Two professional FIFA 20 players were forced to resort to playing rock-paper-scissors after neither of them could connect for a match.
Video game technology has advanced far enough that gamers can play anyone anywhere in the world, providing they have the hardware and an internet connection. Pretty remarkable. However, despite more than a decade of practice, there are still countless issues when it comes to playing online. Whether it be accounts getting hacked or servers going down, the system is far from perfect.
Developers do all that they can to rectify issues as soon as possible, or at least we hope they do, and also to prevent them from happening in the first place. This is why the debacle that was the FUT Champions Cup Stage V Qualifiers this past weekend is a bit of a headscratcher. Players around the world had all sorts of issues connecting for matches in a stage of a tournament that pays out a lot of money for the top placing players.
The most bizarre example of EA’s servers failing to hit the mark was shared online by pro-FIFA 20 player Shaun “Brandsha” Galea. Brandsha, who currently sits second in the Malta ePremier League, revealed on Twitter that he couldn’t connect to his opponent nor could his opponent connect with him. Eventually, it left them with no other choice but to decide a winner in an alternative way.
Via an online game of rock-paper-scissors. That’s right, EA’s servers failing to work as they should lead to a professional FIFA match with money on the line should the winner progress far enough being decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors. That hardly seems fair, and even though Brandsha has been accused of complaining just because he lost, he’s assured his followers that he wouldn’t have been okay with it regardless of the outcome.
For those who still don’t believe Brandsha, EA has revealed that both he and his rock-paper-scissors opponent have since been eliminated from the tournament. Neither of them were sent out into the cold for losing at rock-paper-scissors. Both players were given the chance to progress via alternative qualifying matches and neither made it to the next round.
Source: Polygon
