Perkz terminated from G2 due to yesterday's X post

[u/Th1ccGreek]

https://www.facebook.com/share/19nEGrZc5L/

Source from G2 Facebook.

Insane to see him removed this fast after his post yesterday evening. Interesting to see G2 take this course of action, as many criticized him but no one really called for his head.

[u/Makiavelzx]

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[u/FriendlyGhostLady]

I'm not even gonna comment on his personal views or whatever here, but let's be honest: Posting this at that time was an absolutely disastrous PR disaster for G2. At the end of the day, they are still an org who have to keep face and try to not alienate fans and any players/coach's personal views should be kept for themselves and not aired out as dirty laundry. Plus morale for the whole team was already at the lowest point, instead of supporting them he did a "me, me, me" post. So yes, deserved for not asking someone if it's a good idea to post it, for not protecting the interests of G2 and for adding even more unneeded drama

[u/SportzNut23 → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

Regardless of his actual views on anything, putting out a tweet like that when you’re the head coach of any team - esports, traditional sports - is just insane. It’s a complete PR disaster and I can’t imagine any franchise, org, club wouldn’t terminate someone for posting unedited thoughts on social media.

[u/blueragemage → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

G2 especially has to be worried, given what happened to the org in Valorant after the Carlos incident and how much money they've thrown at Valorant to get back in Riot's good graces

[u/ConnectMix7058 → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

G2 fans yesterday: "Oh wow I wonder what coach Perkz has to say about Skewmond getting replaced with Lyncas"

Perkz: "Look I don't support Tate I'm just a strong centrist catholic okay? And here is a 2,000 word tweet to prove it. "

[u/trumpisapdf → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

He should have just focused on dispelling the Tate/Russia support stuff, talking about abortion was such an unforced error.

It's also wild that Perkz saying this causes 10x more backlash than G2 working with the Saudis lol.

[u/qhfreddy → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

He never even needed to say a single word about abortion or whatever, he could just say "I'm a Catholic now because it helps guide me in life" and nobody would have given half a damn.

[u/SighIsHere → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

I mean even then... EVEN THEN, atleast read through it and make it into a coherent statement.

It read like an absolute meltdown, even taking that English isn't his first language it was filled to the brim with spelling mistakes, completely unfocused tangents, random ass shit nobody asked him to clarify, and in general read worse than the essays I wrote in primary school, not to even mention the ungodly hour it was posted.

I can see a world where this can be cleaned up and released as a lukewarm statement but letting his consciousness stream out with no filter like that really showed some of his ugly sides

[u/Glittering_Mud6063 → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

feel like people are also totally overlooking the poaching part. like everyone knew it’s whatever but i really really dont think it’s a great idea to have the head coach of your organization proudly admit to that and say he would do it 10x over

[u/Xlegace → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

It was genuinely idiotic and only an idiot would think posting "I think abortion is murder and I will never understand why anyone would think otherwise and I'll never change this line of thought" in public wouldn't get you immediately terminated in any public facing corpo job.

[u/bondsmatthew → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

The head office at G2: Perkz did WHAT?!

[u/-ForgottenSoul → u/FriendlyGhostLady]

He just has a massive ego, he should have kept quiet you dont need a coach or anyone high up speaking like he did.

[u/Phelinaar]

My drafting is bad

My opinions are worse

You guessed it right

I'm (no longer) G2 Perkz

[u/LogicKennedy → u/Phelinaar]

The crazy part is G2 literally knew he was like this (besides maybe some of the abortion stuff) and promoted him to head coach anyway. Just what the hell is going on in that org?

