30/03/2022
Match Fixing Issue
Protecting Competitive Integrity In Axie
During a multi-day investigation, the Community Protection team reviewed 3000 replays from highly ranked players and unveiled irrefutable evidence that match-fixing had occurred. This is strictly prohibited by Section 4 of our Terms of Service. When these players match against each other, they would purposely end the battle in a tie, resulting in a slight loss of MMR for each player.
As a result, we are taking the following actions against seven accounts and 210 Axies in those accounts.
Ban List
The list of players currently banned from Axie eSports can be found in the Google Sheet below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5rUd5YrXMw92691wnUCxG8q2FtO5bPmZHjS2FFlj5A/edit?usp=sharing
Disciplinary Actions
The banned accounts forfeit season 20 AXS rewards.
All Axies in the accounts have been banned for 999 days.
Each player is Indefinitely banned from participating in Axie eSports tournaments.
Disciplinary Action Justification
We ban Axies and remove AXS rewards for accounts that violate our Terms to discourage anyone from participating in these activities. Our goal is to make the penalties of cheating outweigh the benefits. Similarly, we made a detailed post on January 1, 2022 issuing a final warning to all players regarding zero tolerance for any kind of match-fixing or collusion.
The industry standard in eSports is to issue indefinite bans for players cheating at the highest ranks. We believe this lengthy ban of 999 days represents how seriously we take competitive integrity. (edited)
Banlist Allias - Name,Reason,Event ,Date of Judgement,Ban Type RJB | Axiemptomatic | Axie.gg,Match fixing / Win trading,Season 20 Arena,28/3/2022,AXS rewards voided for S20 All Axies, in the account listed, banned for 999 days Indefinite ban from participating in Axie esports MetaGoons | Aremzy,...
