In the aftermath of an argument involving G2 Esports CEO Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez and his determination and statements with regard to hanging out with Andrew Tate, a G2 member has been accused of taking part in a misogynist “chant” at the Apex Legends Global Series LAN in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Apex streamer ConfusingQT, who attended the ALGS Championship as a fan and claimed to be sitting close to G2 pro Tyler “Dezignful” Gardner, alleges she heard Dezignful take part in a chant alongside different content material creators reminiscent of Daltoosh, which was modified to be about “Egirls at LAN.” The alleged chant ended with the traces “once they’re lifeless and lengthy forgotten, we’ll dig them up and fuck them rotten.”
ConfusingQT’s assertion concludes by saying she tried to keep away from the folks concerned within the chant for the remainder of the match. The accusation gained extra traction on Twitter right now when it was re-posted by Full Squad Gaming’s Jake Lucky.
Following the assertion from ConfusingQT and backlash on Twitter, Dezignful responded to the claims, denying he had participated in any “chant,” or that there was a chant involving a number of folks within the first place. Instead, Dezignful claims that somebody was reciting a toast that that they had heard, and that neither he nor any of the folks talked about by ConfusingQT had been making an attempt to chant the toast.
Drac, one other content material creator talked about in ConfusingQT’s post, additionally denied that there was a chant, and corroborated Dezignful’s declare that another person across the group was reciting a toast that that they had heard earlier than. When requested by viewers in his stream if he had participated in any chant, Drac denied any participation, noting that he had misplaced his voice at the LAN and will barely communicate to start with. Drac additionally mentioned that if notable Apex group figures had been all “chanting” one thing as dangerous as what ConfusingQT alleged that they had, a recording or different allegations towards them of chanting such a factor would have in all probability emerged earlier, given how many individuals had been round them within the enviornment.
The accusation from ConfusingQT comes days after Rodriguez filmed himself at a celebration with Andrew Tate, a controversial influencer and alleged human trafficker. Rodriguez subsequently took a depart of absence from G2 after saying G2 followers had been “let down” by his actions.