League of Legends Pros Banned after Using Racial Slurs in Chat

8CN: A pair of professional League of Legends players have received lengthy bans from competitive play due to "toxic behavior," "verbal abuse," and "offensive language." The ban comes down from the esports coordinator for Riot Games, meaning that both Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez and Erlend "Nukeduck" Holm will be suspended from the League Championship Series and Challenger Series for the rest of 2014.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Forget banning them, just make them say this offensive stuff to the person's face. That would be a lesson not soon forgotten.

[Gazondaily]

The language used was absolutely vile. I'd love to see someone say that to me in real life. Bloody keyboard warriors.

[Utalkin2me]

If you wasn't so far away i would. Just to prove a point.

[Gazondaily]

@Utalkin2me

Are u talkin 2 me? ARE YOU TALKIN 2 ME?

Lol, by all means, anyone is free to try it. Saying it out of malice is one thing, saying it just as an experiment (assuming that I know what you're doing already) is another.

[zeusky]

its just words

[DarthZoolu]

@utalkin2me

Then I would start fighting you just to prove a point, and every drop of blood that hits the ground would help my point.

[LogicStomper]

@Zeusky

A punch to the face is just a punch.

See, I can damage control as well.

[Ocsta]

His glasses would end up in his rectum.

[JsonHenry]

For some reason I always find it funny that the word police will ban people for saying some things that are not nice but fine with other things.

Tell the kid to be professional and grow up and get back to playing.

Sticks and stones and all that jazz..

[DarthZoolu]

I love how people think words don't have consequences. Talk to me that way in person and see if the constitution will stop this ass whipping you about to get.

[JsonHenry]

You need thicker skin if it is that easy to upset you enough to make you assault someone. You're either very immature or very insecure.

And no, you wouldn't. Because my 2nd amendment says you'd be dead before you realized it. Something you might want to try and remember before assaulting someone. It might just safe your life. Hot heads like yourself die every day for not thinking ahead.

[DarthZoolu]

@jsonhenry

No I'm black and angry! Run up on me and say some racist shit and thats your ass period. Also if got a gun you better pull it quick because I keep a Glock 21 on me at all times. Cats like you die every day for thinking any rules matter when we in the streets. I've beat down and pistol whipped enough people for any single person to get the same, and snitches get shot so you will be lying in the street till a cop comes so you will be on the ground for a while and .45 wounds are serious.

[JsonHenry]

Oh, I didn't realize you were a troll or else I would have never responded in the first place. Pretty funny stuff though. Thanks for the laugh playa'!

[DarthZoolu]

Not gonna post a link to my record. Bitch

[thricetold]

@json

Not to butt in, but you don't think they sold you the last gun do you? Surprises me that people think they are the only ones walking around with a concealed weapon.

Don't know where you guys live, but it's LEGAL to carry concealed weapons with a permit in a lot of the US states and it would behoove many to remember that before playing the tough tony role with anyone.

@darth

Let it go dude, you'll just get yourself banned.not worth it.

[SpideySpeakz]

LoL controversy?... typical.

[ArtificiallyYours]

Gamers being assholes, eh.

[KinjoTakemura]

Too many of these "pro" gamers are pretentious a**holes. Some of them need to be stomped on a few times.

[KonsoruMasuta]

These guys take it way too seriously.

[DarthZoolu]

Yall don't take it seriously enough. If its ok do it in public. Because say some shit like that to me and I'm swinging off top!

[sdozzo]

It's Pro gaming. Ok.

[Inception]

Lol, "professional gamers" huh

[SniperControl]

Sometimes, they get called "Sportsmen"

I always laugh when esport is regarded as an actual sport by some people.

[JackOfAllBlades]

Just because some of us would rather play sports with a mouse and keyboard or controller, just means we don't want to play the sports involving a multitude of ballz

[Qrphe]

I laugh everytime I hear the term esport

[hiredhelp]

They are really nice guys in real life and really dedicated."

How can anyone be nice with a attitude like that "glass your famileys". WTF if dude was in my clan I never want him back period some lines you dont cross this immature twat just crossed couple.

Now weres my Tape and Bat gone.

[KonsoruMasuta]

"According to the ruling, Mithy's harassment score was in the top 1% of all players in the EUW region, and that he was reported in over 30% of his games. Additionally, he was reported over 30 times for leaving a game or going AFK. Nukeduck has likewise been reported in nearly 30% of all of his games, with over 65% of those being for "Offensive Language, Negative Attitude, and Verbal Abuse."

This guy is a mega douche. He deserved it.

[tamulmol]

Pro gamers are always trying to act tough while in games but in real life they are being bullied. BIG TIME!

[Swiggins]

Except you have no evidence to prove that.

I know this is gonna sting a bit but the stereotype of the "bullied gamer nerd" isn't remotely a big thing anymore....mainly because over half the population now play's videogames, it's no longer niche, it's gone mainstream.

