Two official Riot rulings have declared
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
and
Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders
Inactive
Nixerino
Nicolás Canellas Colocho
YuNo
Eloy García
Vorwenn
Tomas Baldrich
Blastinho
Miquel llombart
Pando
in violation of rule 7.2.11 of the Global Competition Policy, which covers "Unauthorized Communications."
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G2 Esports were invited into the first VCT Stage 1 closed qualifier of the year. In their first match, against
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #5
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
, the team's coach Daniil "pipsoN"
Mesheryakov was found to be "talking outside the designated Tactical and Technical" pauses.
Further investigation by Riot proved this to be an "isolated instance for celebratory purposes," which didn't result in a competitive advantage. As such, G2 have merely received an official warning and will not be sanctioned.
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Minutes after, a second competitive ruling was issued surrounding the same rule. During the Stage 1: Challengers 2 open qualifier, Movistar Riders' coach Lucas "Rojo"
Rojo was found to be "providing written tactical instructions to Movistar Riders while their match against
Rix.GG Thunder
Rix.GG Thunder
Inactive
Mickebwoy
Mikołaj Chojnacki
memset
Laurent Werly
LATEKS
Oliwer Fahlander
frei
Aaron Frei
Luzuh
Joseph Loose
was in progress."
As a result of this ruling, Movistar Riders will receive a three-point deduction, equivalent to a one-match loss, in the points tally of the VRL Spain: Rising to which they have been invited.