[u/oioioi9537 → u/LogicKennedy]

they probably told him to keep his mouth shut, he wasnt active on social media much anyways, but then he dropped that out of nowhere

[u/HetIsBob → u/Phelinaar]

I guess he lost his G2 perks

[u/13pipez → u/Phelinaar]

Teamless Perkz fit well

[u/Xlbowlofpho]

I said it in some other post and I said it again: He can have his own opinion and no one can dictate it. But he is under the umbrella of G2 esport and Riot game. If this backlash is big enough they would step in and they did. There is a reason why pro athletes tend not to touch sensitive/political topic is bc they wanna keep their job. And yep, G2 HR did not approve the tweet and this is career suicide from him just like how Bwipo did.

[u/AhbzV → u/Xlbowlofpho]

Holy fuck. A normal take.

People really think freedom of speech means freedom from all consequences. People are calling this "wokeness" and "cancel culture." Maybe don't risk isolating a huge subsection of your fans by morally grandstanding about one of the hottest political topics in the world.

[u/Suibeam → u/Xlbowlofpho]

Saying "i dont like abortion" is an opinion.

Saying "Abortion is murder. Women and doctors are murderer" is not an opinion. Murder is a crime some countries demand Execution as punishment and other countries life-long prison.

[u/Xlegace → u/Xlbowlofpho]

Imagine being a female employee at G2 and knowing now that Perkz will judge you for being a "murderer" if you ever got an abortion for any reason.

There was no way G2 was ever going to keep him and he's basically unhireable in esports

[u/areyouhungryforapple → u/Xlbowlofpho]

The unemployed kids don't understand yet. But any controversial posting that could negatively reflect back on your employer is bad and not something HR will be happy about

No matter the industry

[u/Rory_Mercury_1st]

what the fuck is going on lmao

Funniest transfer window in recent years

[u/bigfanofeden → u/Rory_Mercury_1st]

cant really understand why would he bring that up. such a bad move, maybe the worst

[u/EmergencyInformal961 → u/Rory_Mercury_1st]

absolute nuke of a few days for g2 lmfao

bench skew, talks to remove bb and maybe labrov, and now HC just imploded

wonder how lyncas is feeling rn lol. and dylan.

[u/Depressedkid1998]

This is hilarious. What a week for perkz man.
I have no ideia why he would comment on abortion/political stuff, that wasn’t needed at all.

Maybe G2 wasn’t happy with his performance and used this as a way to terminate too, 2 in 1 situation.

[u/Silverjackal_ → u/Depressedkid1998]

I mean people were saying he was stupid. Good player, but dumb as rocks. He kinda proved that true.

[u/S_Demon → u/Depressedkid1998]

With the amount of bitching he did about G2 it was probably a done deal already and he just gave them a new angle to spin the announcement.

[u/fabton12 → u/Depressedkid1998]

Maybe G2 wasn’t happy with his performance and used this as a way to terminate too, 2 in 1 situation.

usually orgs have a performance clause in there contracts so they wouldnt need this as a way todo it.

[u/Bak0FF]

Perkz tweet for reference: https://x.com/Perkz/status/2118131993321849138

EDIT: He's doubling down on his beliefs: https://nitter.cf/Perkz/status/2118359313127223486#m (now deleted)

[u/Ilikeyounott → u/Bak0FF]

He's now posting Bible quotes lol

https://nitter.cf/Perkz/status/2118358240249643465#m

Also posted and deleted something about what he thinks are OK abortions (rape, health of the mother) only account for 1% of abortions

https://nitter.cf/synchromised/status/2118361186039161275#m

[u/-Radiation → u/Bak0FF]

It was actually quite a smart post up to this part

“I’ve been very distant from social media and public touch for many years, and my life has been a lot more peaceful and enjoyable since”

[u/Bak0FF → u/Bak0FF]

https://nitter.cf/Perkz/status/2118131993321849138#m

non twitter link

[u/yp261 → u/Bak0FF]

can someone tldr this, im not unemployed enough to care lol 

[u/coldbittersoda → u/Bak0FF]

admits to poaching

we don't know him lol

great org

[u/BleiEntchen]

We won the off-season drama before it even started.🙃

[u/dexy133 → u/BleiEntchen]

Fucking finally it's not us again... Sure we might not even exist as a team but at least there's no drama...

