With the global Rainbow Six scene ever growing, some teams try to take advantage of the increased stakes, as was the case with the Mexican team Estral Esports.
At first, Ubisoft looked into Oscar ‘Toski’ Sepúlveda as he was suspected of poaching, which in itself is already a punishable offense. Yet the investigation revealed much more than just this poaching case. The collected evidence and statements brought forth that Estral Esports player José ‘Fungi’ Vidales was accused of match fixing, which led to a bigger investigation from Ubisoft.
Estral Esports, the Mexican org that almost qualified for Six Invitational 2021, has been permanently banned from participating in Rainbow 6 esports. An investigation by Ubisoft found that Estral was guilty of match fixing during the last split of the Mexican Championship.
— Parker Mackay (@INTERRO) March 9, 2021
Despite reluctance from the players and management of Estral Esports, in an attempt to save face and prevent a sanction, they were found guilty on grounds of match fixing. Where in other games it often were the players that started the match fixing for their own gain, this time it was the management of Estral Esports using their influence on the players to purposely lose a game.
Big and small punishments
Toski was the player which was most harshly punished, receiving a nine month ban from any Ubisoft sanctioned league. This most likely means he will be banned for the entire 2021 competitive year. The management from Estral Esports will have a harder time recovering though, with the board of directors and main managers permanently banned from any association in any competition of the Rainbow Six Circuit in any capacity.
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Due to the influence put down by the management, the remaining players were given a competitive warning meaning any future breach will be punished more strongly.
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