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CLG's ex-Mid Laner, Eugene “Pobelter” Park claimed that he "broke down crying in front of his coach" before playing his last match for the North American team.
The team has struggled to live up to its name in the current LCS season and is holding the last slot of the North American league with a 10-29 record.
As stated by Pobelter, the team environment is no longer enthusiastic, rather "doomed," lacking enough motivation to succeed. He took to Twitter to say,
“I don’t think anyone can succeed or play with confidence under those circumstances.”
The American further stated that the unreal pressured situation inside the squad resulted in all sorts of negative outputs in the team game and the continuous underperformance led CLG to drop him from the first team.
Pobelter was replaced by Tanner Damonte on Friday, July 16 and thus, he has already played his last match for Counter Logic Gaming.
Pobelter claims he was reduced to tears from pressure to play for CLG
Pobelter confessed on Twitter that before he played his last match for CLG on July 11th against Dignitas, he broke down crying in front of coach Galen “Moon” Holgate. He was utterly disappointed and claimed that he had never felt so miserable in his past 7+ years as an LCS professional.
"The morning before the last match I played for CLG, I broke down crying in front of my coach because I just felt increasingly sheer misery over the past few weeks. It just felt like nothing at all was going right. I had never felt that way in 7+ years as an LCS pro"
The deleted video, which was posted on social media earlier on July 12, showcased the negative environment in the CLG team that Pobelter described.
The video featured a "behind-the-scenes" glimpse of a private team meeting between the players and the team’s general manager, Daniel “Tafokints” Lee.
Tafokints clearly stated that there will be an upcoming overhaul on the roster that might ax a few significant names from CLG's League of Legends squad. The immediate reactions of the fans towards the video were negative, with many of them claiming that it should not have been made public.
Notable figures in the League of Legends industry like LCS analyst Alberto "Crumbz" Rengifo and G2 Esports' head coach Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann also spoke against CLG, referring to the posted video, before it was finally taken down a few hours later.
The organization later issued an official apology on Twitter, referring to "the negative light" on its players. According to CLG officials,
“Our goal was to share an authentic moment with our fans and be as transparent as possible leading up to potential changes that may occur this week. We recognize the negative light that it brings to our players, and for that, we apologize and have taken down the video.”
However, the League of Legends community was sympathetic enough to stand with Pobelter and wished him luck for his future endeavors.
