No remorse, tantrums, rage quits
If you’ve playedLeague of Legends, you probably have at one time or another been linked to avideo by Dunkey, a popular YouTuberwho primarily produces debatably hilarious content involvingLeague of Legendsand other games. The above video is Dunkey’s reaction to Riot banning him fromLeague of Legendsfor being toxic in chat.
In the video, Dunkey shows no remorse for typing the following into his team’s chat towards a randomly matched player who was feeding, or purposefully letting the other team kill them:
“You are a fucking worthless braindead scumfuck bastard pile of trash mental dickface that should be gunned down in the street like the degenerate you are.”
Those who know Dunkey know his sense of humor and would laugh this off, but if you don’t, it seems pretty vile, and thus Riot banned him.
Instead of taking the high road, Dunkey instead has seemingly rage quitLeague of Legendsand has called the game boring, stating, “Talking shit is probably one of the only fun parts of this boring ass game. I wonder if they understand that the root of toxicity is the game, it’s just not fun and it pisses people off.”
Dunkey also feels thatLeague of Legendsdoesn’t work as a competitive game, despite it being themost popular eSports game in the world.
I love Dunkey’s content but he is certainly overreacting here and being a bit of a diva. The ban wasn’t even permanent — just until September 17 or five days from the time of the video being posted. To me it just seems like Dunkey is going through the five stages of grief, and the video above basically highlights all of them.
Riot has stuck to its guns on the situation, refusing to bow down to his celebrity. “We really can’t show favoritism to someone just because they are a pro or a known content creator,”said Jeffrey Lin, lead game designer of social systems onLoL.“We have a zero tolerance policy against hate speech, racism, homophobia, and sexism and that policy stands whether you’re a random player, a pro player, or a YouTube celebrity.”
