Omega Esports Banned from all Valve Events for Match-Fixing

Omega Esports Banned from all Valve Events for Match-Fixing

Omega Esports Banned from all Valve Events for Match-Fixing

December 2, 2021  Authorbaji88

Omega Esports, a Filipino team, is already in hot water before the first 2021-2022 DPC tour. According to tournament organiser Beyond the Summit, Omega has been banned from all Valve events and has thus lost its Division One spot in the SEA Regional League due to match-fixing.

On the other hand, Omega Esports stated that they had not received an official statement from BTS regarding their ban. They reiterate that they will not tolerate any cheating or match-fixing.

While more information on the case will not be available for some time, the ban's implications impacted many others who were not directly involved.

Worse, fans are disappointed with Omega Esports' recent recruitment of Lee "Forev" Sang-don, Ramzi "Ramz" Bayhaki, and Liew "Eren" Jun Jie. The trio, currently free agents, are unlikely to make the DPC SEA Tour 1 in 2021-22. Forev is aggressively seeking any coach position to return to the Dota 2 professional scene as a last-ditch effort.

However, the current judgment has far-reaching implications for the league and the teams that compete in the DPC circuit. What are the best following measures to take?

If you ask BOOM Esports, it's not all terrible news. After losing the "fifth-seventh" place tiebreaker to OB Esports x Neon and Omega Esports in the previous DPC 2021 season, they now maintain their Division 1 status. They just won Seasons 8 and 9 of the BTS Pro Series for the Southeast Asia area, making them a formidable opponent. Fans are looking forward to seeing what BOOM Esports can do now that the Indonesian superpower has rebuilt its lineup with experienced Filipino players.

Execration, which had recently recruited Van Jerico "Van" Manalaysay, needed to find a replacement right away. They barely have a week till the Division 1 games start. In any case, an unexpected roster change like this might throw the team's cohesion off, especially because Van was a key offlane player.

This is the second primary team-wide ban this year while we're on the subject of match-fixing. Newbee, a former TI champion, was hit with a similar ban in early 2021. A widespread match-fixing problem intensifies only in Asia leagues, or teams are readily detected due to various safety procedures. I'm hoping for the latter.

Let this remind the Esports community that match-fixing is no longer a viable way to make money. Sure, $322 in cold, hard cash is appealing, but the effects are valuable in most circumstances.