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Tale of the Tape - UG cancel enemy pause

Frankie "Inphinity" Pravong

Greedy

DOTA Regions' Statement

"We did not have a rule in place at the time and our mod was not sure what to do, so we decided to talk after, with the counsel of more experienced community members and try to reach a fair punishment for the infraction, an infraction which would fall under our "Sportsmanship" clause." "We did not have a rule in place at the time and our mod was not sure what to do, so we decided to talk after, with the counsel of more experienced community members and try to reach a fair punishment for the infraction, an infraction which would fall under our "Sportsmanship" clause."

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uG - "We Accept the Mistake"

35 seconds into the game, eHug pauses and says "sry." Our offlaner, Greedy, thought this meant "sorry go" and unpaused.

After the game, we issued the appropriate apologies for this misunderstanding.

If this pause was so crucial, they could have re-paused the game instead of initiating on Rubick like they did.

Our position is clear - we accept the punishment and have apologized to DOTA Regions for this mistake we will NOT BE REPEATING. It's a great tournament with a great organization, and we will always support them.

This team is very young (average age 19), and three players played in an international final for the first time.

Union Gaming

Is DOTA Regions' punishment fair? Is Union Gaming's explanation sufficient? Should Valve more actively police the DOTA 2 scene? What do YOU think?

eHug entered the series with a one-game winners' bracket advantage, as the fourth game began eHug was on match point at two games to one. Game 4 began with a crucial trilane-vs-trilane scenario, as Union Gaming sent Rubick, Earthshaker and Viper to deal with eHug's Sand King, Skywrath Mage and Necrophos.The teams jockeyed for position beforepaused the game. Almost immediately thereafter, and without explanation, Union Gaming's offlaner,, who was not involved in the 3v3 and in comparatively little danger, unpaused the game. Caught unawares, eHug gave away first blood, and the accordant advantage in the 3v3, a few seconds later. eHug would go on to lose the game.DOTA Regions recently released a statement revealing both the punishment to be imposed on Union Gaming, and their reasons for doing so. While the statement is admirably coherent and well-written, and definitely worth reading, as it is quite long we've provided a small summary:- Union Gaming's win stands, but they will only receive 75% of the first-place winnings.- Union Gaming is also banned from the next season of the DOTA Regions tournament, though it isn't clear from the statement whether this ban is targeted at the offending players individually or as a team.- DOTA Regions is giving the forfeited 25% to the Amateur DOTA 2 League and the North American Elite League.- The punishment will occur despite uG's excuse ("It was a misunderstanding"), DOTA regions likens it to a face-mask grab in American football in that one is penalized regardless of whether it was a mistake or not.DOTA Regions' punishment is noteworthy in that it is one of the few times in which a tournament has actively "hit them in the wallet" and diminished the winnings of a team found in violation of its rules. As the prize pool uG stood to win had they not violated the tournament rules was $1500, union Gaming has lost $375 - not a trivial sum in Peru, where it is roughly equivalent to the wage of a salesperson and higher than that of a carpenter. With the remaining $1125 split five ways, and assuming no sponsorship fees, each Union Gaming player has earned $225 before taxes - roughly the wage of a Peruvian miner.The Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene was rocked recently by allegations of match-fixing at the highest levels of the North American CS:GO scene. The allegations concerned the classic throw-game-for-valuable-items model that DOTA 2 fans are familiar with , but as DOTA 2 fans know all too well such punishments have historically been rescinded when convenient.Except not this time. After an investigation into the "historical activity of relevant accounts," Valve has officially gotten involved and has ordered its CS:GO partners tothe guilty parties from all Valve-sponsored events. At press time, we are left to wonder whether or not this move by Valve signals a greater willingness for them to get officially involved in dealing with unfair play in their competitive games, and what this could mean for a very decentralized DOTA 2 scene.Only a few short hours ago, Union Gaming released a statement explaining the pause and the issue. As the article is (understandably) written in Spanish, we've provided a translation of some of the more crucial points below.In all fairness, the situation is ripe for the sort of misunderstanding uG describes. Both the tense atmosphere of a crucial game in an international final, and a language barrier, would tend to increase the odds of a linguistic mishap - particularly so for a young team eager for success.At the end of the day, one thing remains clear -triumphed in an international tournament over some of the best teams the Americas can offer. While this unfortunate unpause may have marred their victory, they have shown admirable maturity in admitting their mistake and accepting DOTA Regions' decision.This article was written byMatt Chesser, a joinDOTA Senior Writer. Matt views the box to the left with suspicion, wondering why repeated efforts to crash into it on a go-kart do not result in red shells. He also apologizes and accepts full responsibility for any errors in translation.Florida, United States