it was only a matter of time before
professional gaming became just as
embroiled in controversy as its
counterparts in traditional sports
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
crazy things that actually happened in
eSports for more gaming videos check out
our new spin-off channel mojo place for
in-depth reviews thoughtful video essays
details character origins and insightful
commentary mojo plays games smarter
we’re looking at moments events and
incidents in the world of electronic
sports that astounding as they may be
really did occur as described players
accused of cheating drug abuse illicit
money-making schemes chances are that if
it’s frowned upon he sports has seen it
happen but what’s more important i’ve
PAMP of being bad boy while having a
good off laner number 10 team YP banned
at ESL a mere two years after being
established the pro gaming team
sponsored by EU porn would face a huge
setback in its operations the electronic
sports league the oldest of the esports
companies still operating announced that
it would be cutting ties with team YP in
2016 in a statement made to press after
the fact the ESL clarified that this was
due to several of their partners and
sponsors taking issue with pornographic
material despite team ‘wipeys attempts
to compromise with the ESL going as far
as modifying their team’s jerseys and
offering to rebrand the ruling was still
upheld
[Music]
number nine es EA using player computers
to mine bitcoins and broths finishes
things off and so now scores can be
twelve to eleven it’s hardly surprising
that Bitcoin and unscrupulous business
practices would end up crossing paths
eventually but it’s still an unnerving
sight to behold when several people came
forward with claims of fair computers
being overclocked and reporting viruses
without cons it made sense for
regulators in New Jersey to investigate
the issue what they found was startling
the computers in question had been
secretly mining leap coins thanks to the
remote installation of malware by the G
sports entertainment associations the es
EA didn’t help matters by initially
claiming that the issue was merely an
April Fool’s joke before finally
admitting that the malware had been the
work of a rogue employee one of the
things that I’m liking so far we’re
looking at United v is they’re mixing it
up the previous round they have two
players as you go ahead take this
one-way number 8 team immunity wasn’t
paying its team they were roaming a spy
they’re looking for something but team
immunity just bounce back extremely
strong right there quite the effective
case study for how not to treat your
players for a time team immunities
reputation as one of the most versatile
and respected pro gaming organizations
in the Oceania region was undisputed
things weren’t all sunshine under the
surface however many gamers associated
with immunity weren’t even receiving
minimum pay for match participation yet
we’re being overworked by the managers
in September of 2015
League of Legends developer Riot Games
made the call a team immunity as an
organization would be banned from
competitive play on the upside riot made
it clear that individual players from
immunity would still be permitted to
participate in tournaments providing
they sign on with another organization
Swiper and Swiffer making lean plays so
to speak
gameplayer here in the rib number-7
mithy and nuke duck bangin from league
play what I do yeah sometimes it really
doesn’t pay to be a jerk on the Internet
case in point as part of the wider
initiative to clear the player base of
bad actors Riot Games declared their
intent to bar players smithy and nuke
duck from tournaments this game after
numerous reports that the two players
belonging to the team ninjas in pyjamas
had been using racial slurs and engaging
in abusive behavior during play along
with a six-month ban courtesy of riot
both nathie and nuke duck were kicked
from ninjas in pyjamas not long after
the ban was made official we wanted to
be the best we could plus him to VM yeah
yeah pretty much
number six gaming paradise buzzin
getaway this one’s not those looking
forward to the gaming paradise
competition in Slovenia we’re expecting
reasonably upscale accommodations
alongside the chance to win money in
dota 2 and csgo tournaments there was
one major hiccup though the company
setting up the event the gaming resorts
proved incapable of handling any aspect
whatsoever computers necessary for the
tournament were apparently stolen
players were left stranded at the
airport for several hours and there
weren’t sufficient funds to pay for
hotel rooms many tournament goers were
left stranded in Slovenia their
passports revoked until hotel bills were
paid to top it off some people even came
down with food poisoning number 5 Yehudi
the female overwatch pro a lot of people
know of her because of this incident had
that happen when she was a lot younger
in 2016 allegations of hacking came to
light with regards to giggety an
up-and-coming player of overwatch
specifically two members of the pro
gaming team dizziness accused giggidy of
secretly modifying her aim not believing
that her successes were earned without
cheating
fortunately for gigidy lizard
entertainment step four to speak in her
favor with a later livestream confirming
her gaming prowess as both players had
bet their careers on her not being a
legitimate player the two subsequently
announced their official retirement from
overwatch tournament play
at least they lived up with their
promise sorry boys
number 4 James Harding fired from dota 2
commentary valve has fired commentator
James Harding from its dota 2 Shanghai
major presentation apparently even valve
has certain limits to the tolerance of
shenanigans known for being an
unrestrained and oft controversial
presence in the realm of eSports
commentary James 2gd Harding was
nevertheless asked by valve to host the
2016 dota 2 Shanghai major tournament
