On July 24, the mysterious Twitter account @nicekeybinds posted a complete Google Doc accusing MarsArxa, a member of the all-women Valorant esports staff Fallacy, and her boyfriend Nate ‘Payen’ Lopez of dishonest. The incident occurred throughout a event organized by Galorants, a neighborhood house for feminine and non-binary gamers of League of Legends developer Riot Video games’ team-based battle royale. Each gamers have been quiet for the reason that allegations surfaced (Lopez didn’t reply to Kotaku’s request for remark in time for publication, Mars put her Twitter on non-public), and Galorants has but to handle the difficulty, having as a substitute spent the weekend placing out fires made by its fuzzy Astral Clash Tournament rules and unsportsmanlike conduct unrelated to those allegations.
@nicekeybinds has additionally been silent since dropping the frilly doc, which was put collectively after the writers watched a profitable stream clip Mars posted and deemed her response disproportionately lowkey.
“We don’t know what sort of particular person says completely nothing after profitable a 1v5 versus a properly revered signed staff,” the doc says.
Then, in devoted element, it factors out each discrepancy between Mars’ typical playstyle and settings and Lopez’s, which had been discovered by evaluating streaming clips posted on their Twitter accounts. That features totally different keybinds, mini-maps of various sizes, and totally different body charges. The doc additionally notes that Lopez performed a ranked sport with 4 Fallacy staff members the day earlier than the event.
“Mars is lacking from this sport,” the doc says, “maybe in order that this roster might follow collectively with out her.”
The event that Mars allegedly cheated in was a “final probability” qualifier to 4 groups incomes an all-expenses paid journey to the Astral Conflict finals in Southern California on August 6. Crew Fallacy made it in, however their qualification actually is determined by whether or not or not Lopez performed for Mars, which esports persona Jake Lucky says Riot Video games is trying into.
Crew Fallacy was in one other bind earlier this summer season, when screenshots emerged of gamers encouraging a male-identifying participant to “do a no binary change” to be able to compete with them. Mars was concerned in that controversy too, writing on Discord that her staff was “simply making an attempt to compete in peace.”
Except for previous controversy, this new doc about Mars is notably elaborate contemplating it was written a couple of comparatively unknown Valorant participant with 136 Twitch followers and a modest $300 in competitors winnings. However I assume some individuals actually need to go to California.
