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| Zzzed and the rest of DFYG were left baffled after a crucial pop-up factored in their M6 elimination. Moonton (file photo) |
PASAY--Moonton acknowledged a crucial moment in Game 3 of an M6 wildcard phase clash between Ulfhednar and DFYG on Saturday night at the IOI Grand Exhibition & Convention Center in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The play in question was when Liu Chenjian, also known as Zzzed, suddenly experienced technical difficulties while DFYG was pushing at the top lane.
Liu's Nolan suddenly walked toward the inhibitor turret and died there, forcing DFYG to call for a technical timeout.
Despite getting more time to regroup while fixing Liu's phone, DFYG failed to recover and bowed to Ulfhednar, knocking the Chinese club out of M6 contention.
"We express our sincere regret for the technical issue that occurred during this game and for its impact on Zzzed and DFYG. We have identified the cause of the issue and have implemented strict measures to ensure that it does not reoccur in this tournament," Moonton said in a statement on Sunday, hours before Ulfhednar is scheduled to face Insilio in the best-of-five wildcard finals.
Despite an appeal launched by DFYG, Moonton upheld Ulfhednar's win, saying that Liu losing control of his hero lacked merit to order a remake of their deciding match.
"We have determined that a force majeure event did occur and caused Zzzed to briefly lose control of his hero. However, this event did not meet the relevant requirements to warrant a remake," Moonton further said, citing three criteria that need to be met before a remake can be implemented.
The game developer, though, acknowledged the need to rewind certain moments of competitive matches, especially those that could cause controversies.
"Additionally, we are also working on a feature to allow us to rewind competitive games for future tournaments," Moonton further said.
Liu's pop-up moment was the lowlight of what had been a hesitant move by DFYG to push the top lane, something Malaysian coach Lu Khai Bean AKA Sasa acknowledged afterward.
"They didn't play very aggressively on the mid-game when they're leading a lot and then they're scared to push the tower from what I see," Lu said.
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