Speaking out mocking the anti-racism movement, pro gamers have to pay a heavy price

Racism It is a hot and very sensitive issue right now. However, for some reason, some gamers still blatantly pulled it out as a joke. As a matter of course, the result of this bluff is not only eating the bricks and stones from the online community but also affecting the long-term playing career later.​

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Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez is a prominent name in the village fighting gameshe is always known as one of the gamers Marvel vs. Capcom 3 best in the world. At the same time, this male gamer was also the champion of EVO – the world’s leading fighting game annual Esports tournament.

Having such a position, but Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez has just made the gaming community boil over his act of mocking the racist movement. The gamer posted an image of a watermelon on Twitter with the caption “WatermelonLivesMatter”. Abroad, watermelon has long been considered a racist reference to black people, with a caption parodying Black Lives Matter, which can confirm this is not an accidental action of gamers. this.​

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Immediately after the incident, two major tournaments, East Coast Throwdown and Combo Breaker, banned Ryan from attending their future events. This gamer was forced to delete his tweet and give a half-hearted apology, but that completely failed to appease the community. Today, Capcom also officially announced that Ryan will be banned from participating in the company’s near future gaming events for violating the Capcom Pro Tour code of conduct. Ryan is also not the only gamer to have insults like this, but it is clear that racism is a problem related to humanity and it is not worth making a joke like this.​