(Newswire.net — July 1, 2020) — Counter Strike Global Offensive is a game that has had plenty of controversies throughout the years. The latest one occurred in the BLAST Premier Spring Finals where team FURIA played against team MIBR.
They were fighting for the top Brazilian CS: GO team title and technical issues have created a fight outside the game itself.
With more than 100,000 viewers coming to watch the stream of the former CS: GO Brazilian pro Alexandre “gAuLeS” Borba, the match had caught a lot of attention.
It was round 25 when disaster struck. The result was 12-12, and the game was maybe even being decided there.
Two players took damage before MIBR’s Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo disconnected, and MIBR called for “not live” and asked for the round to be restarted.
For those who aren’t aware, CS: GO has a specific rule, and the usual guideline is that if any damage was dealt to any player, the round can’t be restarted.
Most people who are involved in CS: GO and, for example, enjoy betting on their favorite teams at csgoeasybets.com know about this rule. After all, knowing about it can give you an advantage.
The CS: GO community is a passionate one, especially the Brazilian community. So, what happened was a 40-minute delay, and one of the most heated discussions between CS: GO professionals and their fans occurred.
The delay was caused because of server issues, and the player Fernando “fer” Alvarenga died to an aggressive push from FURIA’s Andrei “arT” Piovezan.
FURIA were the team that was given the option to restart, since their player Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato was the first one to receive damage in the round.
We don’t know what happened behind the scenes, but FURIA has decided to give MIBR the restart after 40 minutes of discussion.
The Drama Happened on Twitter
After the round was restarted and the match continued without any other technical issues. MIBR won the match with a 2-0 victory, and everything would have been fine if Fernando “fer” Alvarenga didn’t take to Twitter to attack FURIA’s official Twitter channel.
Loosely translated, the tweet stated: “You are ****,” and that has led to an uproar in the Brazilian CS: GO community.
This tweet wasn’t received very well by the FURIA fans, which were quick to mention that MIBR lost the last 7 out of 8 matches against FURIA. A lot of drama was going on and a lot of engagement of the whole Brazilian CS: GO community, which had caused “fer” to trend on Brazilian Twitter.
The tweet now has over 80,000 likes, and 18k people are talking about it. MIBR fans were saying that it was only fair that the round was restarted, however, FURIA fans were saying that MIBR had forced FURIA into restarting.
People were quick to take a look into the official rules of the tournament and found that there is no other way for a round to be restarted except for a tournament’s official decision.
What do you think? Should the round have been restarted and would the outcome have been different?