A Polish coach in League of Legends has now been banned for a year. The Pole Konrad “Kominek” Szewczak apparently incriminated himself through tweets and screenshots he presented in a YouTube interview. Riot Games banned him for ELO boosting, win trading, account sharing, and poor behavior. His team subsequently called him an “aberrant and criminal” – and they kicked him out.
Who is it about?
- The Polish coach Kominek was previously known as Kaseko and played for several amateur teams as a support player during his active time.
- In January 2022, he obtained a position as head coach at Maroon Belles, a newly founded team in the 2nd league of the “Ultraliga”: that is the Polish league in LoL.
- Riot Games has now banned the coach for a year, effectively giving him a professional prohibition.
Coach incriminates himself in YouTube video
How did Riot catch him? It’s a bit bizarre. Riot Games states that during an interview on YouTube the coach shared various screenshots and tweets, which allowed Riot Games to conduct a detailed analysis and find “indisputable” evidence of how horribly the coach behaved in the game.
He is accused of four things:
- In-game toxicity
- ELO boosting
- Win trading
- Account sharing
This is how the team reacts: The coach’s team, Maroon Bells, writes on Twitter:
Unfortunately, it has turned out that among the colors of Maroon Bells was hiding a criminal, an aberrant, a bandit.
Konrad “Kaseko” Szewzcack has committed unforgivable crimes against Riot Games and had to be dismissed from his role as head coach of our team.
Maroon Bells
The probably biggest scandal regarding the ban of a world-class coach involved the coach cvMax: he allegedly choked a player. However, LoL fans in South Korea intensely advocated for his acquittal:
200,000 LoL fans force Riot to act – ban for problem coach delayed
