The LoL coach Jack “Kayys” Kayser worked as an American for the European LoL team Origen. However, he behaved so badly in his private games in League of Legends that Riot temporarily banned him from the LEC. This led to his team kicking him out.
This is Kayys: Jack “Kayys” Kayer is usually not someone who is in the spotlight, but he pulls the strings behind the scenes. Kayys is regarded as one of the best analysts in the LoL scene. He analyzes opponents for their weaknesses and then gives his teams valuable information on how they can win in the next match. He is somewhat of a scout.
In fact, some experts consider him one of the “smartest minds in LoL” and believe he was central to the success of his former teams, like Team Liquid, by optimally preparing them for their opponents.
The American worked for the European top team Fnatic and was employed by the extremely successful US team Team Liquid in 2019. However, he suddenly quit his job under strange circumstances.
He was drawn back to Europe, where he worked for Origen as a “Strategic Coach”. The team is now part of the Astrails Group. The German bot laner Elias “Upset” Lipp is regarded as the star of the team. Last season, they finished third.
Coach banned for 3 weeks after routine check
Here’s why he got into trouble: As Riot Games states on their site, they banned Jack “Kayys” Kayer on June 2 for 3 weeks. During a routine investigation, it was noted that Kayser displayed such negative behavior in LoL that action had to be taken. He had used “discriminatory language” against other players.
There would be zero tolerance for that; it is unacceptable.
Although Kayer was not previously warned, the offenses were severe enough that action had to be taken and he was banned from all Riot competitions for 3 weeks.
This is how the team reacted: His team Origen fired him a day after the Riot ban. They thanked him but also stated: “There would be no further comments on this personal matter.”
Coach says he made mistakes, emphasizes: I am not a racist
This is how the fired one reacted: He describes it as an “unfortunate situation” and admits he made some mistakes. However, he wants to emphasize that he did not make any “racially discriminatory statements”; that is not his way.
This is how it is being discussed: It is unclear for which statements in the game Kayys was exactly banned, but on reddit, they discuss that he did not behave like a model citizen on Twitter and acted impulsively. Some of his views in interviews were probably controversial.
Therefore, it now seems not surprising,that he was banned for toxic behavior.
While Kayys’ results and abilities command some respect, it seems that his temperament has gotten in the way. Especially some statements in the past, claiming that US teams are stronger than EU teams, are still being held against him on reddit.
League of Legends seems to suffer from the problem that players lose control in chat and flame so hard that they get banned. This is especially true for players who are involved in LoL professionally.
One of the most popular Twitch streamers to LoL TF Blade repeatedly manages to pursue an impressive world record but then gets so carried away that he ends up raging and getting banned as a result.
