A battle royale professional has squandered his chances for a professional team in Apex Legends. During a live stream session, he apparently actively used cheats. Other players noticed this and called him out for it.
Who is it about? It is about the (former) pro gamer ElmZero. ElmZero previously played competitively in other battle royale games like PUBG. Recently, he was offered a spot on the Apex Legends team by the eSports organization Zenith Esports.
This is how ElmZero was exposed: To prove his skills, ElmZero participated in some scrim matches. “Scrims” are planned matches between professionals to practice strategies and teamwork.
However, in these scrims, ElmZero apparently used cheats. Team Liquid professional Tanner “Rogue” Trabb, who plays for Team Liquid in the Blackout mode of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 , was the first to notice the suspicious behavior. He tweeted a striking scene where ElmZero hits too well with a Spitfire.
Shortly thereafter, former Paladins pro Envy also joined in. In another tweet, he pointed out that ElmZero hit flawlessly at a greater distance with a Wingman. Even though the Wingman is considered one of the best weapons according to pro Dizzy, this is rather unlikely.
As final evidence, recordings of ElmZero’s training that were also tweeted by Rogue followed. In these, it is seen that ElmZero’s accuracy is only about 29% and is certainly not as precise as shown in his videos.
This is the situation now: ElmZero has deleted all of his clips from Twitch and also deactivated his Twitter account.
Zenith Esports announced in a tweet that all contact with ElmZero has been terminated and that the contract will not materialize. He will be excluded from the selection process and they thank the community for keeping an eye out.
This is how the community reacts: The reactions to the entire situation are quite clear. Many fans find it shameful that a professional uses cheats and they want to draw attention to the fact that cheats and hacks are a problem not only in the professional scene but also in regular play.
However, particularly juicy is the detail that Zenith Esports should have known in advance that ElmZero had already been punished for using cheats in PUBG.
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