When the glitch was first discovered and spread on social media, I was interested to see how Riot would handle it. Choosing to ignore the situation outright would draw the ire of Giants' and X10's fans. However, a harsh penalty would only further fuel the existing anger of Brazil's fans, who've just had another incident in the Sen vs Furia teach pause.
Riot chose to give individual rounds to Acend, to the point where they won the map and thus won the series, posthaste. I feel that this was a good short-run decision - it is in line with maintaining the competitive integrity of the game, isn't hypocritical in comparison to X10's similar penalty, and was done in a manner that wasn't so harsh as to feel directed against Brazil. However, picking out specific rounds where the bug was used creates a precedent for round-specific punishment. It opens up the discussion to the idea that Vivo Keyd should only lose rounds wherein the exploit gave them a significant advantage, which is exactly what this thread is about: https://twitter.com/MateusCysne/status/1466996925610221568 .
For this reason, I feel that choosing to introduce round specific penalties for an already existing exploit, in the largest Valorant stage to date, was a bad decision in the long run. It may result in teams attempting to use exploits under the belief that, at most, their penalty will only be a few rounds. And, if Riot decides to outright disqualify a team for such an exploit, this incident will definitely come up in the discussion - making Riot feel hypocritical.
On a slightly unrelated tangent, this controversy may end up being beneficial to viewership. A potential Acend vs Vivo Keyd rematch would get the attention of many then uninterested Brazilian fans, and also the attention of those who dislike Brazil. It could very well be the single most toxic twitch chat to date.
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