Professional Valorant player Swerl who plays for the Chinese organization RNG has revealed the racial abuse incidents that occurred during the Valorant Champions China Qualifier. In his statement, he pointed out that those involved appeared to be connected to the Monarch Effect team.
Ali ‘Swerl’ Kobraee took to Twitter to share his distressing experience of racial abuse during a VCT (Valorant Champions Tour) tournament. According to Swerl, individuals wearing shirts representing the opposing team directed racist remarks at him, referring to him as a monkey and even making animal noises while the match was in progress.
“After Map 2 (Haven), a couple of players or managers called me houzi (monkey) in the bathroom. They were wearing ME shirts and in the following map continued to make monkey noises,” Swerl wrote in his Tweet that was later deleted.
His teammates have also confirmed the same in their tweets but surprisingly they are deleted as of now. According to Swerl, the tweets were deleted in light of an ongoing investigation to check into his claims.
Riot has not officially addressed this however we must wait till the investigation colludes to see what this means for the Valorat esports space holistically.
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