Riot Games has issued a 31-day ban to streamer Tyler Faraz Nikam, known as Trainwreck, for his participation in a Valorant match that violated the game's terms of service. The enforcement action targets account sharing and matchmaking manipulation rather than standard team play. Riot clarified that the incident involved complex account swapping that distorted competitive integrity.
Group achieved 80 percent win rate across fifty games
The banned group achieved an approximately 80 percent win rate across roughly 50 games. An Immortal-ranked player with prior boosting bans on their main account swapped between multiple lower-rank smurf accounts they did not own. This specific player also received a hardware ban. The group operated as a five-stack using accounts that were not hand-leveled by the individuals playing on them.
Trainwreck responded to the ban by stating he was queuing with friends live on stream and that 95 percent of the players in his stacks used their main accounts. He argued that the punishment was unfair and disproportionate to his actions. He claimed he was getting carried in every game and that his underperformance did not justify the harsh penalty. Riot Games stated the ban would not be reverted.
Riot Games emphasized that five-stacking is acceptable only when all participants use accounts they personally own and have hand-leveled. The developer noted that the situation lacked fun for all involved parties. The MMR stack in the incident was artificially low due to the account sharing. The company maintained that the violation was clear and the enforcement was necessary to protect the game's competitive environment.
Source: PCGAMESN
