On the morning of December 23, Riot Games announced that the player of Minh Phuoc (Se Minas) would be banned indefinitely from all electronic sports activities in Riot Games for betting. The decision was issued after considering the seriousness of sabotage of integrity in electronic sports competitions, along with Minas's criminal records in other electronic sports tournaments organized by Riot Games. The penalty has begun to take effect from November 10, 2021.
Article 8.3 Regarding betting activities clearly stated: Unexpected members, members of the Organizing Committee are Riot Games personnel or personnel of Riot Games partner units, allowed to participate, whether directly or indirectly, on betting or gambling based on the results of any game, match or tournament.
In an interview with Thethao.vn, Riot Games reminded electronic athletes to be very vigilant at temptations and instigations, eliminating misconduct from the professional environment.
– Reporter: How does Minas's betting behavior affect the speed of the battle in particular and the tournaments of Riot Games in general?
Riot Games representative: Whether in traditional sports or electronic sports, the violations of the integrity of the competition are extremely serious. It both affects the stability of participating organizations in the tournament, and affects the beliefs of fans.
– What behaviors can receive similar sentences to Minas?
Based on the regulations issued in the Global Rule, in addition to activities related to betting, violations related to scoring, bribes, fake identities, insulting honor or false statements, affecting the tournament … with particularly serious circumstances can lead to a penalty for over 2 years and permanent.
– Is there any chance for Minas to return, for example, through improving images and contributing to the community?
In the past, there was no shortage of violating individuals during the process of receiving a penalty, which actively corrected by many activities to the community and were considered for the opportunity to reduce the sentence. “Beat the run away, no one beat people back.”
– Do BTC want to send any message to other athletes in the speed of war as well as Esports Vietnam?
Recently, many times we have discovered similar violations to the integrity of electronic sports competitions and are sanctioned extremely strictly. Through this, I hope that all the athletes must be very wary of temptations and instigations, need to have clear attitudes or actions to eliminate those misconduct from the professional electronic sports environment.
– Thank you for the interview!
Pham “Minas” Minh Phuoc was born in 1996, used to be the first professional player of the Vietnamese League of Legends. The Minas family is a rare case with up to 3 brothers who pursue an electronic sports career.
Minas started to play speed since the summer SEA SEA Icon 2021. In the SBTC Esports shirt, Minas won two titles of the summer SEA SEA Icon – Autumn 2021, attended the Summer Super Cup 2021 and the Sea Championship 2021. At the global battle of Horizon Cup 2021, Minas did not participate in the SBTC Esports and replaced by Nguyen “Yunero”. Weight in the upper road area.
