posted by Smyke,
The following have been permanently banned from participating in Valve events as of Jan 1, 2021.
— Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) January 3, 2021
- Teams: Newbee
- Players: Moogy, AQ, Wizard, Waixi, Faith.#DPC #Dota2
Valve follows example of Chinese Dota scene
ImbaTV investigated a suspicious series at the StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor #3 in February. Three months later, Newbee were found guilty of match fixing and kicked out of the CDA Alliance, a partnership between the Chinese Dota 2 Professional Association and the Dota 2 Professional League. This excluded them from DPL-CDA Professional League Season 1 and China Dota2 Professional League Season 2.
Valve has now extended this ban to all events sanctioned by the developer, effectively ending the organisation's options to compete in two of the biggest esports events in the world. Newbee, however, is not going to accept this verdict. In a statement on Weibo, the organisation claims that they were not involved in match fixing and didn't encourage such behaviour. Newbee may even take legal action against the players themselves.
What do you think about Valve banning Newbee? Tell us in the comments!
Photo credit: StarLadder
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