Weiyan Match-Fixing – Both WeiYan and Rogue Warriors are severely punished for this shocking incident that took place in China.
After Rogue Warriors excluded member Jungler Wang “WeiYan” Xiang from their squad three days ago because of match-fixing behavior. Recently, the LPL also issued an official decision for this player and team.
Weiyan Match-Fixing
Accordingly, from today, WeiYan is not allowed to participate in any professional League of Legends activity for two more years until March 27, 2022, including professional matches. In addition, the tournament management will contact different streaming platforms to suspend and not allow the player to stream any League of Legends related content.
At the same time, Rogue Warriors was fined three million yuan (about $ 420,000) for failing to monitor and review their players, resulting in this behavior.
In the statement, the LPL explained that they conducted a thorough investigation, concluding that WeiYan had violated many rules in the tournament’s rules. According to the LPL WeiYan deliberately participated in illegal activities and broke the fairness of the tournament.
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The LPL also provides a clearer explanation of why Rogue Warriors had to pay such a large fine. Because it was the responsibility of the organizations to ensure their members understood and followed the rules of the tournament, RW was unable to accomplish this. So they were naturally punished.
Meanwhile, WeiYan issued a statement on Chinese social networking site Weibo as soon as the incident was discovered. He stated that he never received any money from the sale, but only agreed to it but then thought again and refused. Despite accepting the decisions made by Rogue Warriors, WeiYan said that he has never actually participated in any actions that could damage the fairness of LPL matches.
Information From: Twitter
Comment about Weiyan Match-Fixing :
To clarify, it was not RW that reported their player, it was RW that notified the LPL Discipline Committee that their player was reported. In addition, it is part of each club team’s responsibility to ensure their players and staff follow the rules. RW failed in this respect.
In addition, it is part of each club team’s responsibility to ensure their players and staff follow the rules. RW failed in this respect.
This makes it sound like the team did everything right alerting officials about one of their players breaching the rules (which includes going against his own contract with the club too)? Why are they being punished? If a player goes apeshit, not much the club can do about it?
I understand that you’re trying to discourage match-fixing in the future by making RW pay this fine, but all you’re actually accomplishing is incentivizing teams to hide misconduct and sweep it under the rug at all costs (below 500k)