Ah yes, The 2 best team got in final in a legit way but they still get punish because they wanted to have fun in final.

Imagine The 2 teams secretly have a backup plan with the bronze incase they got banned and they will split it to 1/3 for the three teams😂😂

Scarra and the other dignitas Player talked about this. This Was more of a protest because the rules from the tournament were unreasonable. They were not allowed to warm up or go to the toilet for example.

They may have been disqualified but they created 1 of the funniest pro games ever played. Riot and the tournament organisers may not have liked it but the fans hade never been happier. This game will go down in the history books thats for sure.

Teams: Having fun Riot: we don't do that here

The third team whispering these ideas into the first two teams ears.

The bookies got pissed the teams fixed the match without them.

the 3rd team: 👁👄👁

"What's happens if you try to have fun in league of legends?"

this is what happens when dumb and zero understanding on gaming people decide to organize tournaments. i mean who tf bans practice before the most important match of the tournament. i am glad both teams were on board with that to protest those ridiculous rules.

Match wasnt fixed. They both played to win. The only people this affected was gamblers. Shitty decision.

Plot twist: they knew this would happen so they made a deal with the third team

Riot : We want our players to have fun Also riot : disqualifying pro teams for trying to have fun

If this was the foundations of the na League Pro scene it’s no wonder NA teams now go for international tournaments as a comedic purpose only.

Bro Im there to watch tournament players show their skill and have fun. Thats what they did. Why would I care who gets the money if they both agree on splitting it? Thats sportsmanship in my opinion

The only mistake they did was to split the money. If they did not do that, it will be alright, the match was so fun to watch lmao

Or... one of the teams went for a level 1 push mid and the other team chose to respond the by defending with all five. Props to the organizers too! Why split the money that the 2 teams have legitimately locked up, when instead we can promote gambling.

Players having a fun match Rito : "And i take that personally"

Riot wants you mad and depressed when playing their game

No matter what, i believe the fans had a blast watching them play this. Prob even more thant some of the recent games :D

Team Dynamic be like: 😭😐🤨😳🤑

tbh...gotta respect both team for actually do it...ive been on a small gaming tournament and the other team which is literally older than us told us that they both of the team to play "for fun" and our team actually fell for it, they were literally sweats...we agreed to their offer because both of our team have nothing to lose cuz we were only playing in a losing bracket...still cant believe that whole team would be that desperate to win a meaningless battle...

That's dumb. That match was probably the most fun to watch too

the 3rd team be like: part of plan boyz we split 3 ways

Persona 4 music 😂

Nah, the decision on neither team getting any money is one thing, but when you shove it to a team that wasn't even a question in the matter is another.

So it does pay to be bronze 🥉

Having fun=getting disqualified

no fun allowed

Guess they didnt know what colluding was

Remember its always the fun that players play not the money... Its seems that the organizer forget about it...

Pretty sure there isn’t esports betting in 2011 or 2012 yet. For those who are wondering.

Has anyone noticed that the background music is the Heartbeat,Heartbreak from Persona 4

The third team: 👁️👄👁️

Players: Let's have some fun. Riot: fun? We don't have fun here. 😈

What an absoluut bullsh!t.. They played fair, it's not like the agreed who would win ..

3rd placed team won the lottery😂

The 3rd team be like : Oh yeah we're the champions thanks 🤭

Jokes on the organisers they split it 3-way

You left out the most important thing in this deal. This agreement was not about the money, this agreement was a protest against the organizers of the tournament. I do not remember all the details, Gbay99 covered this topic extensively in his video about Dignitas. This tournament organizers had random rules and treated players badly, among other things. As a result, they agreed to turn the finals into a clown fiesta as retaliation. A similar thing happened with Smash bros finals when two players picked Bayonetta and stood there doing nothing.

I agree with riot on this because it can take away from the competitiveness of the game. Imagine players buying tickets or whatever and go to a game that none of the players care if they win or lose.

3rd team : Damn! God is great 😃

3rd team- tf, how????

The pros can't even have fun playing your game riot

Imagine you cried for the 3rd place, and suddenly got the first prize. 😂

3rd team : Easy money, thanks

That was a sweet gesture by the teams to just want to have fun and give something different to the show, and share. It’s a shame they were penalized for it. But they should have talked to their coaches about it first and probably would’ve been advised to at least play as normal because that’s what people came to see, an attempt at a serious competition that will help put the game on the map for eSports. This was still early in the history of the game and they aren’t going to want their athletes messing around like that. If the teams decide to share the prize that should be a good thing, but they still have to try to be serious in their game.

That third team would be cheering 😂

I remembered Scarra and his Katarina🥰 good old days

ahh yes as per usual ban all fun from the game

I didn’t know Team Dignitas is that old omg 💀

imagine if that's Ryan Garcia Hook landed on Haney.

Plot twist: the third team gave the 1st and 2nd team the idea and had it all figured out.

