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Russian Virtus.pro player draws "Z"(in support of Russian invasion of Ukraine) in Dota 2 Major , team disqualified and player terminated
- Thread starter Biosnake
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That's super fucked up. I doubt any other teams besides VP would touch him anyway, but he should be banned from the Majors indefinitely for good measure.
He starts crossing it out himself before a teammate of his (I think) circles it and then a bunch of other people just mess up the minimap. The colors make it hard to tell exactly which team everyone is on because teal and light blue are on different teams. I think it was light blue who went second though.
Depending on how they solve it, they still have the third (and last) major/season of the DPC to qualify directly. I say that because they got DQd of the tournament but had already avoided "relegation" (which normally would happen in a DQ like this).
Otherwise, they have the chance in regional qualifiers (the teams in the DPC that didnt qualify in the region have a tournament as a last chance) and in this case a special second inter-regional qualifier (still not explained but likely top 2-3 teams of each region for an extra slot).
Also, a bit of background, VP didnt go to a previous fan tournament (they were invited and scheduled to appear before the war happened) because they refused to either write a statement against the war or to participate while removing any mention ot the org (which is owned by a russian oligarch oops).
Even the "opearte ubnder a neutral name" is a bit... of a "sure buddy" situation:
Even the "opearte ubnder a neutral name" is a bit... of a "sure buddy" situation:
It sounds like they're only cutting ties with him because he got them into trouble, not because it was a disgusting thing to do
A shame because he seemed to be a real rising star. But yeah, fuck around and find out comes to mind.
I understand DM's - one of the other players on VP - tweet asking for the rest of the team to be given some leeway HOWEVER no one actually apoligised on VP's side. Even Pure just gave an excuse.
I understand DM's - one of the other players on VP - tweet asking for the rest of the team to be given some leeway HOWEVER no one actually apoligised on VP's side. Even Pure just gave an excuse.
Not just "fuck around and find out", but a heavy dose of "you need the league more than it needs you". Threw away a golden goose method of making money just to draw a letter on screen. Fucking dumbass.
Some of the most cowardly shit on this planet is people who like to draw little symbols or make little gestures that signify hate speech, but never want to say that shit with their chest. They just hope that not enough people recognize what it represents so that they can get away with it.
Trash humans.
Trash humans.
Yeah. Not a shred of compassion to be found. Whoever wrote and ok'd this statement doesn't give a shit about any of that, this is all about how it's affecting them and their business.
In order to try to emphasize how unfair this is to them, they dismissively refer to the incident as "drawing on a minimap by a single player." Rather than acknowledge the severity of this scum's action, or express even a word of sympathy for the targets of this Nazi sympathizer expressing support for rape, torture and genocide, they opted to prioritize talking about how shocking the severity of the punishment to them was. They're the real victims here, you see. Both of the fuckhead's "diminishing actions", and Valve's "shockingly severe punishment." Poor them.
If nothing else, following this statement, the team getting disqualified is retroactively deserved.
Good to see that appropriate action was taken.
WTH
The statement from the team reads like it is from two separate statements. First, they find the punishment extreme and "unprecedented" (i.e. biased), and then, in the last paragraph, they write the obligatory empty PR that checks all the "we are sorry" boxes
The statement from the team reads like it is from two separate statements. First, they find the punishment extreme and "unprecedented" (i.e. biased), and then, in the last paragraph, they write the obligatory empty PR that checks all the "we are sorry" boxes
Let me fetch my violin so I can show that naZi bastard how much I care about him and his naZi enabler team.
Well they ARE owned by an oligarch, so... no surprise.