Staff 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’ crew, taking part in 2025’s first main Rainbow Six event, R6 RE:LO:AD, misplaced their match to Japan-based CAG Osaka on Could 13 and had been subsequently knocked out of the event.
On the identical day, in a now-deleted X/Twitter publish, Dias acknowledged (machine translated), “We gained 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 Could 15, Dias responded, “Hey everybody. I wish to sincerely apologize for the publish I made after our final loss. I made a giant mistake utilizing that GIF, and I perceive that it might have brought about 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 had been inappropriate,” he continued.
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Two atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan throughout World Warfare II, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945.
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“I particularly wish to apologize to Japanese followers, together with these dwelling in Brazil and Japan. I’m conscious of the energy and significance of the Japanese group in our nation, and I ought to have been extra aware and accountable with my publish,” Dias’ assertion continued.
Japanese automobile producer Honda, which had been a sponsor of Staff Liquid for six years, confirmed in an announcement on its web site following Dias’ publish, that that they had “determined to terminate its sponsorship settlement with the crew in query.”
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“We deeply apologize for any offense this incident could have brought about not solely to the e-sports group, but additionally to many individuals in Japan and globally,” Honda’s assertion continued.
Lucas Dias fined by Staff Liquid
In a prolonged assertion posted Could 19 on X, Staff Liquid acknowledged its perception that Dias had “no malicious intent” together with his unique publish and the end result had been the results of a “very critical lapse in judgement and consciousness.”
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“To our followers in Japan and the Japanese esports group, we totally perceive how this publish was disrespectful and hurtful to you. We wish to categorical our honest regrets and apology that we made you’re feeling this fashion,” the publish continued.
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Liquid outlined steps being taken to forestall “comparable incidents sooner or later,” together with Dias being fined 4 months’ value of his wage and different members of Staff Liquid donating any winnings from the Reload event to charity.
Likewise, “obligatory re-training” for Liquid staff, with Dias’ unique X publish getting used as a “real-world case examine”, is deliberate to be undertaken throughout the subsequent six months.
Of Honda’s sponsorship termination, Liquid stated: “Though we remorse this consequence, we perceive and respect the choice, and lengthen our due to Honda Motors for having been good companions for six years.”
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