Quinn accused BetBoom Team captain of deliberate cheating

Quinn 'Quinn' Callahan considers the situation with BetBoom Team captain Vitaly "Save-" Melnyk's use of the Shadow Demon bug in a match at the ESL One Birmingham 2024 tournament to be a deliberate cheat, as it's the kind of thing a cyber athlete can't train muscle memory for. Mid Gaimin Gladiators believes that the team should have been disqualified from the tournament for such an action.

Mid Gaimin Gladiators made a statement to this effect during the ALL CHAT podcast on CapCasts YouTube channel.

"I think a fair punishment is disqualification from the tournament. It's not even like the Pure~ situation where you can write off your actions as stupidity or absent-mindedness. There is no muscle memory for such things.

This is purely intentional cheating. There are no blurred lines there. It's unambiguous: it's against the rules to gain an unfair advantage in a competitive game. I think it's a pretty egregious case."

Aydin "iNSaNiA" Sarkoi also expressed his opinion on the incident, saying that the organizers sent a warning to all tournament participants that using the bug would result in a loss on the map.

Due to the use of the bug cyber athlete was able to prematurely pump ultimates on Shadow Demon in the match against G2.iG, for which the team was penalized for extra time during the drafts.

Earlier, BetBoom Team's support Alexander 'TORONTOTOKYO' Hertek said that his team plans to take revenge on Team Falcons for their defeat in the ESL One Birmingham 2024 Grand Final.