Nintendo under fire for lying about players lagging at Smash tournament Nintendo is under fire for hiding in-game lag during a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate online tournament from fans \u2013 cutting away from a game that was suffering from the issue. The company was been hosting the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open event, when the Nintendo Switch\u2019s online services began suffering with lag, affecting games in the North East region of the tournament. During the middle of one of the matches, the game started to visibly lag and in an apparent attempt to hide that fact, the broadcast team cut away to the analysts studio, as to not show that the match was buffering mid-game. After cutting away the game, the host stated: \u201cDuring this viewing, you might see a little bit of a slowdown or buffering but do not worry, the players aren\u2019t seeing that \u2013 that\u2019s not affecting them and that will not affect the VODs afterwards, of course.\u201d Viewers were unconvinced, given that in-game lag is common when playing yourself, and so Smash players would have instantly recognized it as an in-game issue \u2013 not a broadcast issue. One of the players involved in the game, isnacks, refuted those claims by stating on Twitter that they had experienced lots of lag during the match. \u201cA lot of lag. We don\u2019t know where it came from because game 1 and 2 were pretty decent,\u201d he said, responding to a fan who asked if he had suffered from the issue. A lot of lag. We don’t know where it came from because game 1 and 2 were pretty decent. \u2014 Isnacks (@Chef_Isnek) February 10, 2019 Esports reporter Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau highlighted the clip of the game on his Twitter account, adding that the host had \u201cpresumably lied to viewers\u201d by claiming the players had not run into any lag issues \u2013 while also stating that Smash Ultimate online is \u201cnotoriously laggy.\u201d Nintendo cut stream of a match in this weekend’s Smash NA Open qualifiers due to lag in the match, and then the host presumably lied to viewers saying the players did not experience lag while playing. Smash Ultimate online is notoriously laggy. #NintendoNAO19 pic.twitter.com\/cxFtA9bdeg \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) February 9, 2019 Twitch streamer DMBrandon also chimed in, stating that what had happened was akin to false advertising while also describing the event as a \u2018mess.\u2019 \u201cNintendo saying on a broadcast that the players aren\u2019t experiencing lag is akin to false advertising,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThis event is a mess and I hope the talent says something.\u201d Nintendo saying on a broadcast that the players aren’t experiencing lag is akin to false advertising. This event is a mess and i hope the talent says something. \u2014 dmbrandon is King Arthur (@juiceDiem) February 10, 2019 There has been no official response from Nintendo yet on the accusations, but what transpired seems like a clear cover-up attempt, and fans were not happy about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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