Apex Legends Team Banned From Esports Event For Teabagging Own Teammate

A semi-pro Apex Legends group was banned from a Destiny Legion occasion after one in all its gamers teabagged a teammate who was lifeless in-game. The event admin banned the group instantly after one in all its gamers was discovered teabagging his teammate and it led to a part of the Apex Legends group being upset over the choice. The event organizers had no guidelines in place that might cowl teabagging, particularly with the gamers doing it amongst themselves as banter however the group was kicked out of the competitors regardless.

What's teabagging?

Teabagging is a type of taunting different gamers in multiplayer video games the place gamers stand over the physique of eradicated gamers and repeatedly crouch over the physique. The taunt is supposed to imitate a sexual act and doing it in a recreation usually will get blended reactions from esports communities. Whereas some deal with it as simply banter between gamers, others see it as poisonous.

Match organizer explains why the group was banned

The event admin who banned the group revealed that the occasion was meant to create a “secure house” for avid gamers and teabagging wouldn't be allowed in it. The group claimed that the gamers had been simply joking round with one another and the admin ended up shutting down your complete server.

The group has been banned from all future Destiny Legion occasions over a rule that was not even specified. Banter between teammates is totally regular and it occurs in not simply esports but additionally in conventional sports activities.NFL’s LA Chargers participant Joey Bosa hit a “Halo teabag” throughout a soccer match in December 2021 and it is usually widespread for Main League Baseball gamers to taunt.

So long as gamers are usually not being disrespectful in the direction of one another, there must be no motive to ban them. There have been no guidelines within the event about teabagging and banning the group from all future occasions with none warning was too aggressive.

Whereas toxicity is an issue in video video games, joking round and innocent banter are sometimes accepted even within the greatest competitions. Even the Apex Legends World Sequence noticed a number of cases of teabagging on the world championship and nobody took it as significantly because the Destiny Legion occasion’s event admin.