Riot Games has strengthened the Vanguard anti-cheat system in the past weeks to keep Valorant away from scammers ruining the experience of regular players . So much so that former CS: GO, current professional Valorant player Yasin "Nisay" Gök was banned from the game for cheating in a ranked match on February 5 . Turkey's official Valorant esports account announced the ban early on, citing Riot Games ' official investigation into the player. As a result of cheating, "Nisay" was dropped from Beşiktaş Esports squad and his contract was terminated. During the ban, which will remain in effect for 12 months, Nisay, Valorant will also not be able to participate in the Champions Tour.
As a result of the evaluations made by the Riot Games anti-cheat team, it was determined that Nisay used cheats in a ranked match and was banned from all official Riot Games organizations for 12 months.
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After Nisay's departure from Beşiktaş, the current squad was determined as follows:
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Nisay, who reached out to Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat team to clarify the situation, said: "I personally think I've been wronged, but I can't do anything against a company like Riot. " I want it to show. ''
Nisay, who has topped the EU leaderboards, also claimed that Riot banned him under " society pressure " and that they did not show any evidence to support the cheating accusations. " They said they've never seen anything like it in any of Riot's tournaments. We've been in constant communication with Riot for a long time. When we asked them what 3rd party software etc. proofs would you show us, we were under community pressure and they said they wouldn't. "
In response to the ban, Nisay continued, “ I'm Radiant in a competitive match just because I'm not that stupid to cheat, if they really detected what I did with the h, a permanent ban would be enforced .”