The LoL team Vaevictis eSports consists of female players. They are currently struggling with disrespect in the professional scene.
What happened? In a match of the League of Legends league “LCL”, the teams ROX and Vaevictis eSports faced each other.
During the ban phase, Team ROX banned the 5 support champions Nami, Janna, Lulu, Thresh, and Braum. Subsequently, Riot Games issued an official warning regarding ROX’s behavior.
In a game against Vaevictis, Team ROX banned 5 support champions in the pick and ban phase. While technically compliant with the rules, Riot Games and a larger part of the League of Legends community viewed this as a sign of disrespect towards Team Vaevictis eSports.
Why is this disrespectful? When banning champions in LoL, players typically choose those they do not want to play themselves but pose a significant threat to the match. If an opponent is particularly good with Champion X, that champion is banned so the player has to resort to alternatives.
Many see Team ROX’s decision to only ban supporters as a sign that they believed Vaevictis had little chance of winning anyway and therefore left them stronger champions.
ROX won the mentioned game after nearly 21 minutes with 12 to 1 kills, 9 to 0 towers, and a gold advantage of about 18,000 gold.
Who is the team Vaevictis? The all-female team for LoL was formed in this lineup this year. This happened after Vaevictis completely dissolved their original roster.
What else happened? Vaevictis also gained attention when they lost a game with 2 to 52 kills against Vega Squadron in this split. Team Vega Squadron also received a warning from Riot Games for allegedly dragging out the game intentionally. Riot Games classified this as unsportsmanlike behavior.
Riot Games states that gender discrimination and all other forms of discrimination are completely unacceptable. In case of further violations, harsher penalties will be imposed:
Warnings were issued to the organizations ROX and Vega Squadron, which means that their penalties will be harsher in case of repeated violations.
We have warned other organizations preventively that any discriminatory behavior is unacceptable and will be punished by management. We hope that these measures will educate players about the seriousness of the situation and motivate them to improve their behavior.
Source: LolEsports
How does the community react to this? Viewers see the disrespect but accuse on Reddit the management of Vaevictis of promotional intentions at the expense of the players.
“Even if some people think it’s disrespectful. An all-male team from the Diamond League would never be formed. That’s just marketing. Of course, they are trolling,” writes Gus14354 on Reddit. He points out that the ranked performances (Diamond League) of the individual players are relatively low compared to those of other players in the LCL.
User DearRebel responds: “On one hand funny, on the other hand sad. I looked at the team when it was announced and it was obviously a PR stunt. […] I heard that Vaevictis wanted to sell their spot [in the league] but failed to do so in time. So they filled it with an all-female team to make a promo.
Good for the players of the team, who have nice Instagram accounts, but it harms women in eSports more than anything else.”
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