The incident took place on the morning of August 7 when Shanks and a number of former players – streamer such as Icon, Mole participated in a live debate on the Douyin platform and had acts that were said to harass a woman who argued at the same event. Here, Shanks has left many rude comments, not suitable for the image of a professional player.
Immediately, the publisher Riot Games immediately took part. The group issued an official announcement: “We have grasped the information about the recent behavior of the Shanks player and is currently closely coordinated with the Organizing Committee of the Chinese League of Legends championship (LPL) to closely monitor the evolution of the incident, and will have all the next actions when necessary. At the present time, we have no more information to share.”
Anyone's Legend also announced: “Based on the management regulations of the team training and competition, during the time the player should seriously perform the schedule; in communicating with others, it is necessary to standards in words and behaviors online and in real life, focusing on politeness, should not be controversial in public. Therefore, the decision to handle Shanks players as follows:
Except for all performance in three months of Shanks. At the same time, the management and the person in charge of the team do not perform well the supervision and management of the players are also deducted the entire bonus in the current month! “.
Before this penalty notice, Shanks and Anyone's Legend played at LPL 2025 Split 3, confronted Funplus Phoenix and had many difficulties to win with a score of 2-1. Next week, Shanks and his teammates will play 3 matches, meeting Bilibili Gaming (August 13), Invictus Gaming (August 15) and Weibo Gaming (August 17).
