Recently, WBG has been exposed to the hotel, even the net shop – where the team practiced while in Xi’an, learned information was leaked from an employee, questioning the safety of the players.
WBG once again encountered problems related to the treatment of players and the quality of human resource management when the team made a trip to Xi’an for the 2023 LPL Spring Split. Before that, WBG’s reputation In terms of the treatment of players, it was extremely bad, but the event in Xi’an was like a drop of water. WBG doesn’t know how to protect the players?
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The news came out that a staff member intentionally leaked out the schedule, hotel, and location information (WBG denied but fans didn’t believe it). When the WBG players practiced in the net shop in the middle of the night, they were met by many fans who stopped asking for group photos and autographs.
WBG was ambushed by fans while practicing at a net shop late at night
A spontaneous exchange with quite a few fans took place here without any precautions amid the tense situation of influenza A in Xi’an, some schools were closed and many activities were held. is limited. YSKM – iG’s top laner was sick, had a high fever of 40 degrees after returning from the match in Xi’an and was temporarily unable to play.
The players were reluctant to participate in a not-so-fun autograph session
In addition, there were a lot of fans waiting at the elevator to return to the hotel, crowding to take photos, livestream and block the elevator door, leaving the players stuck and unable to rest. When the players were surrounded for a long time, there was no staff to intervene and protect. After the location information has been revealed, players who need to change hotels (e-sports hotel) will have to pay for themselves.
The disclosure of hotel and schedule information is inherently a rather serious matter, as it not only affects the morale and privacy of the players. In the context of the epidemic in Xi’an, this also affects the player’s health.
Many fans were angry, criticizing the WBG management for not protecting the players well and letting the staff leak schedule information. The LPL teams all had to go to Xi’an to participate in the match, but only the WBG caused these strange news and received a lot of hate. Therefore, the WBG office had to immediately announce an explanation at midnight but still encountered many mixed opinions from fans. This is not the first time that the WBG management has caused outrage by being indifferent to the player.
Notably, the incident happened coincidentally on the 1st anniversary of TheShy and Easyhoon’s drama “Living in the Basement” on March 21, 2022.
