Ninja accused the wrong team of cheating this time

Tyler “Ninja” Blevens is going through backlash after he accused Valorant group Constructed By Avid gamers (BBG) of dishonest in a current match in opposition to his personal group, Time In. The favored streamer and professional gamer’s transfer led BBG to be quickly disqualified from advancing within the Knights Before Christmas Invitational.

As Dextero reported, the accusations in opposition to BBG’s Tristan ‘Vital’ Trinacty got here after a clip circulated of Vital allegedly “locking on” to a Time In participant, suggesting the usage of some form of aimbot. BBG gained the Dec. 20 match in opposition to Time In 2-0, however BBG was quickly disqualified as event organizers Pittsburgh Knights investigated the incident. Consequently, Time In superior to the quarterfinals. That’s, till Pittsburgh Knights discovered the allegations to be inconclusive and overturned the ban in order that Time In will not take part within the subsequent spherical. BBG was allowed to advance, however the group tweeted that it determined to drop out to arrange for different Valorant tournaments.

Things only got worse for Ninja when he took to Twitter to make feedback about Vital following the overturn. Fortnite professional AlexJJ of group Rogue suggested that Pittsburgh Knights run one other match to make up for the incident, which prompted Ninja to write, “[Y]ou are saying that if there are suspicions of somebody dishonest (for the 4th time) in a event for cash, do not do something till after, though they knocked out a number of deserving groups unfairly?”

Whereas it is true that Vital was beforehand accused of dishonest in matches 3 times, Valorant developer Riot Video games cleared the participant in all three incidents. On Twitter, streamer and content material creator THump pointed out that Vital’s earlier allegations shouldn’t have been taken into consideration. “First 3 occasions he was cleared by Riot, who has much more info than we do,” he wrote.

Pittsburgh Knights additionally confronted backlash after the short transfer to disqualify BBG with little proof. In his personal tweet, video games trade analyst Rod “Slasher” Breslau referred to as it a “hasty decision.” In the meantime, Critical thanked fans for his or her help on that “irritating day.”

Ninja has a historical past of talking out in opposition to alleged cheaters, making it clear that he doesn’t help the motion. Again in March, Ninja, a really influential determine within the streaming neighborhood with more than 16 million Twitch followers, broke his silence on Fortnite pros Slackes and Keys cheating in a tournament, saying he was “disillusioned” within the gamers as a result of they had been “too proficient” to cheat. “This aggressive scene is solely ran by children,” Ninja said in a dialogue of that individual incident.