Corruption Case Involving Riot Games BR

OK, timeline (and I'll try to keep context unbiased):

On December 7th, Brazilian eSports website MyCNB reported that Caio "Loop" Almeida had left INTZ to sign with paiN Gaming.

About 10 days later, paiN Gaming was punished for poaching Loop.

The top comments in that article are all in support of the ruling.

On December 23rd, paiN Gaming owner Arthur "Paada" gave an interview to ESPN about the poaching and the ruling, in which Paada claims that it was INTZ that was contacted and not Loop, and that he has proof of this, but Riot issued their ruling without giving them the opportunity to present this proof or properly defend themselves.

Comments to that article are mixed, some in support, some doubting Paada.

This version was recently corroborated by Loop in a Facebook post.

Most comments are in support of Loop.

On the 7th, MyCNB, the same website that originally reported Loop signing with paiN, reported that the new owners of what was formerly INTZ's sister team, Red Canids, are the girlfriend of one of the owners of INTZ and the son of the other owner. As has been stated, Riot Brazil no longer allows sister teams, which means INTZ would not be allowed to manage more than one team.

By this point most comments have devolved into the "respect and seriousness" meme that was born out of this and PH Suman's name is first brought up as someone who guaranteed that Riot would make sure the two teams are distinct.

Riot's statement mentioned above was published yesterday, January 9th.

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