Imagine this happening now 💀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLwqahjtEWw
we're talking about the athletes here, not the fans. such technical foul exist during the game in actual sports unlike esports. im not talking about trash talking doesnt exist in sports, but the toxicity culture in gaming is just that common and perceived as "normal"
thats reason why esports will never be taken seriously be fr
messi (the most respected athlete of our days and one of the most respected athletes of all time) after eliminating croatia on the interview when he sees the trainer of the opposite team: que miras bobo? anda pa alla bobo (translated: what are you looking at idiot? go away idiot) the real reason why e-sports arent respected is because most people dont use pc or play pc games and dont know the actual grind behind being a e-sport athlete and for them it is just "wasting time" and "being lazy"
With the snowflake community Japan has
Imagine this happening now 💀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSF9YCfTB8
Not comparable, NIP and fnatic was big rival back in the day. Eg started the beef with chinese team out of nowhere, they started talking shit even before theyve ever played each other once. Theres only 2 reason for them to do this, either they are told by riot to act like the villain to boost discussion about valorant or they are genuinely racist and think chinese are inferior to them