Competitive games sometimes bring in a bit of drama. The very same happened when MIBR and FURIA went all out against each other in the BLAST Premier Spring Americas Upper Bracket Finals. MIBR picked up the win against their arch-rivals. However, things went wayward when the CS: GO teams took things to Twitter.
MIBR member Fernando ‘fer’ Alvarenga termed FURIA as ‘sh*t’ after their matchup.
👏👏 @furiagg vocês são uns merdas.
— Fernando Alvarenga (@fer) June 17, 2020
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Unfolding the drama
Earlier during the game, there was heat between the two teams. MIBR had a technical problem during the 25th round of the game. Their entire team was frozen for around 10 seconds.
Experiencing lots of spikes during the whole match. Lost 2 situations middle round where obviously nothing could be done. We understand it.
12×12 nothing happened but our Grenade landed 5hp damage on one of the opponents. We froze 1:37 until 1:28. pic.twitter.com/i2yaYXMhKB— Gabriel Toledo (@FalleNCS) June 16, 2020
MIBR requested the round to be restarted but FURIA denied. This led to a lot of backlash on Twitter. Ultimately, FURIA agreed on restarting the round.
The round in particular had both teams tied at 12-12. The said server issue affected MIBR fer and FalleN. Later on, the CEO of FURIA announced that they have decided to restart the round on Twitter.
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
MIBR claimed the win in the two final rounds on Inferno with the final score standing at 16-14. They continued their form on the next map with fer and co, leading the team to victory.
CS: GO tournament needs a slight change in rules?
MIBR members felt FURIA initially denied restarting the round to reap benefits. In addition, they cited that the team lacked basic sportsmanship.
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Restarting the round was FURIA’s call. This comes in line with the tournament rules, wherein it states “If the issue takes place during a round after damage has occurred and the outcome of the match can still be determined, the round will continue to be played and count”
The eSports community was of the opinion that such calls should be made by match referees. Leaving the team itself to decide brings in a lot of confusion. Officials taking decisions saves both parties and hopefully, this is taken under consideration.