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League Of Legends Pro Team Owner Chris Badawi Banned For One Year
The League Of Legends professional scene was shaken last month when Chris Badawi, part-owner of Team Dragon Knights (LCS) repeatedly solicited a player from Team Liquid to join his team. The soliciting was in violation of League of Legends’ tampering rules, which prohibits teams from “poaching” players from other teams by offering them more money. Apparently Badawi was warned repeatedly that his actions were in violation of the rules, but Badawi continued. As a result, Badawi has now been banned from being a team owner, coach, or manager for one year.
Nick Allen from Riot wrote that Chris Badawi has been found to have engaged in tampering on multiple occasions. “Given his repeated pattern of misconduct, we are declining to certify Chris Badawi as eligible to be an LCS owner and issuing a ban on him holding any officially recognized LCS team position (ie. owner, coach, manager) for the remainder of the 2015 season and the entirety of the 2016 season.”
Allen points out that players from the Counter-Strike team Renegades, which Badawi owns, are not implicated in this ruling. He says it’s up to the team to decide what they will do next. But for Team Dragon Knights and Team Renegades to be eligible to play in the LCS next season, Badawi will have to divest his ownership of both teams.
Even though Badawi didn’t engage in tampering during his time as a member of the league, ownership of League Of Legends teams is subject to being vetted on past actions to show they have the integrity that aligns with the league’s code of conduct. “Entry to the LCS is a multi-step process… this includes things like abiding by the Summoner’s Code and LoL – for prospective owners, this also includes vetting based on past actions. In this case, Chris Badawi was warned in writing by LCS officials that further tampering might challenge his entry into the LCS as an owner – the fact that he continued to engage in these behaviors shows us that he does not currently meet the professionalism requirement of being an LCS member.”
Allen says that poaching protections are important for the stability of the league and for the ongoing trust of players and spectators.
High on Life gets its first major paid DLC next week. From October 3, you can experience High on Knife. The offering was announced by a strange claymation trailer, and while you can still expect a silly experience, the developers wanted to make it spooky.
Announcing the DLC, Squanch Games CEO Mike Fridley said: “High On Knife is still hilarious and weird, but we’re getting spooky. Maybe not ‘I may never sleep again’ terror, but ‘my dreams are going to be broken for a while’. Imagine body horror, but your horrible body gets worse. We need your trust for now.”
Consider our curiosity piqued. Would you have bought High on Life for PlayStation or played it before? Any thoughts on High on Knife? Are you considering another serving?
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 appears to be a completionist’s dream, like its predecessors. Famous developer Insomniac Games has revealed a partial list of Trophies for the upcoming release, likely excluding spoilers. The lesson is that you must do almost everything to get Platinum.
Gongs include 100% completing every district in the game, including quests, collectibles, and crimes. You must also buy all gadget upgrades, unlock all suits, and complete combat missions as Peter Parker and Miles Morales. It seems simple, but you must do everything.
Here is a partial list of spoiler-free Trophies. After browsing, let us know if you’ll go Platinum. Doesn’t it look fun to unlock?
After an alleged data breach this week, Google Trends registered a 277% increase in “delete PlayStation account” searches. Ransomware group claimed to have “successfully compromised all of Sony’s systems” and sold stolen data. The Japanese giant says it’s investigating.
Despite no leak confirmation, search data suggests many gamers are eager to close their accounts in the aftermath. A 277% increase in search traffic is alarming, but we don’t know how many queries it represents.
Sony was hit hard over a decade ago when a PSN data breach took down its online network. This led the company to offer free security and several games as compensation. Naturally, it increased behind-the-scenes security.
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