On July 24, the mysterious Twitter account @nicekeybinds posted a complete Google Doc accusing MarsArxa, a member of the all-women Valorant esports group Fallacy, and her boyfriend Nate ‘Payen’ Lopez of dishonest. The incident occurred throughout a match organized by Galorants, a group house for feminine and non-binary gamers of the 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 deal with the problem, having as an alternative 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 successful stream clip Mars posted and deemed her response disproportionately lowkey.
“We don’t know what sort of individual says completely nothing after successful a 1v5 versus a properly revered signed group,” the doc says.
Then, in devoted element, it factors out each discrepancy between Mars’ typical playstyle and settings and Lopez’s, which have 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 recreation with 4 Fallacy group members the day earlier than the match.
“Mars is lacking from this recreation,” the doc says, “maybe in order that this roster might follow collectively with out her.”
The match that Mars allegedly cheated in was a “final likelihood” qualifier to 4 groups incomes an all-expenses paid journey to the Astral Conflict finals in Southern California on August 6. Staff Fallacy made it in, however their qualification actually depends upon whether or not or not Lopez performed for Mars, which esports character Jake Lucky says Riot Video games is trying into.
Staff 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 group was “simply making an attempt to compete in peace.”
Apart from previous controversy, this new doc about Mars is notably elaborate contemplating it was written a few comparatively unknown Valorant participant with 136 Twitch followers and a modest $300 in competitors winnings. However I assume some folks actually need to go to California.