all seemed fine at first until Harding
made some rather risky remarks that led
to valve firing him
midway through the tournament going one
step further Valve’s co-founder Gabe
Newell went on record to call Harding an
ass before adding that the production
company responsible for the shanghai
major would also be fired now that’s
cold though not exactly without cause we
found really stupid when we revisit we
know what we’re talking about guys
number three
err am in the league of legends finals
not gonna work out for you very well
know Jack you say wishes goes diving in
I cannot go and say this guy to think
this is gone crazy while there have
certainly been instances where
match-fixing in eSports has been alleged
few have proven quite as brazen or
unexpected as this during the finals of
the 2012 major league gaming summer
championships for League of Legends the
competitors Team Dignitas and curse
North America raised some eyebrows when
they mutually agreed to an all random
all mid match given that the Aaron mash
style leaves much of the match play
unpredictable an investigation was
undertaken by Major League Gaming to
determine why this arrangement had been
made it turned out that Kirsten Dignitas
had supposedly agreed to split the total
winnings as punishment both teams were
district and qualified and did not
the professionalism that should have
number to performance-enhancing drugs
this week one of the world’s largest
eSports organizations the electronic
sports league said it will start testing
video gamers for performance-enhancing
drugs getting ahead in such a
competitive field might not be easy but
there’s got to be a better way forward
than this during an interview in July of
2015
counter-strike players MPUs spoke
candidly about how many in his field had
been using adderall to gain an advantage
in play adderall being an amphetamine
can stimulate physical reflexes and
alertness in its users within days of
the interview and the allegations going
public the ESL declared its intent to
start a drug testing program for all
players involved in their competitions
better late than never
tom is one everyone is the number one
backstage fight at Dreamhack winter
[Music]
kind of an ugly affair during the
ongoing tournament play at Dreamhack
winter 2015 journalist Richard Lewis
decided to post a tweet implying that
he’d been intimate with Kelly on ziao
way the girlfriend of dota 2 player lo
de it then transpired that lo de
contacted Luis over Twitter and asked to
meet backstage at Dreamhack where the
two men would eventually get into a
physical altercation reportedly Luis
attempted to strangle load up before the
director of Dreamhack intervened and the
police arrived on the scene while all
parties often not to press charges and
instead move on with the incident the
entire matter was definitely blown out
of proportion really annoying didn’t you
like that at all I thought it was
obnoxious do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
professional gaming became just as
embroiled in controversy as its
counterparts in traditional sports
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
crazy things that actually happened in
eSports for more gaming videos check out
our new spin-off channel mojo place for
in-depth reviews thoughtful video essays
details character origins and insightful
commentary mojo plays games smarter
we’re looking at moments events and
incidents in the world of electronic
sports that astounding as they may be
really did occur as described players
accused of cheating drug abuse illicit
money-making schemes chances are that if
it’s frowned upon he sports has seen it
happen but what’s more important i’ve
PAMP of being bad boy while having a
good off laner number 10 team YP banned
at ESL a mere two years after being
established the pro gaming team
sponsored by EU porn would face a huge
setback in its operations the electronic
sports league the oldest of the esports
companies still operating announced that
it would be cutting ties with team YP in
2016 in a statement made to press after
the fact the ESL clarified that this was
due to several of their partners and
sponsors taking issue with pornographic
material despite team ‘wipeys attempts
to compromise with the ESL going as far
as modifying their team’s jerseys and
offering to rebrand the ruling was still
upheld
[Music]
number nine es EA using player computers
to mine bitcoins and broths finishes
things off and so now scores can be
twelve to eleven it’s hardly surprising
that Bitcoin and unscrupulous business
practices would end up crossing paths
eventually but it’s still an unnerving
sight to behold when several people came
forward with claims of fair computers
being overclocked and reporting viruses
without cons it made sense for
regulators in New Jersey to investigate
the issue what they found was startling
the computers in question had been
secretly mining leap coins thanks to the
remote installation of malware by the G
sports entertainment associations the es
EA didn’t help matters by initially
claiming that the issue was merely an
April Fool’s joke before finally
admitting that the malware had been the
work of a rogue employee one of the
things that I’m liking so far we’re
looking at United v is they’re mixing it
up the previous round they have two
players as you go ahead take this
one-way number 8 team immunity wasn’t
paying its team they were roaming a spy
they’re looking for something but team
immunity just bounce back extremely
strong right there quite the effective
case study for how not to treat your
players for a time team immunities
reputation as one of the most versatile
and respected pro gaming organizations
in the Oceania region was undisputed
things weren’t all sunshine under the
surface however many gamers associated
with immunity weren’t even receiving
minimum pay for match participation yet
we’re being overworked by the managers
in September of 2015
League of Legends developer Riot Games
