The unofficial Co-Streaming Group LPL English has called for the application of additional discipline against “Shanks” Xiao-Jun, after accusing harassing a woman on livestream.
According to the current penalty, Shanks was fined all bonuses for three months and then promised to “seriously look back on himself”. However, LPL English said that this penalty was not commensurate with previous precedents.
Anyone's Legend (AL) statement focuses on criticizing Shanks's lack of professionalism, while the player's apology does not mention the victim or harassment, but only about the “potential impact” of the incident to the competition stage.
It should be noted that @lpl_english is not the official English account of LPL (@lplenglish), but a group of Co-streamers was established after LPL terminates the official English broadcast and switches to the Co-Stream model.
Shanks is part of the player group participating in a debate stream on the topic of the sex industry. In this livestream, the players accused of harassing a female guest who had views of sex work, targeting her for hours.
Shanks was not accused of making the same threat, but was said to still participate in mocking, saying: “I am qualified to you?”, While pretending to be a construction worker despite using the main account, it is easy to be recognized.
The involved woman threatened to think that her reputation was damaged.
The conclusion of LPL English: “We found it unreasonable when other behaviors were punished worse than this incident, while with Shanks, there was a video of clear evidence of harassment but he was only fined three months of bonus.
We will continue to narrate Al battles, but will not ignore this issue. We hope that the voice of fans will promote a stronger action tournament, aiming at a tolerant and healthy LPL community. “