Rodríguez is suspended for eight weeks by his group after his tweets garnered detrimental consideration on the social media platform.
Over the course of the G2’s historical past, because the days of Gamers2, Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago has been a divisive determine for most individuals. The previous League of Legends professional turned proprietor and CEO of one of the crucial profitable esports groups in Europe is not any stranger to getting criticism online, whether or not for his aggressiveness in terms of coping with participant contracts or for extra real-life issues corresponding to his involvement with Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia’s investments into esports in recent times are a closely mentioned subject amongst followers. They’ve made a number of strikes within the scene such because the merger of FACEIT and ESL and their eventual acquirement by Saudi Savvy Gaming Group, or the proposed however finally canceled partnership between LEC and the Saudi Arabian metropolis Neom. Ocelot had said “…neither G2 nor [he] can be taking cash ‘earned’ from genocide and ethnic cleaning. Ever,” however was criticized for this assertion after accepting a job as a speaker at a Saudi Esports Federation occasion.
And now the latest controversy by G2’s CEO got here yesterday when he tweeted a celebration video captioned, “yesterday we celebrated G2's world championship.” This sparked loads of backlash from the neighborhood as one of many individuals that may be seen within the video is a person named Andrew Tate, who has been within the information lately as he acquired arrested in Romania for holding two girls in his home in opposition to their will. Other than his arrest, Tate is infamous for his misogynistic views towards girls, his preaching of poisonous masculinity and his distasteful feedback about sexual assault.
This, in fact, rubbed loads of G2 followers or different components of the esports communities the unsuitable method, particularly as this video got here a few weeks after G2 announced their feminine League of Legends workforce. Many various personalities replied to ocelote’s tweet criticizing him for his reckless promotion of a determine whose views can hurt the neighborhood, together with G2’s personal Jakub “Lothar” Szygulski and LEC caster Aaron “Medic” Chamberlain.
Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez suspended
— G2 Esports (@G2esports) September 18, 2022
G2 Esports was fast to reply in regards to the subject as they put a tweet as we speak, informing their followers that after deliberation with the Supervisory Board, ocelote could be suspended for eight months, or at the very least “take eight weeks of depart as CEO,” and he would forfeit his pay for the period.
Whereas there are some questions on how this might have an effect on ocelote’s future with G2 or if he would see any extra punishment from G2’s companions corresponding to Riot Video games, who has sure tips for his or her franchised workforce house owners, there hasn’t been any official communication in regards to the subject thus far.
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