Caedrel responds to Movistar KOI co-founder’s “trolling” comment; Posts expose tension between orgs and Riot

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 22/10/2025

Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont has hit back following a post by Movistar co-founder Adam ‘Grazen’ Adamou, who seemed to criticise the Los Ratones project as about “trolling or streaming.”

Following Caedrel’s message, fellow MKOI co-founder Ibai Llanos jumped to his colleague’s defence, in a post that exposed the tension between Riot and its partner orgs.

The post followed Karmine Corp Blue’s hugely impressive victory over Los Ratones in the EMEA Masters Semi-Finals, which KC Blue won 3-0.

Caedrel responds to Movistar KOI co-founder

Grazen posted, “Happy to see two strong academy teams leading the way at EMEA Masters,” congratulating Kamine Corp and Heretics, whose academy teams reached the EMEA Masters Grand Final.

“It shouldn’t be about trolling or streaming but about developing talent for the region. Both orgs should be proud. I hope to see these star players in the #LEC soon.”

The post immediately stood out as a potential swipe at Los Ratones, following the conclusion of the org’s first year of competition.

The hugely popular project has seen LR’s popular members stream their competitive efforts to a huge audience, elevating viewership and engagement in Europe’s Tier 2.

The post prompted a reply from Caedrel, who defended the purpose of Los Ratones, stating, “If this is related to LR and you think our year was about ‘trolling’, then you are the most far-removed person in the scene once again.”

He added, “Another terrible tweet of yours shows up on my timeline with an awful take about the current landscape of the scene in League.”

While Los Ratones was built around popular former League pros, such as Caedrel, Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson, and Tim ‘Nemesis’ Lipovšek, the competitive nature of the project was hugely successful.

Los Ratones won EMEA Masters Winter and Spring, as well as all of 2025’s NLC splits, falling two series short of completing the ERL ‘Golden Road’ by winning all competitions in 2025.

Caedrel went on to emphasise what competition meant to ‘The Rats’, stating, “We gave it our absolute all this year, and for someone like you to come along with this s**tty take is pathetic.”

Indeed, it was obvious from watching Los Ratones’ streams that the team’s main focus was competition. The post-match debrief between the team saw the roster devastated by the loss.

Caedrel’s message to his stream after their defeat to KC Blue emphasised that the roster had suffered due to a lack of breaks, and personal relations deteriorating throughout the year.

He stated, “I definitely think towards the end of the year, in my opinion, we didn’t have many breaks, so I think the way they acted towards each other got slightly worse and worse and worse.

“I think our practice got progressively worse. I don’t know if you could tell from the outside, but the vibe slowly deteriorated.

“The fun went into super serious very quickly, and problems festered. Solutions never found.”

Those struggles contextualise Caedrel’s response, who was keen to dismiss the notion that Los Ratones was not a serious competitive effort.

Ibai Llanos response highlights tension between orgs and Riot

Caedrel’s message to Grazen prompted fellow MKOI co-founder Ibai Llanos to chime in, replying, “Chill, bro, if they’ve put you in the LEC, it’s all good.” (translated)

Community members have noted that Llanos’ use of the Spanish word “tete” is potentially derisive, due to the word’s common use in ragebait posts.

After a community member criticised the post from Llanos, Ibai clarified, “I also adore Caedrel. I think he’s the greatest creator in the world of League of Legends. I believe Los Ratones should be in the LEC.”

“That said, there are teams that have spent millions of euros (not my case) on a supposed private spot that now feels like it can be accessed from Tier 2 because Riot keeps making sudden changes. We have 0 security in anything. Esports are not in their best moment.”

The messages underline the anxiety which exists in Riot’s esports scenes of late. That could not be more relevant to Movistar KOI, which recently lost its Valorant partnership spot after a breach of contract.

Currently, Los Ratones are only rumoured to take part in LEC Winter, with the new format reportedly including two EMEA Masters teams.

However, the opening up of the LEC has left many uncertain about the future of Riot’s closed ecosystems, with organisations being defensive of their eight-figure investments that guaranteed their LEC participation.

Riot has already received public pushback over the move, with Karmine Corp owner Kamel ‘Kameto’ Kebir claiming that no partner agreed to LR’s inclusion.

“There wasn’t even a single person who agreed with that idea. They just f*cked us.”

What the MKOI Valorant incident and the Los Ratones LEC rumour have exposed is the simple truth that Riot have absolute power over its ecosystem.

While the partner model was intended to provide stability, it is the threat within that partnered orgs are now anxious about: Riot itself.

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Darragh Harbinson is an esports writer specialising in Counter-Strike. He has written for Esports News UK, Esports Insider, UKCSGO, Dexerto, and Rush B Media.

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