League of Legends' Weakest Wintrading Ever. Attempted Lining Pockets by Losing, Team Still Won
A new season in LoL recently began for both casual and professional players. Ultraliga started it with a hitch, as two players attempted wintrading in one the of games.
Ultraliga is a professional e-sports league, supported and sponsored by Riot Games, which brings together players and organizes professional LoL competitions in Central and Eastern Europe. It mostly involves players from Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine.
Last week, a game between Iron Wolves and ESCA Gaming was held. This was a match, in theory, just like any other. But neither the spectators nor the commentators could have anticipated the nature of events that were about to unfold.
Gwen's immune to wintrading
Two new players have joined the Iron Wolves lineup, namely jungler Kylin and midlaner Odin, who have been members of the team for just a few days. From the get-go, the duo was making rather audacious moves that seemed to defy conventional strategy. Just to note, this was a pro-league match, where players should really know what to do depending on the situation.
The most obvious cases were described along with the context by Rival in his YouTube posting.
The whole situation is already under Ultraliga and Riot Games scrutiny. Kylin and Odin have been suspended, and their team cannot continue the competition because there are no substitutes for the penalized players.
Iron Wolves also spoke out on this matter, announcing that they will fully cooperate with Riot to clarify "unprofessional behavior."
"Let me out of here, I've had enough, I'm quitting this game"
Wintrading is a form of match fixing that involves deliberately leading your own team to defeat. The most common reason for such actions is usually financial gain, and this might be the case here as well.
The problem is that the plan fell through because Iron Wolves managed to win despite playing 3vs7. HeSSZero on the top line, Ruf on ADC and Endz on support rose to the occasion, played an amazing match, and won despite having their efforts hindered by two-fifths of their. Despite his standout performance on Gwen, the toplaner couldn't wait for the match to end, as evident in his words: "Let me out, I'm done, I'm leaving this game."
Wintrading, unfortunately, occurs quite often in the highest ranks on ranked matches, but it happens extremely rarely in the case of professional, live broadcasts. Especially hidden so poorly, or rather not hidden at all.
Now we just have to wait for the verdict of the Ultraliga and Riot Games.
