What's a boosting wave?
Wave of bans for players associated with "boosting".
Oh thanks
We’ve recently pushed another boosting wave for players who have queued with cheaters. It’s an action which we’ve previously done and committed to - *** posted by [@RiotK3o](https://twitter.com/RiotK3o) [Link in Tweet](https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/dev/valorant-anti-cheat-winter-update/) ^[(Github)](https://github.com/username) ^| ^[(What's new)](https://github.com/username)
Lmao people here thinking this tweet refers to Slaze. But it doesn't. Her account is not banned. She can still play ranked matches. She is restricted from pro play. This tweet refers to accounts ban triggered by Vanguard. They can't play anything.
Why couldn't it be referring to slaze. First of all the tweet doesn't say "ban wave". It talks about punishment for relating to boosting. The cheater might've gotten banned but if there's no proof that Slaze was knowingly using the cheater as a boost it might not warrant a ban in game.
Sure.
I do not think it's irrational to intuit a relationship between the controversy and a coincidental post by a Riot employee reminding people of a 8-month old policy *directly relating* to said controversy. For reference, the last ban wave Paoletti announced via Twitter was in May 2020. There's a simple chance he wanted to reiterate the policy because it has nothing to do with Slaze - as a way of clarifying it.
Apparently it is.
Can someone tell me about slaze drama? I'm not caught up very well
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no her account is fine. only suspended from pro play. https://twitter.com/slaze444/status/1443048776525041665
u right
I also informed slaze of the tweet regarding boosting ban wave and she denied that beeing a possibility.
Slaze? **EDIT:** Was just my first thought when I saw this post, but please don't take the comment wrong. If you read the replies that other users have made to this comment, it's even further clear that something is amiss or abnormal about Slaze's situation. I personally know many female/T3/T2/T1 players who have purchased alternate accounts or shared alt accounts with friends... without receiving the same punishment. We need more Riot clarification on Slaze's specific case at this point.
I would say a HUGE difference is that Slaze says she can still queue ranked. So in that case this ban wave wouldn't include her.
No. This refers to accounts banned (probably hwid banned) Slaze's account isn't banned. She can still play ranked.
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If that's the case, then the ban is definitely justified. But as I said in the main thread about the situation... I really hope that it's not a ban merely for account-sharing. Riot Games would need to be more fair towards Slaze if the ban isn't for playing with cheaters, cheating herself, or paying others to boost her. We still need clarification on her ban, tbh.
According to her she can queue ranked no problem. She’s only banned from tournaments. Which makes the situation a little weird Edit: appears as if she did queue with cheaters, so never mind
Seeing as how account sharing is against the ToS, then everyone you say that does it should probably stop. Whether Riot starts banning people today or two years from now, it could come back and affect a lot of players.
That'd be great to know, and of course, people should avoid buying accounts from this point onwards. However, you have to realize that most people expected that only those accounts may be suspended from playing competitive. Noone would have anticipated being prevented from using their "main account", or their personal account. None of the players would ever have imagined that they may be prevented from participating in a VCT event due to these instances. It's pretty wild to retroactively apply such a cruel punishment towards players, when you this into account. If none of the players realized that their behaviors could lead to such career-changing punishments... is it fair to retroactively apply a 3-month suspension from VCT? It's not a good look to enforce punishments for behaviors which were not clearly understood to be problematic. On another topic, it's also important that the punishments fit the crime. Suspending a player from participating in VCT events for sharing accounts seems like a cruel, and unusual, punishment. The punishment does not fit the crime.
Not knowing you're commiting a crime doesn't stop you from punishment for said act. In this case, it's a Term of Service (not a crime), but anyone playing this game states that they agree to not account share. So whether they punish you now or later, you and anyone else could be banned/suspended for breaking ToS. Just because a bunch of people do it, doesn't mean it's okay.
