Dota 2 News: Nahaz, Bulldog, GrandGrant, Redeye and Godz come Forward to Defend Kuku

Racism has always been a problem in Pro Dota2 scene. Days have changed, there was a time when if any team managed to beat a Chinese team they were respected and called “China Slayers” and now apparently players even have the audacity to taunt Chinese teams with racial comments.

Carlo “Kuku” Palad and Rolen Andrei Gabriel “Skemberlu” Ong caused an uproar in the Dota2 scene due to recent racist remarks. The teams claimed that they did punish the players but Chinese Dota2 community was not satisfied. After Burning stepped in Valve did publish their opinion on it but they did not put any kind of ban on the players since the players were already punished by the organizations. However, Chinese fans and community decided to take things in their hands.

The Chinese community has always been known for their determination, discipline, and manners. It is pretty obvious they will not tolerate such behaviors but nobody even remotely guessed that the uproar can get so strong that it might ban players from attending the Major in China. Without Valve’s involvement, it is impossible to ban a player from playing a major or ban a player in general, at least by the books. But here the situation is totally different.

David Parker aka “Godz” posted that rumors are saying both players might get banned by the Chinese government and they will not be allowed to enter China or take part in future events.

Right after that Cyborgmatt posted, it has been confirmed that both players have been banned from any event in China.

After this, a different movement started in the Pro Dota2 scene. Apparently, China vs World scenario is not anymore an in-game scene. It is happening in real.

While GrandGrant and Admiral Bulldog is being stubborn, Nahaz has a pretty good point.

Nahaz said, “Individual tournament organizers cannot be allowed to ban players from DPC events. If there is another Major in the Philippines, do they get to ban Chinese players in retaliation? Valve absolutely must step in”, in his tweeter post.

This is truly a very mature question. If Valve bans someone that is by the book and it has to be a mutual and a proper decision. But if individual tournament organizers start banning whoever they want by their own wish then there is no point of having a DPC because then any region will be able to ban any region and that is insanely stupid and dumb. With all due respect to the Chinese community, I do really think it is a Valve event and if Valve is not banning someone then no other organizer has the right to ban any player. In that case, Valve should probably move the venue to a more neutral ground.

After a short tweeter chat, even Redeye decided to take a stand for Kuku and stand against the Chinese decision as he stated he is not going either.

GrandGrant made it clear that if Kuku stays banned by some unauthorized tournament organizer who has nothing to do with Valve, then he is not casting any game.