The professionals from FIFA 20 are upset. Two of them reported that they had connection problems during a tournament and therefore should play rock-paper-scissors as an alternative to determine who won.
Professionals complain: During a qualifying round for the FUT 20 Champions Cup, there were massive connection issues. Two professionals could not connect with each other and therefore could not play their matches.
As an alternative, a few rounds of rock-paper-scissors were supposed to be decisive. The German player Hasan Eker reported that he won 3:1 against his opponent, but not in FIFA 20, rather in rock-paper-scissors.
Professionals are angry – Want to play FIFA and not guess
How is this action received? The affected professional who lost is extremely angry. He cannot understand how one can lose FIFA matches not due to goals conceded but because one lost in rock-paper-scissors.
Shaun “Brandsha” Galea, currently ranked second in the Malta ePremier League, tweeted: “I can’t believe it! We had to play a round of rock-paper-scissors because we couldn’t find each other to invite to an EA-licensed qualification. WTF! I’m done.”
Afterward, he wrote that he would have been angry even if he had won the round of rock-paper-scissors, because he plays FIFA. Winning or losing in other ways is pathetic.
EA says: Pros should have actually both lost
How does EA respond to the accusations? After some time, the developer of FIFA also spoke up.
It was said that no professional was eliminated from the competition because he lost in rock-paper-scissors. Both continued to play and were then eliminated by other players from the tournament.
It is not intended for players to resort to rock-paper-scissors to determine a winner. If a match does not take place due to a “double connection error”, it would count as a loss for both players.
They called the situation “unique” and now want to look into why these problems occurred.
What could be behind it? In recent days, there have been massive server problems at EA. Many players in FIFA 20 could not connect with each other.
Whether the two professionals had the same problem has not been confirmed, but it could very well be the case.
EA continually struggles with such problems. In the current case, they even extended the Weekend League because the servers were down.
EA is currently also under stress with a well-known streamer:
