Union Gaming Intentionally Broke Rules to Raise Awareness of Stream Cheating

Union Gaming CEO Alex Noriega stated that the team’s stream cheating against Summoner’s Rift in Canada Cup was intentionally done in order to raise awareness, calling for Dota 2 teams and fans to recognize February 2015 as “Stream Cheating Awareness Month.”

“We applaud the actions of Canada Cup staff for catching our courageous intentional stream cheating,” said Noriega, who bears no relation to Panamanian military dictator and Call of Duty Black Ops 2 villain Manuel Noriega. “Now that we have raised awareness of the issue, nobody else will attempt to stream cheat while their gaming room has cameras and is being broadcast live with their screens in full view.”

Noriega also stated his initial denial of the accusations and claims of racism were done for the public good, and that “maximum stream cheating awareness” could not have been accomplished had Union Gaming not represented the beloved Dota 2 country of Peru so well in the past.

“Now Canada Cup will surely include a specific rule against stream cheating,” said one Union Gaming player, who apparently failed to read Canada Cup Rule 9.3 Players Prohibited from Watching Streams. “Union Gaming’s work here is done.”

Despite several accusations during CEVO, DOTA Regions, i-League, and other competitions for strategic pauses, faking disconnects, stream cheating, and ghost observers, Union Gaming vows to continue their important humanitarian work.

“We are just a humble emerging team from the neighborhood whose humility is the best in the world,” added Noriega. “We barely have enough bandwidth to open voice chat, Dota 2, and the stream.”

Since the incident against Summoner’s Rift, Union Gaming has been banned from Canada Cup and omitted from The Summit 3 pre-qualifiers. In addition, Beyond the Summit has announced additional protections against stream cheating, increasing the broadcaster delay from five minutes to three months, a delay that also appears to have affected their qualifier invites.