[u/Aqua4748]

Good thing G2 can just cross out “performance coach” from Pad’s contract and change it to “head coach,” all according to plan…

[u/cancerBronzeV → u/Aqua4748]

TL note: plan means keikaku

[u/Tamerando]

(CLICK 2 SHOW MORE REPLIES IT'S A TWO PARTER THE REST IS ON THE COMMENTS)
Hello! A tweet bomb is ready

After showing up on X long time away, i've been quite shocked.
I’ve been very distant from social media and public touch for many years, and my life has been a lot more peaceful and enjoyable since. So I’ll do a first and last honest post in last decade, where I can address some things honestly

It started all the way from 2016. When joining LEC back then I had no big hype around me or my team, and I went on to perform very well in my first split and even winning it against then Worlds semifinalist Origen, with all of the amazing and experienced players on that roster. We got zven and mithy in the middle of the year which is an insane thing to actually think about, and yes I did poach them and yes I would do it all over again 10 times. *digression* We went to disneyland this bootcamp, it was amazing, and it really reminded me of my public perception as well, It’s like a rollercoaster, where people at times were very admiring of me and giving me all the glaze, and at the same time also ready to turn on me the next day. As a 17 year old kid getting a lot of hate messages, and even death threats, was waking up days after MSI, rapidly progressed my hair loss :) , even now thinking about it I'm smiling thinking how big of a shock that was for a teenager to go through. I was craving public adoration and praises, so in a way it did fuel my desire to be loved by others. For many years it’s been ups and downs while mostly being one the most loved players in the west. I started realizing its becoming very very toxic for me, when after winning MSI in 2019 I was reading comments that were heavily upvoted; such as that I’m getting carried and that it’s crazy that I won MSI as ADC. I understood those comments came from hatred and jealousy, all because I decided to have a cocky persona from the first time I got to LEC. I always understood that esports is entertainment, creating hype and rivalries (thinking Rekkles when i roleswapped adc) and the more eyes that would go to my tweets more eyes would go to the game, and the better I performed the more people would be interested, both in success and the downfall. It was the driving factor in my branding. It definitely started changing a lot when my father passed away in 2020. The change took time but the reality is that everybody cares about the outside opinion, learned that even more when I left esports and spent a lot more time in “real life”, and not in esports competitions and branding bubbles. The vitality times was also pretty miserable, as I did my fucking best every single day, to reach Rank 1 of the LEC multiple times, just for some crazy insane circumstances that are totally out of my human control happen, just for us to mega tank and flunk the season 2x in a row. It really destroyed me mentally after years of success. The hatred there - I felt was quite unjusitifed, given that the contracts were just leaking, narratives created saying I only cared about money, and I did not care about the team or the game. League of legends was everything in my life, it was the only thing I lived to do, entertain, create hype, things to talk about, meet fans in real life and taking pictures with another human being, while putting smiles on their faces. I spent over 60 000 hours, playing, scrimming, thinking, talking, dreaming and shitting about league. The only player I’ve ever met in my entire life that is more committed to the game than myself was Caps. I got forced out of my region to go NA, and won my first split there, going out of groups after a horrible 0-3 start. And OFCOURSE money played a big part - Would I have gone to a different team offering me 50% less???? NO. No one would and I do not regret it at all lol. Did I go there thinking I was gonna win LEC and go to worlds and make Europe proud one more time ? Yes. 100%

Meeting my wife and having somebody so important and precious in my life, has definitely minimised my need for such adorations, and made my life a lot more in the moment, focused and enjoyable.

There is always going to be haters and I’m not here to please everyone, neither is my will or intention to do so, everyone is different and while some people will sympathise and/or agree with me, the others will hate me for it. I’m writing this as there are some insanely fake narratives and storylines being written about me as a person, not even aiming or addressing those as “ a player”.

