Criticism
Worlds draw for Swiss Stage Round 2 under fire as some in the community question its competitive integrity
Worlds 2024 news and Road to London content powered by AGON by AOC Some League of Legends esports […]
October 4, 2024
Sam Mathews on Fnatic turning 20 years old: ‘It’s very hard to be consistently pushing esports forward every year and being competitive. I don’t think there’s been a single year in our history where we’ve not done that’
A week ago, Fnatic celebrated their 20th birthday with a Fnatic XX party at the organisation’s London HQ. […]
August 1, 2024
Esports Awards partnership with Esports World Cup sparks community criticism
A few days ago, the Esports Awards announced it had signed a three-year contract with the Esports World Cup […]
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June 9, 2024
Neace brands new wave of hate as ‘literal slander trying to destroy’ his business, considers suing, wants to hit Challenger on Korean server as response to latest criticism of his League of Legends coaching and fees
Update (November 2022): Neace has responded to a new wave of hate and criticism of his League of […]
October 21, 2022
G2 Carlos to take unpaid leave after community backlash to video of him partying with Andrew Tate: ‘I accept the consequences in full’
Update: Carlos has decided to step down fully from G2 Esports. This came a few days after G2 […]
September 18, 2022
DonJake calls out NLC and UK orgs for not doing enough to build their identity or create better content: ‘Orgs are killing this region. Where’s that rebel energy? We’re the UK, man!’
UK League of Legends personality, Ruddy Esports org owner, content creator and LFL English caster DonJake has called […]
June 29, 2022Tarzaned Neace drama: Streamer criticises League of Legends coach’s refund policy before offering his own coaching services
Popular NA League of Legends streamers Tarzaned and Neace (pictured) have been involved in some drama after streamer […]
June 23, 2022
Diablo Immoral: Streamers and community condemn microtransactions in new release, with Preach, Bellular, Asmongold and others speaking out
“I’m ready for hell,” reads the words on the social header graphics for Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s newest action […]
June 6, 2022
Crypto betting platform DJ Esports rebrands to EsportsBet.io following criticisms around procedures and plagiarism
Esports betting provider DJ Esports has rebranded to EsportsBet.io following criticisms around the clarity of its guidelines and […]
February 18, 2022
French retailer Sephora appears to have pulled its listing for Screen Break ‘blue light protection’ spray from Addison Rae’s Item Beauty brand following gamer backlash
French beauty products retailer Sephora appears to have removed a recent listing for Screen Break ‘blue light’ protection […]
February 2, 2022
Mad Lions distance themselves from content creator after ‘disparaging’ tweet blaming Carzzy for Worlds 2021 exit was called out by LoL community
Image credit: LoLEsports Twitter A Mad Lions shareholder has come under fire from the League of Legends community […]
October 24, 2021
Moxxi, Richard Lewis and other esports personalities defend Frankie Ward over Dota 2 The International community criticism
Image credit: Dota 2 The International Flickr Several esports personalities came forward to stick up for Frankie Ward […]
October 21, 2021
‘It’s Not Coming Home’ – Atlanta Reign player hits London Spitfire with cheeky smack talk at end of Overwatch League match
Atlanta Reign hit London Spitfire with some ballsy BM (bad manners) at the end of their recent match […]
July 10, 2021
Course Corrections: What lessons can be learnt from Staffordshire University and the UK’s first esports degree?
Four years ago this month, Staffordshire University announced it had become the first UK university to offer a […]
May 28, 2021
Exclusive: ESL and WePlay respond to criticism of their partnerships with controversial sponsor 1xbet, NetherRealm and Bandai Namco cut ties with WePlay
UPDATE (April 30th 2021): Developers NetherRealm (Mortal Kombat) and Bandai Namco (Tekken, Soul Calibur etc) have published almost […]
April 21, 2021