Complexity has been disqualified from the Halo Championship Series London Major as a result of a competitive ruling. It was discovered that Tyler ‘Spartan’ Ganza had taken an SSD to the LAN tournament that was ‘not the official tournament SSD’ and installed software on the SSD designed to ‘give him an edge’ over the competition. Reportedly, Spartan cooperated with the investigation, but hours later was seen posting memes on Twitter regarding the situation, showing a disingenuous attitude.
As a result of Spartan’s behaviour, Complexity has been disqualified from the event – but an updated ruling may be underway as we speak. On social media, Spartan has been getting dragged by the Halo community, as it was just a few months ago that the Major-winning competitor spoke out aggressively against hackers and cheaters.
Following a loss against FaZe Clan, Complexity prepared to play Cloud9 – but the disqualification meant that the team was automatically issued a series of losses and wiped from the tournament. This now means that there’s only one ‘failure to qualify’ spot in Pool C at the HCS London Major, and at present, it looks as though it’ll be either Reversal Perfy or Cloud9 going home.
Here’s the full statement from the HCS team following Complexity’s disqualification from the event:
‘During Pool Play at the HCS London Major, Complexity were on stage preparing for their match against FaZe Clan when during routine equipment checks, the administration was led to discover that Spartan’s SSD was not the official tournament SSD. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that the software on the SSD was not provided by the administration and furthermore contained new, unapproved software as well as other changes to the existing software in an effort to increase the performance of the PC. No software of any other nature was discovered.’
Spartan’s deliberate attempt to improve the performance of his PC unfortunately led to the entire team being disqualified. Players and fans worldwide voiced their disappointment online, highlighting that Complexity – one of the biggest esports organisations in the business – flew the team out to London to facilitate the tournament. Now, thanks to Spartan’s actions, the squad is going home without a penny in their pockets.
As the rest of the tournament plays out, there’s a clear power struggle between Spacestation, OpTic Gaming, FaZe Clan, and Shopify Rebellion, all of whom top their respective pools. Quadrant, who is the banner host for the HCS London Major, sits with a paltry score of 0 – 2 at the bottom of Pool B having lost against both OpTic Gaming and Sentinels.
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