An infamous moment during the Perfect World Philippines Phoenix Council Wars 2026 semifinals match between Team AU and Sentinel, where Team AU threw a game after its players began prematurely celebrating and trash-talking Sentinel, only for the latter to win in the very last second.

In this first match of a best-of-three series, Team AU was leading by one kill against Sentinel with the match timer about to end. A higher kill score would give Team AU the win. With the match about to end, some of Team AU's players started letting their guards down and began celebrating and trash-talking the other team. This blunder let Sentinel steal a kill on the very last second of the match, equalizing the kill score. With both teams having equal kills, the victory goes to the team with the higher damage dealt, which was Sentinel.

Team AU would win the second match but lose the third match, making Sentinel one of the grand finalists.

The semifinals were held on June 27, 2026, at the MC3D Taft branch in Manila City, Philippines.

Video credit: Song Celada.