{"id":14314,"date":"2021-03-29T05:03:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/s1mple-hit-with-valorant-ranked-restriction-unbanned-quickly"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:35:07","slug":"s1mple-hit-with-valorant-ranked-restriction-unbanned-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/s1mple-hit-with-valorant-ranked-restriction-unbanned-quickly","title":{"rendered":"s1mple hit with Valorant Ranked restriction: Gets unbanned quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natus Vincere’s star player and widely considered the greatest of all time (GOAT) of CS:GO, Sasha “s1mple” Kostyliev<\/a> has been playing and streaming quite a lot of Valorant recently, despite also participating in the massive ESL Pro League Season 13<\/a> CS:GO tournament. After achieving Valorant’s 2nd highest rank, Immortal, s1mple woke up to find his account has been restricted from playing Ranked games.<\/p>\n

s1mple Ranked restriction in Valorant <\/h2>\n

s1mple wanted to play some more Ranked Valorant matches over the past weekend, and when he geared up to do a Twitch stream on 27th March, he found his account to be restricted from playing Ranked.<\/p>\n

The CS:GO GOAT didn’t know why Riot Games added these Ranked restrictions to his Valorant account and took to Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"s1mple(Picture: StarLadder)<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained to his fans: “I dont specifically show my nickname, I got an immortal, I wake up and see a block in ranked games LUL.”<\/p>\n

s1mple then followed up by saying he is not a cheater, and asking Riot Games how he could check how long this ban will last.<\/p>\n

Sasha on Twitter<\/span>I dont specifically show my nickname, I got an immortal, I wake up and see a block in ranked games LUL @PlayVALORANT— Sasha (@s1mpleO) March 27, 2021<\/span>Sasha<\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

S1mple’s Ranked restriction issue in Valorant was, however, short-lived. Riot Games’ esports strategist, Riley Yurk, Tweeted at s1mple<\/a> to get in touch, and the CS:GO star was unbanned hours later.<\/p>\n

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Why was s1mple banned from Valorant?<\/h2>\n

Neither Riot Games nor s1mple gave an exact reason for his short Valorant ban. However, in our explainer about s1mple<\/a>, we did note how toxic he was, especially at the start of his esports career. He’s also no stranger to Twitch bans…<\/p>\n

While recently playing Valorant, s1mple did slam the game’s sniper (Operator) calling it an “opera-f$%king s$#t weapon, and swearing a lot after he got killed repeatedly while learning to use it.<\/p>\n

\"AT-cm|1103812139-social-preview.jpg\"<\/a>s1mple – s1mple plays valorant<\/span>Watch s1mple’s clip titled “s1mple plays valorant”<\/span>Twitch<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

As of Valorant patch 2.05, players can get restricted from Ranked play.<\/p>\n