Summit1g furious as $35,000 Sea of Thieves tourney ruined by cheats & stream snipers
Streamer Summit1g was stunned after learning that “cheating” was allowed in a Sea of Thieves tournament hosted on Twitch and YouTube.On April 1, BoomTV held a Sea of Thieves tournament with a prize pool of $35,000. The epic contest included popular streamers such as Dr Disrespect, ZLaner, and Jaryd ‘Summit1g’ Lazar.The 34-year-old Twitch star was floored, however, when he discovered that contestants were allegedly “cheating.” According to Lazar, he was informed that some players were using stream sniping to get an advantage over their opponents.
Summit1g calls out Sea of Thieves tournament cheating
The Twitch star addressed the scandal on YouTube and said, “I personally think it’s cheating. I’ve never seen a tournament that would just allow open information to be shared through all of the streams.” He then read off screenshots he had been sent of players using their chats to monitor every move each contestant had been making during the contest.
Lazar was floored when a fellow contestant donated to his stream and wrote, “Hey dude, we wanted ghosting/sniping to be illegal. After asking organizers they said it was another element to add to the event. I assumed all crews knew.” Summit responded to the message and exclaimed, “I won’t let this slide. That’s not something a tournament organizer just lets go under the rug.”The streamer then explained to viewers why he found this unacceptable. “That’s a VERY IMPORTANT thing to say. Hey, stream sniping every other team is legal, or hey it’s not. It’s assumed that it’s illegal, so it’s not even talked about. THAT MAKES NO SENSE! That also supersedes Twitch.”
Summit1g responded to them while streaming live on Twitch. “IT’S A TOURNAMENT. How is that not automatically assumed you don’t stream snipe? You think you have to ask the tournament organizers this?” he said in frustration.
