Riot Games officially punished malibu for cheating in the Game Changers North America women's tournament

Cheating at official tournaments organized by Riot Games is a rare occurrence, but sometimes such situations do happen. Today, it was announced that the developers of Valorant, after four months, finally punished the cheater who competed in Game Changers North America Series 3.

As a reminder, the cheating incident occurred about four months ago, during the third stage of the American qualifiers for the women's world championship. During the upper bracket quarterfinals, the relatively unknown team noot noot defeated the women's team Disguised GC. After that, there were questions raised about one of the participants, known as malibu, who performed an incredibly unrealistic ace. Read more about it in our article. Today, after four months without information, Riot Games finally disclosed the official punishment that awaits the cheater and their colleague.

On the official Riot Games website, a statement was released announcing the punishment. It states that malibu has received a lifetime ban from all tournaments organized and sponsored by Riot Games. Additionally, the company also punished another team member, James "summertime" Edwards, who is prohibited from participating in events for a year.

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It is still unknown how Riot Games plans to deal with malibu in the future. The fact is that no participant knows the real data of the player, and she herself used a fake photo generated by artificial intelligence. Therefore, it is possible that we will hear again about cheating at official tournaments in the future.