SEA Games 2023: Indonesia accuse Singapore of VALORANT bug, forfeit gold medal match
The Indonesian squad claimed that Singapore's placement of VALORANT Agent Cypher's camera was illegally placed.
The game was not resumed, and players were told to return in the morning to complete the games, a spokesperson for the Singapore Esports Association toldThe VALORANT team of Tidus 'STYRON' Goh, Ayrton 'artn' Soh, Yeoh 'Divine' Chun Ting, Ingram 'FREY' Tan, Rodman 'vera' Yap and Marcus 'nephh' Tan were awarded the gold medal on Thursday after their Indonesia forfeited the match.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.
Indonesian player Rafi "frostmind" Diandra, however, tweeted that a conversation with the admins had allegedly said that the camera placements were not allowed, and showed off screenshots to back up his claims.With the match set to resume this morning, Indonesia decided to forfeit, giving Singapore the gold.
"Indonesia forfeits the grand final in protest of an unfair decision. They will still be recorded as the silver medalist and will receive all rights and benefits accorded to that position," said Frengky Ong, Secretary General of Indonesian Esports General Board .With the forfeit, Singapore takes its first-ever esports Gold at the SEA games since esports was introduced as a medal sport at the 2019 SEA Games.Singapore VALORANT squad5.
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