Newbee, one of eight organizations that founded the Professional China Dota 2 Association (CDA), has been banned for life by the CDA and IMBA for alleged matchmaking. The punishment applies to the entire organization, including players from the main roster and manager Feng Yiqing, who is being investigated for match-fixing.
In the official report dated May 15, 2020 by CDA noted that “relevant evidence matched by all parties and has been submitted to Valve and Perfect World.”
According to a report from CDA, Newbee’s youth squad, Newbee.young has left the organization and is no longer bound by contract with the club. Players currently use multiple accounts without authenticating their real names to participate in online tournaments.
IMBA TV released a separate statement saying that after “many confirmations” it had decided to ban the club from any Imba Media tournaments.
“Imba Media thoroughly prohibits all acts that undermine the spirit of esports, and ensures a fair and competitive environment. The original intention when organizing the DOTA 2 series of tournaments was to help the team and the Chinese DOTA 2 players get better practice and improve the overall level and strength of DOTA 2 China, rather than being a hot spot. for unfair competition! I hope all the participating clubs can take this as a warning, strengthen the management of players and teams, and fight hard against unfair competition such as fake matches.” comment organization.
Newbee’s banned players from CDA and Imba events:
- Coin “Moogy“Han
- Yin”Aq“Rui
- Wen”Wizard“Lipeng
- Yan”Waixi“Wow!
- Zeng”Faith“Hongda
Meanwhile, Newbee released an official statement denying all allegations of fixing and expressing its decision to appeal.
“We express our understanding and respect the decision of the CDA board. However, since the founding of the Newbee eSports club, the organization has never been involved in the match-fixing and betting activities of the club or its affiliates. We will be appealing the CDA board’s decision against the Newbee eSports club.”
Vici Gaming, PSG.LGD, Invictus Gaming, Team Aster, Royal Never Give Up, EHOME, Keen Gaming and Newbee together in mid-March of this year created the China league to keep the schedule and create a playing field to play. The Chinese arena can practice in a top-notch environment while avoiding the epidemic. The first season of the CDA League ended on April 19 with Newbee reaching 5th. In the next season, the CDA League merged with Mars Media, the DPL League and has been running for 3 weeks now.
According to VPEsports
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