Twitch Rivals Rust Team Battle featuring Disguised Toast ends prematurely, Twitch issues statement

sportskeeda.com:

The drama around the Twitch Rivals Rust event has finally come to a close with the admins declaring Team Disguised Toast (North America) as the winning team in the 40v40 match.

Originally intended to be held for a period of three days, the event was cut short after the Spanish team, led by Alexby11, accused Twitch admins of discrimination.

Read on to find out what caused an abrupt end to one of the most hotly anticipated events in the streaming community.

Rust is a popular survival-focused strategy game where a player or a group of players collect resources in a forest setting to stay alive.

For the first time, Twitch Rivals organizers introduced a new format for the tournament, where 40 player teams from NA (North America) and Spain/LATAM regions competed with each other.

The teams consisted of content creators and streamers from these regions, who were to be picked out by their respective leaders (Disguised Toast and Alexby11). The event had a massive prize pool of $100,000.

The tournament commenced on April 15, with both teams having a strong start from the beginning of the event. After a competitive first day, the Spanish teams started alleging that their region was being shown disrespect and threatened to leave the event.

While play continued into the 2nd day, the rift between the teams only grew bigger. This started when allegations of the showdown being unfair to the Spanish team were also added to the mix.

The root of these allegations lied in the scheduling of the event. In a competitive Rust event where the other team's players are resting at a different time than the other, it gives one an opportunity to easily attack them, diminish their resources and knock off their players.

As Twitch is an NA-based organization,