14 DAY TRIAL // League of Legends professional team Cloud9 Tempest has been disqualified from the Challenger Series for the Spring 2015 tour, after a player failed to patch his game client.
One of the team's players failed to show up for a match due to the fact that his game client wasn't updated, and another team member stepped in and used the first member's credentials, impersonating him, which is against the rules of the game's competitive rule book.
Riot Games decided to penalize the team, disqualifying Cloud9 Tempest from the series for the Spring Split, suspending its players from all Riot-sponsored League of Legends competitions until later in 2015, and rendering Cloud9 unable to sponsor a Challenger team until the Summer Split.
Furthermore, the team's manager was also suspended until the Summer Split. As the story goes, he wasn't aware of the fact that one of the team members was using another one's account to play, in breach of the unfair play rules instated by Riot Games, until later in the match, when he failed to contact the proper authorities, thus getting himself involved in the problem.
Preparation is the key to avoiding such issues
The story would be humorous if the sanctions for this infraction were not so severe and if the players in question were not reminded on two separate occasions to make sure that their game clients are patched before the match.
The only team member escaping any penalty is Cloud9 Tempest's substitute player, who was completely unaware of the situation.
In any case, the team will not be required to pay any fines. In case you want to get the full scoop, you can read the entire report, complete with the ruling, the reasoning behind it, and the context of the infraction, on LoLeSports.
Many players logged complaints regarding the instability of the League of Legends Tournament Realm client in the past, and it seems that this time too a crash was at fault.