G2A Responds To League Of Legends Sponsorship Ban

G2A was banned from sponsoring any e-sports team that played League of Legends earlier this week after failing to "remove all account selling and boosting-site links." As Riot put it themselves, "We weren't going to compromise our values on that one in the sake of preserving the sponsorships." This move was rather surprising and has caused quite a bit of commotion.

Today, G2A responded, lashing out at Riot. They claim that Riot have "launched an aggressive attack directed towards the entire global e-sports community in a failed attempt to dominate and control the industry." They go on to say that they supposedly looked for "many friendly ways" to find a solution to the issue but, given their track record, I am inclined to believe that that meant they were searching for loopholes and looking to secure their rights to continue doing what they had been doing.

G2A is insistent that this move is "heavy handed and potentially damaging," along with being "so unfair for the e-sport community worldwide." Given their insistent unwillingness to work with the rights holders for various IPs, I have reason to doubt their self-proclaimed nobility. Nevertheless, if the back and forth between the two companies continues, it could prove to be damaging all its own.