Leviatán team player Sammyboy has raised a protest on social media regarding the controversy surrounding the rematch during the match between their team and BOOM Esports.
“In today’s series against BOOM Esports, their position 1 player Pakazs encountered connectivity issues and was unable to reconnect to the game after disconnecting. Consequently, we had to restart the match after it had been going on for 38 minutes, reverting to the state before the pause.
After Pakazs disconnected and couldn’t reconnect, despite a pause lasting over fifty minutes, the match administrator made the decision to restart and revert to the pre-pause state. At that time, I attempted to clarify the situation and asked some questions, but he misled us by openly stating that the rematch wouldn’t have certain consequences.
To provide some context, we were behind in that game but won a crucial team fight just before the pause. We were positioned near the opponent’s Tier 2 tower in the mid lane, with our creeps pushing toward their Tier 1 tower in the bottom lane. So, if it weren’t for the pause, we could have pressured their high ground and potentially forced buybacks.
However, after the restart and revert, our creeps disappeared, and no new creeps spawned for the next 30 seconds. Additionally, all of the opponents’ heroes respawned, depriving us of the opportunity to force buybacks. Therefore, we suffered significant losses due to this rematch controversy, and everyone can see the extent of our disadvantage by reviewing the match.
Below, I’ll share some of the conversations we had with the match administrator at the time:
Leviatán’s Sammyboy: Will the rematch reset us to our own base?
Administrator: Yes, the rematch will reset everyone to their respective bases.
Leviatán’s Taiga: Is there a way to put the Radiant side (BOOM Esports) back to the waiting-to-respawn state? Otherwise, I think this decision makes no sense.
Administrator: It should be possible; there shouldn’t be any issues in that regard.
Leviatán’s Sammyboy: Can you guarantee that our opponents won’t respawn after the rematch?
Administrator: I’m sure.
However, after the rematch, all of the opponent’s heroes respawned, and the creeps disappeared from the map for the next 30 seconds. Additionally, both teams’ skills and item cooldowns were refreshed.
The match administrator eventually decided to keep the opponents’ players in their base until they were supposed to respawn before allowing them to resume action. But if you watch the replay of the match, you’ll see that Pakazs started moving a couple of seconds early, and the rest of BOOM Esports’ players also started moving before the administrator gave the go-ahead. You can verify this by watching the replay of match number 7656780048 to see the timing of BOOM Esports’ players’ movements compared to when the administrator allowed them to act.
To me, this behavior is blatant cheating. I hope some action will be taken to prevent such incidents from happening to others in the future.”
Earlier, Sammyboy criticized the match administrator on social media:
“This PGL match administrator is ridiculous. He lied to my face multiple times to make me accept the decision to rematch. He told several lies during that match.”
However, a few minutes later, he deleted those comments and reposted the lengthy explanation above. According to the rules, participants are not allowed to attack the tournament organizers, even after the match has ended, which could result in sanctions against Sammyboy and the Leviatán team.
During the South American qualifiers for PGL Valla Jia Season 1, Leviatán faced BOOM Esports in the winner bracket semifinals. After each team won one game, bringing the series to 1-1, BOOM Esports dominated the deciding match. However, around 38 minutes into the game, they suffered a team wipe in a crucial team fight initiated by Leviatán. Following Pakazs’s disconnection and the subsequent rematch controversy, Leviatán eventually lost the series and dropped to the loser bracket. They were later eliminated from the tournament by Midas Club. Meanwhile, BOOM Esports advanced to the winner bracket finals but ultimately fell to beastcoast and dropped to the loser bracket. As of now, PGL has not responded to the controversy, and BOOM Esports will face Midas Club in the loser bracket finals.