Just awarded, Blizzard’s billion-dollar championship trophy “drops” right at the match

In the tournament Hearthstone Last Championship, Canadian gamer Eddie “Eddit” Lui defeated Hong Kong player Lo “kin0531” Tsz Kin to become the champion and own a prize of 95,000 USD (about 2.2 billion VND). . However, in the moment of stepping on the podium to receive the award, an unexpected incident happened that made both the organizers and our new champion feel embarrassed.
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After the trophy was handed to Eddit, this gamer was about to raise the trophy, but as soon as the limb was lifted, the top of the trophy immediately fell off and fell to the ground. This unexpected accident caused both the tournament caster and the Twitch audience to burst into laughter. Even though it was just an accident, after what happened to Blitzchung – Hearthstone gamer has been suspended after speaking out in support of Hong Kong, this makes more people feel dissatisfied with Blizzard than. Some have even speculated that the trophy may have been dropped several times before reaching Lui.​

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In an interview with Kotaku, Eric Elliott – Blizzard coordinator said that the trophy was not broken, more precisely the upper part was not attached to the body below. It is designed like that to be easily disassembled and put into smaller suitcases, convenient for transportation from one country to another. Elliott said that if the trophy is really broken Blizzard will repair it for the champion.​

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This is not the first time that the trophies of Esport tournaments have been broken right after awarding. In the world championship Pokemon, Pokemon Company CEO Mr. Tsunekazu Ishihara personally presented the trophy to runner-up Isaac Terceira, but then the silver trophy in Pokemon’s hand rolled to the ground. Or as in the case of the fragile championship trophy of the SLI Berlin Major, while Astralis had been crowned champion less than five minutes, player Dev1ce had ruined the team’s trophy. Perhaps the organizers should consider making the trophies more solid to avoid embarrassing events like this.​