{"id":14696,"date":"2021-04-06T22:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ldm-esports-valorant-s-latin-american-champions-disband-after-fraud-scandal"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:35:22","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-ldm-esports-valorant-s-latin-american-champions-disband-after-fraud-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ldm-esports-valorant-s-latin-american-champions-disband-after-fraud-scandal","title":{"rendered":"LDM Esports, Valorant\u2019s Latin American champions disband after fraud scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fraud perpetrated by one of the owners of LDM Esports, a LATAM esport organisation that fields teams in League of Legends<\/a> and Valorant<\/a>, has left the organisation in disarray and on the 6th April they announced they are no more.<\/p>\n

The Valorant squad had come to dominate the LATAM North scene, and most recently won the Stage 1 Masters. They looked destined for great things, but a day before the qualifiers for Stage 2 were set to begin it, all fell apart when it emerged that José “Ezio” Pérez had failed to pay staff, players, and suppliers.<\/p>\n

This is the rise and fall of LDM.<\/p>\n

LDM, its beginnings and rise to the top<\/h2>\n

LDM Esports, formerly known as Liga del Mal, is a Chilean team that emerged at the end of 2019, founded by Misrain “MisrraVB” Valencia, a popular LATAM streamer.<\/p>\n

The beginnings of the team were quite curious since although its initial results within the Entel Honor League, Chile’s national league, were not the most promising, the team had one of the largest followings in the game’s community, a fact that was reflected in the audience numbers when they played.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to this, in addition to the better results in their national league and a subsequent rebrand, in 2020 the team decided to undertake a journey beyond the borders of Chile establishing offices and a second League of Legends team in Mexico. They would also ally with two content creators in José “Ezio” Pérez and Luis “Creador150” Cisneros.<\/p>\n

With the arrival of the squad to Mexico, big hirings were announced for its LoL division for the start of the Division of Honor Telcel, the national league of that country, in addition to the creation of a team dedicated to Riot Games’ shooter, Valorant.<\/p>\n