made the call a team immunity as an
organization would be banned from
competitive play on the upside riot made
it clear that individual players from
immunity would still be permitted to
participate in tournaments providing
they sign on with another organization
Swiper and Swiffer making lean plays so
to speak
gameplayer here in the rib number-7
mithy and nuke duck bangin from league
play what I do yeah sometimes it really
doesn’t pay to be a jerk on the Internet
case in point as part of the wider
initiative to clear the player base of
bad actors Riot Games declared their
intent to bar players smithy and nuke
duck from tournaments this game after
numerous reports that the two players
belonging to the team ninjas in pyjamas
had been using racial slurs and engaging
in abusive behavior during play along
with a six-month ban courtesy of riot
both nathie and nuke duck were kicked
from ninjas in pyjamas not long after
the ban was made official we wanted to
be the best we could plus him to VM yeah
yeah pretty much
number six gaming paradise buzzin
getaway this one’s not those looking
forward to the gaming paradise
competition in Slovenia we’re expecting
reasonably upscale accommodations
alongside the chance to win money in
dota 2 and csgo tournaments there was
one major hiccup though the company
setting up the event the gaming resorts
proved incapable of handling any aspect
whatsoever computers necessary for the
tournament were apparently stolen
players were left stranded at the
airport for several hours and there
weren’t sufficient funds to pay for
hotel rooms many tournament goers were
left stranded in Slovenia their
passports revoked until hotel bills were
paid to top it off some people even came
down with food poisoning number 5 Yehudi
the female overwatch pro a lot of people
know of her because of this incident had
that happen when she was a lot younger
in 2016 allegations of hacking came to
light with regards to giggety an
up-and-coming player of overwatch
specifically two members of the pro
gaming team dizziness accused giggidy of
secretly modifying her aim not believing
that her successes were earned without
cheating
fortunately for gigidy lizard
entertainment step four to speak in her
favor with a later livestream confirming
her gaming prowess as both players had
bet their careers on her not being a
legitimate player the two subsequently
announced their official retirement from
overwatch tournament play
at least they lived up with their
promise sorry boys
number 4 James Harding fired from dota 2
commentary valve has fired commentator
James Harding from its dota 2 Shanghai
major presentation apparently even valve
has certain limits to the tolerance of
shenanigans known for being an
unrestrained and oft controversial
presence in the realm of eSports
commentary James 2gd Harding was
nevertheless asked by valve to host the
2016 dota 2 Shanghai major tournament
all seemed fine at first until Harding
made some rather risky remarks that led
to valve firing him
midway through the tournament going one
step further Valve’s co-founder Gabe
Newell went on record to call Harding an
ass before adding that the production
company responsible for the shanghai
major would also be fired now that’s
cold though not exactly without cause we
found really stupid when we revisit we
know what we’re talking about guys
number three
err am in the league of legends finals
not gonna work out for you very well
know Jack you say wishes goes diving in
I cannot go and say this guy to think
this is gone crazy while there have
certainly been instances where
match-fixing in eSports has been alleged
few have proven quite as brazen or
unexpected as this during the finals of
the 2012 major league gaming summer
championships for League of Legends the
competitors Team Dignitas and curse
North America raised some eyebrows when
they mutually agreed to an all random
all mid match given that the Aaron mash
style leaves much of the match play
unpredictable an investigation was
undertaken by Major League Gaming to
determine why this arrangement had been
made it turned out that Kirsten Dignitas
had supposedly agreed to split the total
winnings as punishment both teams were
district and qualified and did not
the professionalism that should have
number to performance-enhancing drugs
this week one of the world’s largest
eSports organizations the electronic
sports league said it will start testing
video gamers for performance-enhancing
drugs getting ahead in such a
competitive field might not be easy but
there’s got to be a better way forward
than this during an interview in July of
2015
counter-strike players MPUs spoke
candidly about how many in his field had
been using adderall to gain an advantage
in play adderall being an amphetamine
can stimulate physical reflexes and
alertness in its users within days of
the interview and the allegations going
public the ESL declared its intent to
start a drug testing program for all
players involved in their competitions
better late than never
tom is one everyone is the number one
backstage fight at Dreamhack winter
[Music]
kind of an ugly affair during the
ongoing tournament play at Dreamhack
winter 2015 journalist Richard Lewis
decided to post a tweet implying that
he’d been intimate with Kelly on ziao
way the girlfriend of dota 2 player lo
de it then transpired that lo de
contacted Luis over Twitter and asked to
meet backstage at Dreamhack where the
two men would eventually get into a
physical altercation reportedly Luis
attempted to strangle load up before the
director of Dreamhack intervened and the
police arrived on the scene while all
parties often not to press charges and
instead move on with the incident the
entire matter was definitely blown out
of proportion really annoying didn’t you
like that at all I thought it was
obnoxious do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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