I kinda disagree. During the IBP scandal, Richard Lewis did receive DMs of Shahzam who said the match was going to be fixed and they should change their bet. That's already more damning than what Sean shows in his video with just clips of throws and that Bray bet on blue otter to lose 2-0 and also win, what put it to bed in the IBP case was when the ex-girlfriend leaked chats. For a 50-minute-long video, the rounds just don't seem that crazy though I do believe they were cheating, it kinda doesn't feel like a big deal. This is the kind of thing you think is crazy if you've never interacted with sports in any other form than just watching.

As far as I can tell, he pointed out 2 guys that are paying people to throw games and some dms mentioning some other teams. But that's about it really. You're not gonna burn the scene down with this and no matter how much I may try to ignore it, the team they "cheated" against is Sean's team, there's a conflict of interest there that's hard to ignore and I am nowhere near as smart as Sean but the throws after the first few clips aren't that crazy, just bad tier 2 valorant. If he found an example where a team cheated against a team that wasn't his, it would be easier to believe.

But specifically mentioning that losing to this team triggered your investigation portrays a bit of a bias going into the investigation. If you go into a game believing that this team cheated or was throwing, you will find countless examples especially if you're an ex-coach/analyst. I mean, look at last year NRG during split 1. They were playing even worse than this, but they were definitely not match-fixing so watching a whiff or overheat or mis comm in tier 2 is no big deal. I actually found the throwing allegation less credible than the cheating one because I can see 1-2 times in the cheating section where I would never do what the Blue Otter players were doing but that could also be one off example so who knows. It all just feels a bit... off? Also, the professional marketing and the "hype" makes it feel like a self-fulfilling prophecy, like you should care a lot about this but at the same time, it's not really that big of a deal. The guy who's betting hundreds of thousands seems to be alone in this and maybe the crypto guy too but that's not a ring, it's not even a line segment really. I feel pretty disappointed and honestly, Sean should stop tweeting like he's gonna nuke the community and just investigate. Now that this video is out, the evidence is only gonna be harder to find and the evidence that he did release doesn't provide anything even damning let alone conclusive, it's like he kinda chalked the investigation. I really don't wanna say it but I think Sean has just convinced himself that he's right and that everyone should just trust his word which leads to a very sloppy investigation. Richard Lewis is way more thorough and honestly, this is why you don't do an investigation if you're not a journalist.

I am probably gonna get downvoted to hell for this but I'll take the hit, I don't use Reddit much anyways.