Group Liquid member {and professional} Rainbow Six Siege participant Lucas Dias has been fined by the esports organisation after he posted “insensitive” content material on social media.
Dias’ staff, collaborating in 2025’s first main Rainbow Six event, R6 RE:LO:AD, misplaced their match to Japan-based CAG Osaka on Might 13 and have been subsequently knocked out of the event.
On the identical day, in a now-deleted X/Twitter submit, Dias acknowledged (machine translated), “We received in opposition to Faze and misplaced in opposition to the highly effective CAG, however let’s transfer ahead and see you on the subsequent camp,” accompanied by a GIF of a nuclear bomb explosion.
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Lucas Dias points apology
On Might 15, Dias responded, “Hey everybody. I need to sincerely apologize for the submit I made after our final loss. I made an enormous mistake utilizing that GIF, and I perceive that it might have brought on discomfort to many individuals,” he wrote.
“From the underside of my coronary heart, it was by no means my intention to make any offensive reference, however I acknowledge that the context and selection have been inappropriate,” he continued.
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Two atomic bombs have been dropped on Japan throughout World Struggle II, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945.
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“I particularly need to apologize to Japanese followers, together with these dwelling in Brazil and Japan. I’m conscious of the power and significance of the Japanese neighborhood in our nation, and I ought to have been extra aware and accountable with my submit,” Dias’ assertion continued.
Japanese automobile producer Honda, which had been a sponsor of Group Liquid for six years, confirmed in an announcement on its web site following Dias’ submit, that they’d “determined to terminate its sponsorship settlement with the staff in query.”
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“We deeply apologize for any offense this incident might have brought on not solely to the e-sports neighborhood, but in addition to many individuals in Japan and globally,” Honda’s assertion continued.
Lucas Dias fined by Group Liquid
In a prolonged assertion posted Might 19 on X, Group Liquid acknowledged its perception that Dias had “no malicious intent” together with his unique submit and the end result had been the results of a “very severe lapse in judgement and consciousness.”
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“To our followers in Japan and the Japanese esports neighborhood, we absolutely perceive how this submit was disrespectful and hurtful to you. We need to specific our honest regrets and apology that we made you’re feeling this fashion,” the submit continued.
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Liquid outlined steps being taken to stop “comparable incidents sooner or later,” together with Dias being fined 4 months’ value of his wage and different members of Group Liquid donating any winnings from the Reload event to charity.
Likewise, “necessary re-training” for Liquid workers, with Dias’ unique X submit getting used as a “real-world case research”, is deliberate to be undertaken throughout the subsequent six months.
Of Honda’s sponsorship termination, Liquid stated: “Though we remorse this end result, we perceive and respect the choice, and lengthen our because of Honda Motors for having been good companions for six years.”
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