Since then, more than 50 players have received lifetime or ‘indefinite’ bans from Valve sanctioned events.
Ultimately ending their careers, their dreams coming to a full stop.
The incident happened in the SEA regional league open qualifiers for a spot in Division 2.
These may seem like events from another lifetime ago, but the pattern has been pervasive.
Only two days later it was revealed that the same fate awaited Chinese team Avengerls.
Only several months ago, OMEGA esports and some current and previous players had beenbannedfor match-fixing.
Team MagMa mid-laner, Chen “zc” Xiaofeng, wasbannedfrom DPC for match-fixing while on Team Ocean.
Last year he missed the DPC entirely when he was temporarily banned for account sharing.
Team D was disqualified and vtFded received a one-year ban from Dota Pro Circuit.
In North America Jimmy “DeMoN” Ho wasbannedfrom competing due to misconduct.
Lifetime bans in traditional sports do exist for gambling, cheating, drug use, and misconduct.
And for good reason.
Do you agree that lifetime bans are the way to go?
