Russian esports workforce Virtus.professional blames ESL suspension on ‘cancel culture’

Russian esports crew Virtus.pro claims its suspension from ESL competition, announced earlier this 7 days in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is “a primary example of ‘the cancel culture’.” It will never avoid its gamers from competing underneath a neutral identify, nevertheless, a compromise permitted by ESL equivalent to the approach the Intercontinental Olympic Committee took for Russia when it was discovered in 2015 that the nation ran a condition-sponsored doping method for athletes. 

ESL, 1 of the world’s greatest and very best-acknowledged esports organizers, announced on March 2 that it will not permit “businesses with evident ties to the Russian govt, such as men and women or businesses under alleged or confirmed EU sanctions similar to the [Ukrainian] conflict” to contend in its activities. Two Russian esports groups ended up to begin with specific for sanctions: Virtus.professional and Gambit.