Fish123 is a notable name in the professional Valorant community, having recently won multiple tournaments such as COOLER Cup, GriziCup #1, Mandatory Cup, Solary Cup, with total prize money nearing $22,000. However, according to new allegations made by a Twitter account named Anti-Cheat Police Department, Ardis “ardiis” Svarenieks, a player who just left the Fish123 roster two days ago, is under suspicion of using hacks and, more seriously, match-fixing.
Specifically, in a post, this Twitter account claimed that a professional hacker had approached them with allegations against ardiis. Anti-Cheat PD also shared a chat log indicating that this player had contacted another player, Jack “kpiz” Pragnell, who is currently competing for ROYALS, and proposed that kpiz fix matches in a recent Valorant tournament. In another conversation on Teamspeak, ardiis discussed with two professional hackers about match-fixing in games featured on betting sites, the involvement of kpiz and DPS (another player from ROYALS). Notably, ardiis also mentioned wanting to intentionally lose matches he participated in that were available on betting sites, even though the odds were never attractive enough for him to do so.
Readers can find the video HERE.
Anti-Cheat PD: “In the clip, ardiis said: ‘Surely kpiz or DPS would be willing [to fix matches], let me ask them.’ Did he ask you?”
Jack (kpiz’s real name): “Yes, and I refused.”
The situation didn’t stop there. Upon digging deeper into ardiis’s history, it was discovered that he had also played CS:GO and had connections to another player who was previously banned by ESEA for cheating.
After these allegations surfaced, many players who faced ardiis have spoken out, asserting that he is quite “suspicious” and urging relevant parties to investigate.
DF_Taimou: “He (ardiis) is the only AWP-er in EU faster than me. I really want to know if that’s his skill or if he’s hacking.”
*DF_Taimou is a very famous former Overwatch pro player who has competed for Team Envy and recently transitioned to Valorant.
“I truly hope ardiis is not using hacks, players from the UK don’t often get a chance to shine in Esports, and he could ruin the integrity of one of the best Valorant teams in the world right now (from the UK).
I hope that Riot and Valorant will conduct a thorough investigation into this matter.”
We will continue to update on this situation.
Update: ardiis has stated on Discord that he will soon make a personal announcement, however GamerDoc, the owner of the Anti-Cheat PD account, immediately responded that ardiis should be careful as he still has a lot of evidence yet to be released.