Sam "4Shot" Mariano, most notably of ex-Noble, has been banned by ESEA in a bizarre act of vindictive cheating on his teammate's account.

Sam "⁠4sh0t⁠" Mariano may not be a familiar name to those outside of the North American scene, however the player was last seen playing with Noble eSports at the ESL One Cologne North American qualifier, which the ESEA Premier-level team qualified for via a solid open qualifier run.

After the event where the team lost both matches (to Cloud9 and Tempo Storm), Noble restructured its roster and released several players, including: Vincent "⁠planks⁠" Mazzarella, Jordan "⁠Lopez⁠" Lopez, and 4sh0t himself.

4sh0t and released teammate-in-arms planks were also recently seen playing at the WinOut CS:GO Championships for Team Nexus, where the team managed to make it out of groups before ultimately succumbing to ACE Gaming in the lower bracket. Both players departed the team afterward.



4Sh0t did not take his dismissal from Noble gracefully

It appears that 4sh0t will have to reconsider his playing career for the time being however, as ESEA have announced a 365 day ban of 4sh0t following his accessing of current Noble player Chris "⁠roa⁠" Gretchen's account in order to cheat on it in ESEA pickup games, as well as attempting to remove players from the current Noble eSports roster manually.

The reason for the malicious attack apparently stems from a dispute between roa and 4sh0t over the veracity of a $200 Uber ride where the former player was unwell and vomitted, giving rise to such an exorbitant bill. This sordid detail in the story was relayed by Noble player Rob "⁠rob-wiz⁠" Kennedy during a recent stream.

In a further twist to the tale, former teammate planks has also been banned by ESEA for 90 days, in what apparently suggests complicity in the hacking affair.

As for Noble eSports, the team's roster has been restored and roa's account cleared of cheating infractions. Noble's roster is currently:

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