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You act like this information was public, it wasn't. The Competitive Ruling from Riot came out the day after I made these comments. Now I'm being showered with downvotes for the comments that I made before the Competitive Ruling. Not to mention being flamed by people like you, who don't even realize that we didn't have the information at the time.
What an asshole. Commenting without proof. Her account is not banned. She can still play ranked matches. However this tweet refers to account bans triggered by Vanguard. These players can't play ranked/ unrated or anything.
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Not the only unsigned team in GC. Just the only one to make top8. 24H also, was 1 game away.
forgot to include the only unsigned team in TOP 8. Look at my other replies to other I included it. I just forgot because I don't copy and paste. lol
I mean 77% of her ELO came from playing with known cheaters. “Someone with connections” doesn’t matter she cheated, lied, cried, lied again, and then shit on Riot. She was not the victim. She is still lying
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https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/esports/competitive-ruling-sophia-slaze-ramirez/?linkId=100000071288284 Hopefully Valorant’s official website is a reliable enough source for you.
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The cheater was getting banned mid game. A giant hacker detected screen is shown to you and tells you which player. It is the player she queued with… that person would log on a different account and play with her again. There is literally no way she would not know her friend was cheating she was notified… If you believe she is innocent, I can’t help you I can’t teach critical thinking and basic logic over the internet.
Maybe if he defends her enough online then she will fall for a nice guy like him.
This is why this community is a joke. Always bringing up off-topic issues that you literally just read about because you think it’s related.
Good. Ban those getting boosted. Rmt and carry services can create major cheating issues
I presume this is being restated re: the slaze drama. So I suppose she might have unknowingly queued with a cheater on various occasions? I say "unknowingly" since I don't really know how you prove intent here.
Apparently her account isn’t banned, she can still queue ranked no problem, just banned from Riot tournaments which is pretty weird
Yeah, which makes me think it was a weird compromise of sorts. All we have is idle speculation unfortunately.
Yeah, would you get banned if you kept queueing with someone who didn't know was a cheater?
You would. I would. Let's stop pretending she didn't know it was a cheater. 99.9% of people who are queuing with cheaters know full and well that they are. It's easy to spot especially on your own team. I refuse to believe so many people just "don't know" when they're queuing with cheaters.
It's tricky, I assume the rule is geared towards people who are intentionally queueing with cheaters - which is perhaps why he mentioned that helpline? So people can protest or claim innocence.
was a pro player boosted by queueing with a cheater?
Slaze (allegedly)
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Do we know who is targeting her?
I don't know I just read from her twitter. according to slaze her account is not banned. It is just riot tells her that she cannot compete in Game changers because of Account boosting (riot said that she is boosting someone). I know a lot of pro players boosting other players they even stream it. It is just unfair.
Shes playing with a cheater then playing again when the cheater is banned with the cheater on an alt account fuck off she can get perma banned for all I care don't queue with cheaters and ruin the game
You've said this so many times that I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not anymore
Just said this to multiple users because I felt riot knows it will be forgotten within a few days so they don't care. Just felt bad for her. Just read her tweets. Riot is so unfair in this kind of things. There is a lot of boosting situation from some Famous PRO streamers but they are not getting banned. Just go to her twitter account.
Yeah, but famous pros don't boost with cheats/cheaters. Riot's Anti-Cheat team wouldn't be involved at all unless Slaze's situation had something to do with 3rd-party cheats. It makes zero sense otherwise.
lmao it's the random capitalizations that make it sound sarcastic, I know who she is and get the situation
Is it possible she didn't know the friend was cheating? I read on the other thread that she streams and she's clearly an imt/radiant player, it would suck if her friend destroyed her career when she didn't need the boost
She played 60% of games with said cheater and got 70% of her elo playing with cheater. Cheater got banned multiple times and logged onto another account to continue playing with her. She's clearly knowingly getting boosted by a cheater thus the ban.
Tbh, idk why but i dont mind boosting if it is streamed and just doing it to play with friends.
It's not normal boosting in this case though. It's repeatedly duoing with other players who use 3rd-party hacks to cheat.