Spaamgate

The most famous incident involving puppets in sports roleplaying which has been immortalised as Spaamgate.

Spaam and their sovereign territory East Spaam were drawn together in the same World Cup qualification group, during World Cup 9. East Spaam topped the group while Spaam finished one place outside the qualifying spots, despite Spaam holding the higher ranking. East Spaam withdrew in a controversial move, which rumour has it was due to pressure by the Spaamanian Football Association. This normally would have allowed Spaam to take their place in the World Cup itself; however this was frowned upon, and it was decided to punish Spaam by allocating the free space to the fourth-placed team in qualifying.