Even the best can be exasperated by trolls. That’s what happened to Faker, prompting him to threaten to boycott SoloQ if such issues weren’t taken seriously by Riot Games in the near future. If the publisher has not yet communicated on this subject, this story has already been taken very seriously by some actors, giving rise to a punishment for the culprit.
An exemplary attitude
During one of these games, the midlaner of the current LCK leaders T1, found himself confronted with a player profile well known to regulars of the game. The latter did not stop dying in a loop, logically leading to a failure. In the next game, Faker found himself on that player’s team again. He decided to babysit his lane playing jungle, and then noticed that the troll played extremely well when things went his way. It therefore became obvious that his actions during the previous game were premeditated and not a consequence of a level of play not corresponding to the ELO of the game.
The former world champion went on to explain that he first thought of simply dodge the game, but changed his mind, feeling that he did not have to punish himself for the actions of another. . He still had to play this new game with a sword of Damocles above his head, not knowing if Inter risked repeating his game from the previous game. By trying to find out more about this player, Faker quickly designated him as probably a Chinese player based on two arguments :
- the player’s account which had all the characteristics of the accounts that Riot Games can provide to pro players or certain popular streamers
- the fact that he did not know the account, and that he had never seen a Korean pro player act like this.
He then stated that this type of incident was happening more and more often, and that without reaction from Riot Games against people who do anything while feeling protected, it would boycott SoloQin view of the difficulty in obtaining healthy parts.
Result
In addition to the support provided by several professional or retired players, the affair quickly made noise. T1 even sent a complaint to Riot Games, asking them to react. In the end, Top Esports third toplaner Quingtian tweeted an apology, saying something like this (sorry if this is not 100% accurate, the translation of the article is based on a translation from Chinese to Chinese English, so some subtleties may have escaped this double translation):
I am Qingtian. This morning I did something wrong in a SoloQ game. The team and the League made me aware of this. I fully understand the mistake I made. As a professional gamer, it is my duty to keep the game healthy. I will accept any punishment from my team or the League.
I want to apologize to the nine other people present in this game. From now on I will treat every part seriously.
Top Esport then issued a statute saying they were at the disposal of the League to help with the investigation and that any fines would be deducted from the player’s salary. Quingtian finally received a month’s salary withdrawal, without it being specified whether this fine came from the league or only from the structure.
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