Twitch star Jaryd Russell Lazar, Summit1g, shocked over cheating in $35k contest

Streamer Jaryd Russell Lazar, also known as Summit1g, was left shell shocked when he found out that "cheating" was permissible in a Sea of Thieves tournament which was hosted on Twitch and YouTube.

This was brought to light when BoomTv held a Sea of Thieves tournament on April 1 with a whopping $35,000 prize.

The contest saw some popular streamers like Dr Disrespect, ZLaner, and including Jaryd ‘Summit1g’ Lazar take part.

Lazar, a 34-year-old Twitch star, was floored after he was informed that some players were using "stream sniping" to gain advantage over their opponents.

He then proceeded to go on YouTube to speak of the ordeal: "I personally think it’s cheating. I’ve never seen a tournament that would just allow open information to be shared through all of the streams."

He then proceeded to read screenshots that he was sent of players using their chat to closely watch every contestant’s move during the contest.

Lazar was floored when a fellow contestant wrote in his stream, "Hey dude, we wanted ghosting/sniping to be illegal. After asking organizers they said it was another element to add to the event. I assumed all crews knew."

Summit responded to the message and exclaimed, "I won’t let this slide. That’s not something a tournament organizer just lets go under the rug."

The streamer then went on to share why he found this behaviour unacceptable. 

"That’s a VERY IMPORTANT thing to say. Hey, stream sniping every other team is legal, or hey it’s not. It’s assumed that it’s illegal, so it’s not even talked about. THAT MAKES NO SENSE! That also supersedes Twitch."