23/10/2020 Ubisoft has stated that the throwing allegations are currently under investigation.
A Rainbow Six Siege esports team playing in the APAC North division has sparked a massive debate over the tournament's structure after appearing to intentionally lose a game in order to qualify for a major.
The second and final phase of APAC North Stage 2 concludes today, October 22, but Japanese team CYCLOPS athlete gaming found itself in an unusual position earlier due to the competition's complicated format. Essentially, if it were to win its fixture against Thai team QCon and Cloud9 were also to win, CYCLOPS would be out of contention to qualify as a top seed for next month's regional Six Major. However, if CYCLOPS were to lose, it would actually guarantee a top two spot in the APAC North standings and qualify as a top seed, meaning it would head straight to the semi-finals of that tournament. SiegeGG's Shikhar Gupta clarifies how this is actually possible here.
CYCLOPS went on to lose against QCon. The team's coach, Hibiki 'XQQ' Motoyama, then caused a stir in the pro community after quote tweeting a breakdown of the possible outcomes of the match with the caption: "For anyone who [was] wondering why we played like that."
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