The German LoL professional Jona “Reptile” Fritz has lost the chance of a great career in League of Legends. He lost his job as the starting ADC at Fnatic TQ and will probably forever be associated with a scandal: Because he had a second account with a completely unthinkable name: Hitler
What was the player accused of?
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Team fires him shortly after Reddit post
This is what Fnatic TC says: They say the “events on stream” have shown that he does not represent the values of the team and Quesco. He’s not the role model you’d expect from a representative of the two organizations (via twitter).
So the contract was terminated.
In the comments to the tweet, even more punishment is called for: a fine, compulsory courses for PR professionals or surveillance of behavior.
The punishment does not correspond to the seriousness of the crime.
This is what the player says: He didn’t name his character that himself (via twitter). His mistake was sharing his account with a friend. He takes full responsibility for sharing the account, but he didn’t realize the account was now using that name, which “is unacceptable.”
“Again, it was my terrible mistake and I’m ready to face the consequences.”
Friend names character without worrying about the consequence
Why did his friend name the account that way? The friend in question says: He renamed the account half a year ago without thinking about the consequences that would have.
He did it as a gag because in June 2022 someone on Twitter thanked “Hitler199” for “6 months” without apparently understanding who Hitler was.
How is this discussed? There is a discussion: The situation alone was terrible, but the professional behaved unfavorably immediately afterwards and did not react immediately. That a friend would have renamed the account without his knowledge is seen as an “excuse”. The Reddit user even publicly doubts that.
There is a discussion on Twitter about how one could have escaped from the completely hopeless situation that it is publicly known to have such an account (via twitter).
A user gives the tips:
The user says: “It’s too late now, this should have happened immediately.”
It’s almost a meme now that young esports pros shoot themselves up in the dumbest possible way before they even get started:
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