It's not impossible that these guys are troubled and bullied...but it's just as possible that they're the bullies themselves.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

Good ban them. Nerds be thinking they famous, thinking they can say and do what they want. Now they have to get real jobs and do real work.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

It is a real job isn't it they get a salary paid to them for playing league of legends would you tell a pro footballer to get a real job? I agree they should be banned and they are kind of famous just look at some of the streamers on league of legends the top guy I saw last night had 25 thousand viewers just for him it wasn't a championship or anything I personally classify them as famous but thye have a lot of influence and a massive following. I'm not defending them btw racism and sexism are two things I would love to keep out of gaming so I'm glad they got banned but it's until season 5 if I'm not mistaken

[HappyWithOneBubble]

Well maybe I was a little harsh. I'm sorry.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Just jelly cause your bronze and can't make it as a career. Your calling them nerds but here you are on N4G telling them to get "real" jobs.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

*YOU"RE* I don't even play the game so.

Edit: There's nothing to argue about because it's not even that serious.

[mochachino]

Quit being a grammar nazi, half of the time people are typing on their phones. Too much hassle to correct autocorrect and word prediction mistakes.

You're an ass for assuming the person doesn't know the correct word.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

>Must correct grammar to avoid argument.

[SnakeCQC]

Good; there's no way to defend this crap.

[SoulSercher620]

Good let's see them use racial slurs in real life and see how it takes them. They'll be lucky they just got a ban.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Good if we want exports to be taken seriously the players need to act their age stuff like this happens in other sports too and they get fined for it and banned from a few games. I have only recently taken an interest in Esports after the black ops 2 cod champs and my god if any of you are into the competitive cod scene it's real bad they are always arguing and calling each other things through out the games and than on twitter it's soooo sad that it's like that I recently like in the past few weeks got into league and watched LCS NA and they are sooo much more mature it's like night and day all Esports scenes should do stuff like this because after some of the cod guys loose they are just massive babies about it that's why I stopped watching and following cod Esports

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Deserved.

Nukeduck was a part of Lemondogs which is a team that went to Worlds and left it for a team in relegations, played poorly and got relegated, fail to get in again, get banned from even having a chance of getting back in for the next time and then get dropped from the team. Sucks for them, but they deserved it.

[ramza04]

Safe and sound behind their screens. Gotta love it. Just wow at what would happen irl if one of these pussies splurted that in my face.

[kevinsheeks]

I always take it as a compliment my gaming name is dinero so any game I win online if the other team get's mad they call me a dirty spic which i just find hilarious

maybe I've been online to long but after awhile you kind of laugh at it.

p.s.

Didn't no they got paid though so that does kind of change things slightly

[mochachino]

I swear 90% of hate slurs are geared towards blacks or Jews, oh and gays too. People love to hate on them as well.

I'm glad they're banned. Ban them for life and make an example out of them.

[SnakePlissken]

Really? Maybe in the 70s! We got alot of black racists now. Look at the black panthers for instance and Al Sharpton. They exist more than you know. For Christ sakes, our president is even black, but yet we are still being called racists? It's bullshit! Nowadays all the hate crimes are geared towards whites! Just take a look around! All the school bus beatings done by black kids!

The black thugs that senselessly killed that white Aussie for fun, that was just jogging. The blacks that pulled a couple white reporters out of their vehicle and beat them down for just being white! One was a woman by the way!

I can go on and on what you're not hearing, because it does not fit the mainstream medias template! Do you're research and you will be shocked at what you're not hearing!

There is also a lot of major tension going on out here in Cali between Hispanics and Blacks! I've seen it all first hand, so you don't know what you're saying.

Black on white crimes is massive right now! You're just not hearing about it, because its not white on black is all. The minute whitey says one little thing, it's smeared all over the place, and people demanding apologies. If your black, you can get away with all the racial slurs you want! Just look at spike lee! They get a free pass now!

Personally, everyone needs to bury the hate so we can move on! And yes, that includes gays and jews! They've got a lot of hate and anger in them as well!

[mochachino]

No doubt there are black racists too who are just as deserving of our disgust and disapproval. I should have said 90% of the slurs I hear in online games.

All racism disgusts me, against any race. Assuming a white person is racist is racism against white people in and of itself. I've overheard a lot of racist comments by Asians and south Asians against whites too. Just wish people judged people by their character, not money, religion, skin color, gender, ect.

And just because there's a black pres doesn't mean that there's no racism towards blacks. First off he's half black and second there was a large percentage of people that didn't vote for him, some probably just because he's black.

[SnakePlissken]

Last comment, agreed!

[BlackWolf12]

This is really surprising to see this coming from the Pro league. Those guys are role models to a lot of the younger players, they should be setting an example.

I would have permanently banned them from competitive to be honest.