Minecraft speedrunner Dream has had his runs removed from speedrun.com leaderboards due to alleged cheating

I watched the video, processed the numbers. And completely understand the accusations. BUT. That's all it is currently. It's a mathematical theory he cheated. Unfortunately there is no physical proof.

A man being stuck by multiple lightning does happen. The odds are astronomical. But do we call them "cheating" for it happening? Did they some how actively go out of there way to attract lightning ? It's certainly a possibility. Just no way of prooving it.

So while I completely get the mentality...being better in your field makes you more likely to cheat at it. I personally think it was unfair to strip the runs of their Merritt purely because the RNGness is so in his favour.

If this was a court room I'm not convinced it would result in a guilty verdict.

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