[2021] Competitive Ruling - Sizz

During a Twitch livestream on June 1, 2021, NRG Esports coach Emiliano "Sizz" Benny violated the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) and Rocket League Player Code of Conduct. After a thorough investigation and review of the evidence, Sizz will be disqualified from coaching NRG Esports during their upcoming Semifinals match in the North American RLCS X Championship on June 17th, 2021.

Ruling

After playing Rocket League on a Twitch livestream, Sizz violated the RLCS and Rocket League Player Code of Conduct. This behavior included, but is not limited to, berating and harassing Psyonix and its employees.

Relevant RLCS rule(s): 7. Code of Conduct (7.1.3), 8.2. Disciplinary Action (8.2.3)

7.1.3 Players shall not behave in a manner (a) which violates these Rules, (b) which is disruptive, unsafe or destructive, or (c) which is otherwise harmful to the enjoyment of Rocket League by other users as intended by Psyonix (as decided by Psyonix). In particular, Players shall not engage in harassing or disrespectful conduct, use of abusive or offensive language, Game sabotage, spamming, social engineering, scamming, or any unlawful activity (“Toxic Behavior”).

8.2.3 If Psyonix decides that there have been repeated breaches of these Rules by a Player, it may hand out increasing disciplinary action, up to and including permanent disqualification from all future competitive play of Rocket League. Psyonix may also enforce any applicable punishment specified in Psyonix’s Terms of Use (https://www.psyonix.com/tou/) and/or the Rocket League EULA (https://www.psyonix.com/eula/).

Relevant Rocket League Code of Conduct rule(s):

If you are a content creator using Rocket League in any form of content -- recorded, streamed, on social media, or otherwise -- you are subject to our Code of Conduct, ToU, and EULA, as well as Epic Games Content Guidelines.

Additional details can be found in the Official Rules: https://battlefy.com/leagues/rlcs/seasons/2020/rules / https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-code-of-conduct/.

Closing

We take coach behavior extremely seriously. This type of behavior is completely unacceptable and will not be taken lightly. Any additional infractions will result in increasing penalties, and we reserve the right to administer any additional discipline at our sole discretion.