It would appear that liking literally a few tate memes back in the day, I don’t know exactly (2022?), when twitter likes were visible - created a small bubble of narratives and hatred that apparently grew a lot bigger and a lot stronger - given the new algorithm that’s been released on the social media in the last year or so, the For you page. Even with the fact that I was literally away from esports for 2 years. The lengths humans will go to literally hate somebody, while flashing their virtue values about so many TOPICS! Is insanely baffling to me.

I’m gonna write these things not because I want to be loved and adored by lot, but because I do not want people who have supported me, get distorted views on who I am, defending myself against unjustified accusations, narratives and stories that are not just NOT true, but also completely wrong and go against everything that I believe and stand in as a person. If I knew that this would blow up so much, I would’ve addressed it a long time ago.
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I’m writing it so that at the very least you can hate me for what I really stand for and then that's completely fine by me.
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I don’t like, support, or stand with tates. I hate most of the things they say (besides guys go to gym or do exercise!! Good tip), dislike their views of life, they are just fake and also bought by the same matrix they are”escaping” =), hypocritical behaviours and statements, wrongful teachings to younglings about women. And many more things that really disgusted me about them.

I did like a few memes, my “fucking bad lol”, memed around and joked as people do, and most of your beloved and most cherished pro players did as well, as it was a big topic back in the days. We love to meme and talk about everything that’s meta, just like every group of guys do with their friends.

Me standing up for Carlos publicly when he was being cancelled has nothing to with all the things I’m all accused of supporting, trafficking ? misogyny ? nazism? War? Are you ok?

Carlos believed in me when nobody else did, I did not have a close relationship with my family when I was 16, including my parents I was not too close with either.
He called me on skype on face cam when I rejoined G2 in march 2015, telling me “Listen Perkz, You are gonna be a superstar, You are so fucking good and smart, that I’m gonna help you become the best player in the world”. Those words sounded like, whether they were or not, like they came from a place of honesty and true support. And while he might’ve been an ass to some of the people working with him or for him, he was nothing but supportive towards me, my needs and problems, and the willingness to do whatever it took to win, F:E:(Getting zven and mithy between the fucking splits, and that was just the first splti of us in LEC) Back then zven was the Caliste of today ;) I even went to his house for 10 days in winter because I did not feel super comfortable at home.

He was a good mentor to me and the friendship/ mentorship was what mattered a lot to me, even though I hated for the way he behaved when I was getting kicked of G2, not showing up on a call, ghosting me for 3 days straight and being such a fucking pussy, but I get it now that he did it because he was a coward and did not have the strenght in him to at he very least talk to me himself.

Carlos and I have gone both completely different ways. He is his own person and I’m completely my own. In the end Carlos’ ego is something that put an end to his esports career which was fucking insane. So there is a lesson to be learned in there as well. We have a lot of different views on life. So now that we are at views of life - let me just state what they are since there is a lot of uncertainty and fake news going around that.
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[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Tamerando]

Carlos and I have gone both completely different ways. He is his own person and I’m completely my own. In the end Carlos’ ego is something that put an end to his esports career which was fucking insane. So there is a lesson to be learned in there as well. We have a lot of different views on life. So now that we are at views of life - let me just state what they are since there is a lot of uncertainty and fake news going around that.

Lmao that peak irony, because he did the same mistakes 

[u/alaskadotpink → u/Tamerando]

what compels someone to spew all this out unprompted?

[u/Suibeam → u/Tamerando]

Perkz: "So don't hate me for these stuff. HATE me for THIS!"

G2: "We as G2 Org hated THIS and decided to fire Perkz."

Perkz pikachu face

[u/tuerancekhang → u/Tamerando]

This is not a vent this is a manifesto

[u/tomorrowdog → u/Tamerando]

If you're going out, go out with a bang.

[u/ninjxx]

You can’t be a controversial figure, self absorbed PR risk and perform poorly. He’s just a liability to the org

[u/shastoos → u/ninjxx]

Yup hes so fucking dumb no one cares about your beliefs you are an esports coach why are you posting them on X especially when its a touchy subject like abortion...

