20-year-old professional flees his team home – ‘My life was in danger’

In League of Legends, the community has been rocked by a frightening report from Japan. The 20-year-old top schemer from the most popular LoL team out there, DetonatioN FocusMe, has escaped from the gaming house. It looks difficult.

This is the news in a nutshell:

• Twenty-year-old Haruki “tol2” Shibata wrote on Twitter yesterday that he was forced to flee his DTM gaming home in fear of his life.
• He was allegedly threatened by his coach Kazuta “Kazuo” Suzuki after feeling “verbally abused” for some time
• The young man says he has been diagnosed with an adjustment disorder but has nonetheless been targeted for months

Who is the young professional? tol2 with the team in his rookie season, so he has never played for a professional team before and has had to replace “Evil” since January 2023. Former star of DetonatioN FocusMe: Moved to competition in December 2022.

DetonatioN FocusMe is in the summer of LJL 2023 with a 4-0 first-place finish. However, there seem to be serious problems with the team.

Brophy complained to management and was fined for it

young man says: The 20-year-old claims he was repeatedly “verbally abused”. That started after the spring semester in 2022. Head coach Kazuo and assistant coach Cyrus are said to have been on the kicker.

As an example of what to put up with, tol2 says: I saw a dog on the street, and trainer Ceros said to the 20-year-old: “Hey, you’re a dog too, join us.”

He says he complained to management about the mistreatment, but they told him that if he told anyone he would never play in the professional league again, for any team. In addition, he was given a penalty. He says there is no way he can “escape” his view.

The player says he broke down in London and couldn’t stop crying, with only Butlaner Milan, 22, helping him calm down. 26-year-old Yotaponi, another entrepreneur, also picked tol2 as one of his few backers.

Why did he run away now? Allegedly, a major controversy escalated yesterday. After that he ran away and now he doesn’t dare to go back to the house of games because he doesn’t know what to expect. last post was:

“I felt like my life was in danger. I want to compete in the game tomorrow but I don’t know how they will react when I go back to the game house.”

How is the league now? No statement has been issued from the club yet, and the player is also silent at the moment.

the community on reddit But he seems worried about the situation:

• Many show their solidarity with the player and praise the players who stand up for him: Yutaponi in particular is a great guy. The Japanese have been playing for the same team since 2013: only Faker is similarly loyal.
• It is said: This is an example of “Japanese” work culture
• One user speculates: Many seniors (“boomers”) may not understand this, but this is a problem well known to trainers in general. Even in traditional sports there will be those coaches who behave abusively

Young players on a professional esports team often live together in so-called “gaming houses” during the season. The worst case of how the situation ended was in Brazil:

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