[2021] Competitive Ruling - Retals

After a Semifinal match between Spacestation Gaming and Team Envy on April 25, 2021, player Slater “Retals” Thomas repeatedly violated the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) and Rocket League Player Code of Conduct. After a thorough investigation and review of the evidence, Retals will be disqualified from competing in the first day (Group Stage) of the upcoming North American Spring Split Regional Major on May 22, 2021.

Ruling

After Spacestation Gaming's Semifinal match against Team Envy on April 25, 2021, Retals repeatedly violated the RLCS and Rocket League Player Code of Conduct. This behavior included, but is not limited to, berating and harassing tournament administrators and Psyonix employees through Discord and Twitch.

Relevant rule(s): 7. Code of Conduct (7.1.2, 7.1.3), 8.2. Disciplinary Action (8.2.3)

7.1.2 Players must be respectful of other Players, Tournament Administrators, spectators, and sponsors (as applicable).

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/).

Additional details can be found in the Official Rules: https://battlefy.com/leagues/rlcs/seasons/2020/rules.

Closing

We take player 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.