Yu-Gi-Oh! player caught cheating during tournament livestream
Cheating is a major problem in all card games, but perhaps nowhere is it worse than in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Many tournaments that do not have the benefit of being streamed online have blatant cheating, but the Ludus Championship Series, which was streamed on Twitch, revealed a cheating player.
This player cheated openly during Round 1 of the tournament, and has since been punished by the judges.
During the WCQ Regional 2022 Round 1, a pair of players were dueling, and Cadianni (4/1/0) was playing Cassano (4/0/1). While playing the Dragon link deck, the player decided to try and stealthily pull a card out of his deck, via card dropping.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! player was sorting through his deck to find a card and quickly dropped the card out of his hand onto the mat. Cadianni then quickly pulled a card from his hand back into the deck. Anyone who wasn’t paying close attention might not have even noticed this. He then resumed gameplay as usual.
This occurred during their very first match, and it didn’t appear that Cassano even noticed it happening in the first place. However, the judges were eventually alerted and they identified the moment of cheating a bit too late. It was thanks to the clips made on Twitch.
As per the above post, the Yu-Gi-Oh! player in question was “declared unwelcome” to all future events, and further action will reportedly be taken.
Cheating is never okay in competitive gaming. This particular instance of cheating wasn’t immediately clear to some Redditors, as evident by one user asking for clarification about what exactly transpired. A response came through to explain the situation.
The cheating player in Yu-Gi-Oh! was shown at the seven-second mark to clearly drop a card and replace it.
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