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April 18, 2026 | Alexander Saraff

Every instance of crowd cheating in Vitality vs FURIA

Following Vitality and FURIA's semi-final matchup at IEM Rio, Pley.gg has compiled every attempt by the Rio crowd to sway the match in favor of the local team.

There were 6 instances found across both maps of play.

Following Vitality and FURIA’s semi-final matchup at IEM Rio, Pley.gg has compiled every attempt by the Rio crowd to sway the match in favor of the local team.

Map 1 – Overpass

  • Round 12 – Vitality go for a fake on A while mezii lurks B. Whistling and cheering can be heard to try and warn FURIA players, who rotate one player to B.
  • Round 17 – ropz goes for a B Monster flank which crowd tries to signal, but doesn’t end up affecting the round.
  • Round 21 – ZywOo’s connector flank is succesfully revealed by crowd to keep Vitality off of 13. ZywOo is cleared and FURIA gets bomb plant.
  • Round 21 (part 2) – apEX’s smoke play is revealed by crowd. This allows FURIA to win a 2v2.

Map 2 – Ancient

  • Round 3 – ZywOo backstab is called out by crowd, but YEKINDAR doesn’t turn around.
  • Round 20 – mezii revelead to be in smoke to yuuurih by crowd, he kills him and then wins the 1v1 clutch vs ZywOo to tie up 10-10.
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Alexander Saraff

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I'm an aspiring journalist in the world of esports. I first got into MOBAs watching SMITE in 2015, and got hooked on CS from the MLG Columbus Major.

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