{"id":28678,"date":"2022-03-05T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/russia-virtus-pro-cancel-culture-shock"},"modified":"2024-07-20T22:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T22:14:04","slug":"russia-virtus-pro-cancel-culture-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/russia-virtus-pro-cancel-culture-shock","title":{"rendered":"Russian team Virtus Pro blames &#8220;cancel culture&#8221; for esports ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 2nd March 2022, major esports tournament organisers ESL and BLAST decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/esl-bans-russian-teams-and-sponsors-from-the-esl-pro-league\">ban teams with &#8220;apparent links&#8221; to the Russian government<\/a>, notably Virtus Pro and Gambit Esports, from competing in its leagues amid the ongoing hostility in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came after Ukrainian Deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov pleaded with game development companies and esports platforms to temporarily rescind business dealings with Russia, noting, &#8220;if you support human values, you should live <em>(sic)<\/em> the Russian market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedorovMykhailo\/status\/1498945221337534469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">official statement,<\/a> Fedorov said, &#8220;I appeal to temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian teams and gamers in all international esports events and cancel all international events holding on the territory of Russia and Belarus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Russian esports team Virtus Pro reacts to ESL ban<\/h2>\n<p>In an official response on Twitter, Virtus Pro criticised the move, hinting that ESL and BLAST were bending to &#8220;cancel culture,&#8221; citing &#8220;no rational reasons&#8221; for the ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1646491419327362576=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Addressing ESL Pro League statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RghpmPyTHr\">https:\/\/t.co\/RghpmPyTHr<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfNliB4rGU\">pic.twitter.com\/sfNliB4rGU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Virtus.pro (@virtuspro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro\/status\/1499746830325846023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the Russian esports organisation said ESL requested them to share legal and financial information, including the country of registration, ownership and partners&#8217; details, and whether or not any of their affiliates were subject to international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We replied with a full and comprehensive response, backed up by all the necessary paperwork. That inquiry was a mere formality; our answer didn&#8217;t mean to have any effect,&#8221; Virtus Pro said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/F-4zGh09TLkK2cWcY8kAO2kaeinKzyOkRbk9v_sAGDA\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Fc3BvcnRzL3ZpcnR1c3Byby9FU0xfUHJvX0xlYWd1ZV8yMDE5X3YyLnBuZw\" alt=\"Russian esports org Virtus Pro is banned from competing in ESL league\" width=\"421\" height=\"236\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">Russian esports org Virtus Pro is banned from competing in ESL leagues. (Picture: ESL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, despite this, ESL publically announced that the reason for Virtus Pro&#8217;s disqualification was an &#8220;alleged connection to the government and companies that are now subjected to sanctions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noteworthy, Virtus Pro acknowledged that ESL offered players an opportunity to compete &#8220;under a neutral flag&#8221; but refused to speak with the club management, instead preferring to talk directly with the players.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/esports-orgs-solidarity-ukraine-russia-invasion\">Esports orgs stand in solidarity with Ukraine amid Russian hostility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We are facing a prime example of &#8216;the cancel culture.&#8217; However, in this case, there are no ultimatums that are supposed to push us towards certain actions. That&#8217;s why we won&#8217;t respond to this aggression with aggression of our own by forbidding our players to lay in this tournament,&#8221; the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Virtus Pro noted that their players had spent countless hours becoming professionals, and they were &#8220;not ready to invalidate&#8221; their efforts. &#8220;Our players will always be &#8216;The Bears&#8217;. If they decide to play at the tournament, we will support their decision,&#8221; the company concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/wqUu0x7krOcL3J-Mmj__cD4Prxy-RX3Ej4U6pD5nx_8\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Fc3BvcnRzL3ZpcnR1c3Byby9lMFJGclZtS25GV21Zd3NIZTZXOWw1alZPNXVkeExKcHk4QnNIV3Z4LnBuZw\" alt=\"Virtus Pro players will still be able to compete in ESL leagues under a neutral flag.\" width=\"465\" height=\"265\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">Virtus Pro players will still be able to compete in ESL leagues under a neutral flag. (Picture: Virtus Pro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Virtus Pro disapproves of ESL&#8217;s decision and claims not to have connections with the Russian government, the facts say otherwise. Noteworthy, Virtus Pro is owned by ESforce Holding, a division of Russian tech firm Mail.ru. At the same time, Gambit is a subsidiary of Russian telecoms group MTS (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/04\/video-game-firms-move-to-cut-off-russia-amid-ukraine-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CNBC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it is reassuring that Virtus Pro are supportive of their players continuing to compete under a neutral flag in the leagues. Unfortunately, Gambit Esports has not issued a public response at writing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/vp-gambit-decry-ukraine-support-false\">Rumours that Gambit and Virtus.pro decry Ukraine support are false<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image courtesy of Virtus Pro.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 2nd March 2022, major esports tournament organisers ESL and BLAST decided to ban teams with &#8220;apparent links&#8221; to the Russian government, notably Virtus Pro&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":28679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esports","genre-lifestyle","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian team Virtus Pro blames &quot;cancel culture&quot; 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