Japanese style fraud: CYCLOPS athlete gaming lost in Rainbow Six Siege match on purpose

CYCLOPS athlete gaming, recognized as the strongest team in Japan in Rainbow Six Siege, specifically lost in the fight against the Thai opponent QConfirm. The meeting took place as part of the group stage of the northern division of the Asia-Pacific League 2020. Hibiki 'XQQ' Motoyama, who is mentoring the team, announced this on his Twitter account, after which he deleted his post.

Motoyama said that the reason for this move was the seeding system at the Six November 2020 Major. If CYCLOPS athlete gaming had won, then Cloud9 would have been able to overtake QConfirm in the Asia-Pacific League 2020 Phase II table. In this case, C9 would have overtaken QConfirm in the APAC League 2020 final table. This would have allowed Cloud9 to advance to the semifinals of the Six November 2020 Major. and CYCLOPS, in turn, would start from the quarterfinals. In the current situation, CYCLOPS athlete gaming became the semi-finalist, and Cloud9 started their journey from the quarterfinals.

The organizers of the championship did not react to this situation, but XQQ later announced on Twitter that this confrontation was probably the last in his career as a coach.