At first, the pro was positively surprised to have made such a discovery. But when he put the stack into his inventory, he suddenly lost control over it.
All his weapons and items were replaced by the crash pads, no matter how desperately the pro tried to collect his previous items again. Waffles did not understand what was happening and asked: “Wait, am I hacking right now?”
It may look funny, but in a fight, it didn’t help him much. Crash pads cause players to bounce off the surface but cannot deal direct damage. So for a tournament, it is definitely not the only item you want to carry.
Incident led to a ban
This is what the player was accused of: This incident not only caused the pro to lose the round but also led to his disqualification from the entire tournament shortly afterwards.
But that was not all, as the pro was even completely banned from Fortnite for 28 days.
The reason for the ban was cheating, even though the pro did not intentionally trigger this glitch.
Community wants to help the pro
This was the reaction to Epic’s actions: Pro Waffles tried to contact the Epic team to lift his ban. He explained the whole situation to them and showed clips that should prove his innocence.
He shared his email exchange with the Epic team on Twitter. After the team reviewed all the evidence, they decided against lifting the ban (via Twitter).
“What a shitty way to end my competitive career. Thanks for the good memories.”
Waffles on Twitter
Shortly thereafter, players from the community began defending the pro on Twitter. With the hashtag #freewaffles, they asked Epic to unban the player.
Even pro player FaZe Thiefs spoke out with the hashtag: “He was banned for something he didn’t even have control over, and Epic still doesn’t want to lift the ban.” (via Twitter)
In the USA, the hashtag #freewaffles even trended on Twitter because over 1300 people used it in a tweet.
This is not the first time the community has intervened when a player gets banned. A 9-year-old boy was banned from Fortnite for 4 years because he was too young for the game. The boy was so disappointed that 100,000 people wanted to free him from the ban.
The Fortnite pro “Waffles” was disqualified from the FNCS tournament due to a glitch and subsequently banned from Fortnite. The community now wants to free the pro from his ban. They are convinced: the pro is not at fault.
What is this glitch? In Fortnite, an awful glitch circulated that allowed players to spawn infinite items such as healing items. The exploit involved motorboats, which were quickly removed from the game by Epic.
However, the glitch seems to still be in the game: it occurs randomly without preparation and even affects players who do not intentionally trigger it. This is exactly what happened to a Fortnite pro during the FNCS tournament.
Pro glitches unintentionally
What happened to the pro? Waffles was in a round of the FNCS tournament when he suddenly found a stack of crash pads, which indicated that there were 100,000 of them inside.
At first, the pro was positively surprised to have made such a discovery. But when he put the stack into his inventory, he suddenly lost control over it.
All his weapons and items were replaced by the crash pads, no matter how desperately the pro tried to collect his previous items again. Waffles did not understand what was happening and asked: “Wait, am I hacking right now?”
It may look funny, but in a fight, it didn’t help him much. Crash pads cause players to bounce off the surface but cannot deal direct damage. So for a tournament, it is definitely not the only item you want to carry.
Incident led to a ban
This is what the player was accused of: This incident not only caused the pro to lose the round but also led to his disqualification from the entire tournament shortly afterwards.
But that was not all, as the pro was even completely banned from Fortnite for 28 days.
The reason for the ban was cheating, even though the pro did not intentionally trigger this glitch.
Community wants to help the pro
This was the reaction to Epic’s actions: Pro Waffles tried to contact the Epic team to lift his ban. He explained the whole situation to them and showed clips that should prove his innocence.
He shared his email exchange with the Epic team on Twitter. After the team reviewed all the evidence, they decided against lifting the ban (via Twitter).
“What a shitty way to end my competitive career. Thanks for the good memories.”
Waffles on Twitter
Shortly thereafter, players from the community began defending the pro on Twitter. With the hashtag #freewaffles, they asked Epic to unban the player.
Even pro player FaZe Thiefs spoke out with the hashtag: “He was banned for something he didn’t even have control over, and Epic still doesn’t want to lift the ban.” (via Twitter)
In the USA, the hashtag #freewaffles even trended on Twitter because over 1300 people used it in a tweet.
This is not the first time the community has intervened when a player gets banned. A 9-year-old boy was banned from Fortnite for 4 years because he was too young for the game. The boy was so disappointed that 100,000 people wanted to free him from the ban.