Bruh.... that's some power trip shit by Riot

Hey sponsors. What are you buying with your money? Entertainment? Well as maximus said: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?!?!

So ironic how it was supposed to secure the money lol

Rather than disqualified,i think a rematch is a better solution because just look at the comments,they keep trash talk riot,idk how chaos it is when the disqualification news was out and started to viral in media

That's fair

I think people in the comment section misunderstood this. It's not that they 'play for fun' because they really want to, it's because they already decided to split the money...

Honestly, this is a prefect example of the issue with capitalism, and shuld be studied… The moneys the winners do do with as they please And it’s not like it hurts the competitive spirit

Imagine the third place match is like ah idc what the outcome is if 3rd or 4th and then this happens 🙂

That's ridiculous... They played and entertained. Pro gaming doesn't pay all that well and helping each other is both respectful and shows humanity. Doesn't make any sense to be disqualified for agreeing to split the pot. Edit: 20k divided by 10 is only like 2k each, I really hope the third party was in on it, that's around 1300 for all 15 players... Gamers gotta stick together, yeah it's a competition but doesn't mean you can't look out for each other.

U think the organiser of tournament invested all those prize money for teams to troll like this

That’s way more sportsman like than the rules are allowing for

"You have to follow the meta! Be a trained monkey!" - just like solo queue.

I mean to be fair it was both NA teams so regardless who won it would be NA. So pf course they wanted to cater to the fans while also trolling MLG for their strict rules/etc. Ut regardless it was such a fun time to watch

I mean fair game

That felt good.

"This apparently is real"

20k damn. That what the bottom teams getin Dota 2 off shoot competition

Bruh moment 🗿

League of legends get pissed off by this. The best part is theyre still playing while just playing it not seriously. Its the same unless there is such rules in tournaments.

Funny thing is that it can be match fixing but it’s also still a match where there is nothing dirty Yes maybe unfair for the 3rd team or other teams and can be a show of bad sportsmanship too.But if you think about it they were still playing a game of skill.Non meta champs and at a year where bets are probably not very popular since now there are a lot of methods of betting but I don’t understand why people are using today’s logic for something almost 10 years ago.The outlets available for betting are totally different and less then today. Also it probably was fun to watch because there is action everytime. Also don’t compare in actions sports to e-sports they both are difficult but it doesn’t mean the sportsmanship concept can be the same

Riot is anti-fun. They still have the nerve to sell a $500 skin tho.

How dare people have fun in video games? I bet the audience loved the change of pace, too!

Its more funny than normal game play

Talk about being a party pooper.

Oh man I never this was a dark history of dignitas nor curse o.o

Its a competition and people also want to see real healthy competition. In that case why even bother “COMPETE”. They want safety net.

And yet all i van think about is that third place team, suddenly jumping up from their desks like soccer fans all acreaming Yyyyyeeeeeezssssss

They could have just played normally and split the money...

considering a player got fined for leaving before the nexus exploded and showing a player quit on the main screen. yeah obviously collusion trolling isn't gonna fly xD

I think this is bs. If there was no rule in place to stop this then the org should not be able to stop it. It's the same like pushing the goalposts once you have reached them... totally not fair

Imagine going to watch top tier team and got all mid

splitting the prize money is what makes the game not fun to watch because both team playing at no risk and stake. 5 mid is fun to watch tho, just dont fix the match

Yeah same goes with csgo once😂

if the point of the event was to entertain the fans, which pays, why do they get punished for making it the most wntertaining

Talk about clicks bait 😂😂

Well they should have said it wasnt allowed before hand. They didn't

Yeah this doesnt make sense. They got to the finals with their own play. They agreed to fight how they want. They can do whatever they want with their winnings. I mean the disqualification seems unreasonable.

I mean imagine this happening in the superbowl both teams get to the superbowl and then decide to punt or try for a field goal every play. It would be funny but i would be pissed if i paid for tickets. I can see them not getting the money only because they made the agreement to split the winnings. I fully support their protest because the playing conditions were kinda shitty.

if there is money involved there will be behind the door deals every time. they probably got upset the two teams did that without telling them.

After taxes and paying a whole team minus expenses how can that prize be lucrative

Give us ranked aram riot games. Stop holding out on us.

They are for got they are not only a team but a "professional" team

No shit. They will always take that as match fixing

For people who think this is ok, this is match fixing and if not can lead to prosecution by law.

Yung laro na nga nilaro pa 😂

I love how he showed Korean team and faker

Me : *heard Persona 4 bgm on the first 3 seconds of the video* Also me : *starts singing Heartbeat, Heartbreak (which is the name of the bgm)* Tell me why you did it Every dream falling apart Tell me why you did it After the promise Still aching, still aching Oh, baby, I need your love Looking so different Glaring street light Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Tell me why you did it Every dream falling apart Tell me why you did it After the promise Still aching, still aching Oh, baby, I need your love Looking so different Glaring street light Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding Heartbreak, heartbreak You tell me goodbye Heartbeat, heartbeat It keeps on pounding