Trainwreckstv’s Valorant ban has xQc and Riot Games quarrelling
The popular Kick streamer Trainwreckstv has received a 30-day ban on Valorant for apparently boosting despite playing on his own account, sparking heated discourse in the community.
The terms of service of online competitive games are usually shakily implemented. In particular, Riot Games is known for only occasionally giving players any punishment for actions such as boosting and smurfing. The primary exceptions to this matter are popular streamers who catch the eyes of Riot’s representatives.
Trainwreckstv was the most recent streamer to get banned while playing Valorant. The problem is that he was seemingly banned for playing with his friends, which is apparently allowed by Riot, though other conditions may have been breached. The discourse has gotten so bad and divisive that other large streamers and some Riot representatives have been dragged into the matter.
Why was Trainwreckstv banned from Valorant?
Trainwreckstv was apparently banned for 5-stacking with professional Valorant players while having bottom-tier stats himself.
The streamer was playing Valorant live with his main account. The account’s rank is Ascendant 2, with an 81.8% win rate. While these stats are impressive, the problem is that his K/D ratio is 0.59, which is in the bottom 1% for that rank. The reason for this disparity is that he only queues with players who already have high ranks.
Trainwreckstv finding out about his Valorant ban – Image credit: Trainwreckstv
The last time Trainwreckstv played Valorant before his ban, his team consisted of himself, prodCM, sinatraa, dapr, and Hamy. All four players either have a history of playing the game professionally or have already proven that they’re skilled.
The player’s performance and actions ultimately led to him getting temporarily suspended from Valorant. According to the suspension message, he was suspended because of player reports and an automated gameplay review, indicating that Trainwreckstv manipulated his rank, breaking Riot’s terms of service.
xQc joins Trainwreckstv in speaking out against his Valorant ban
xQc was among the first to break the news of Trainwreckstv’s Valorant ban, resulting in a chain of streamers and other community members speaking out against or in support of it.
While Trainwreckstv reacted to the suspension live on stream, xQc was the one to dig deeper into things. He revealed a Discord message from an anti-cheat analyst at Riot Vanguard named GamerDoc, which took the entire thing to a new level.
The messages from GamerDoc stated that Trainwreckstv was getting carried every game, and someone on his squad was playing on an account they didn’t own. Interestingly, GamerDoc stated that the ban wouldn’t be reverted and that he could ban the accounts of the person who messaged him on Discord.
xQc reacting to GamerDoc’s leaked Discord messages – Image credit: xQc
After reading the way GamerDoc responded to Trainwreckstv’s suspension, xQc went to social media and on stream to address Riot directly. He stated that Trainwreckstv was targeted for no reason, and multiple Valorant streamers supported this accusation. Streamers such as G2 Shanks spoke out against Riot’s seemingly unfair suspension.
The guideline that most defenders of Trainwreckstv turned toward to support their stance reads that full parties of five players are allowed with no ranked restrictions. The official Riot Games page states that a team can have three Irons and two Ascendants without any consequences.
GamerDoc responds to Trainwreckstv’s Valorant ban
GamerDoc made a post on X to defend his decision to ban Trainwreckstv, stating that a player in the squad was swapping between multiple lower-ranked smurfs to boost everyone else.
Boosting is strictly against Riot’s terms of service, and multiple players have been punished for it. The Riot employee also said that the alleged booster had prior boosting bans on his main account.
xQc reacting to GamerDoc’s response to the situation – Image credit: xQc
xQc was among the first to reply to this, saying that the player who was boosting should have been banned. Instead, only Trainwreckstv faced the suspension hammer.
A separate Riot employee stated that dapr’s smurf account was also banned as a repeat offender. However, the other players in the 5-stack didn’t face any consequences because they didn’t have a pattern of queuing with rotating accounts.
The head of Riot’s anti-cheat department, Phillip Koskinas, chimed in to say that dapr was swapping through different accounts to essentially boost the other players.
Trainwreckstv directly responded to his statement, saying that it isn’t his job to know whether he’s playing with hand-leveled accounts. Koskinas did respond, but he only doubled down on a member of his squad using borrowed accounts.
It’s doubtful that Riot will revoke the suspension until the period is over. According to the message Trainwreckstv received, his account is suspended until June 7, 2026. He and his supporters will likely continue to speak out against the suspension.
But Trainwreckstv is just amping up his gambling streams, aiming for multiple max wins for every day his suspension lasts.
Feature image credit: Trainwreckstv
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