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In the early morning hours of May 19, 2025, Team Liquid founder and co-CEO Victor Goossens took to X/Twitter to issue a detailed apology for a controversial pos

“Lucas made a regrettable decision in the heat of the moment after a tough loss,” the statement reads. “He searched for an explosion GIF using generic keywords to express how his team “blew up” during their loss, and in choosing one that matched the intensity of his emotions, he failed to realize how the imagery connected to a painful moment in Japan’s history. We believe that there was no malicious intent, only a very serious lapse in judgment and awareness.”

Ah yes, a “heated gamer moment”. heated-gamer-moment

  • barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “He searched for an explosion GIF using generic keywords to express how his team “blew up” during their loss, and in choosing one that matched the intensity of his emotions, he failed to realize how the imagery connected to a painful moment in Japan’s history. We believe that there was no malicious intent, only a very serious lapse in judgment and awareness.”

    Yeah dude he was looking for a generic explosion and picked one of a super-shaky grainy video probably in black and white, sure. Maybe try a different lie lmao.