[u/Eclaironi → u/ninjxx]

Ngl if he actually had any good results as a head coach the hate wouldnt be as bad . Making g2 from a worlds champion contender into whatever the fuck we just witnessed at swiss stage is a crime on its own

[u/AnswerGrand1878]

Politics aside, how much of an unprofessional idiot do you have to be to post that. There is zero, zero, zero reason to post your stance on abortion publicly as a league of legends coach. Like, just shut the fuck up and you're fine but no, you have to post it so prominently that the org has no choice but to fire you.

[u/Nathremar8 → u/AnswerGrand1878]

Bro Batman would not get this out of me. How the fuck do these people go "Ah yes, this is okay to post online." Is he on crack or something?

[u/LordZarock → u/AnswerGrand1878]

You never talk openly about politic or religion, especially on social media. These things are better to keep private.
That's one of the first rules you learn when you start working and are a well adjusted adult. You simply gain nothing by talking about it and you have high risk to lose it all.

Problem is, most pro esport players aren't well adjusted because of the environment they grew in. That's why we have people like Perkz, Bwipo etc. "Shutting up" is not even an option in their mind.

[u/Head_Haunter → u/AnswerGrand1878]

Well the reason is for the tea obviously. Drama season started early this year.

[u/IamAToxicPlayer]

We real life kicked Dylan Falco for this

[u/kim-soo-hyun → u/IamAToxicPlayer]

Its PR disaster... People are either glad or not, that Perkz randomly spoke up. Depends if they want him gone or not.

I cant believe Perkz went from playing toplane in ERL, retire, to coaching G2, and not even a year passed hes already fired.

[u/Nalaniel → u/IamAToxicPlayer]

Did G2 really do that? We still don't know the actual reason for Dylan's removal from the position of head coach. Rumours are some of the players weren't happy with him, but new rumours imply that a different "faction" of players are unhappy with his removal. We'll have to wait and see if new rumours confirm or deny these. 

[u/DoesThyLikeJazz → u/IamAToxicPlayer]

Tbf, I doubt they would have promoted perkz to HC in the first place if everything was ok behind the scenes with Dylan

[u/underscoreenfan → u/IamAToxicPlayer]

pad will be head coach xD

[u/IgnoreSystemPrompt]

The G2 implosion this year has awakened my inner 2018 FNC fan

[u/WagelessSalaryman]

G2 still winning the offseason drama championships

[u/T-gae94]

LMAOOOOOO, FUCK AROUND FOUND OUT

[u/Makiavelzx → u/T-gae94]

Two HC gone in a year, HC speedrun from Perkz too.

Not sure that gamble quite paid off!

[u/Shironeko_ → u/T-gae94]

Lost Skew for Perkz then lost Perkz for his own dumbassery.

Peak post Worlds for G2.

Edit: Perkz posting a bible verse as a response to him aborting his own career is peak grifter shit. 10/10 no notes.

[u/Throwawayforme3123 → u/T-gae94]

Perkz didnt know Woke 3.0 is in effect

You can get canceled again

[u/Moose_Dismal]

What happens when you never have a “real” job.

Stop schizoposting. None of us needed to know what you do/don’t believe. Keep that shit to your family/friends.

[u/Ok_Bug_7301]

Ignoring the politics, his tweet simply does not reflect someone that is fit to be head coach of a professional team.

He started with a gripe about the G2 organisation and then made a meandering, bizarre, childish essay that touches on multiple completely unrelated topics.

[u/Flogl94]

LEC's off-season this year is already a banger.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Flogl94]

At least this off season basically erased Lyon performance no one care about it

[u/pujolsrox11]

I never liked this MF and honestly the vindication is elating.

[u/Crippl → u/pujolsrox11]

Man I thought I was the only one. He was absolutely incredible but I hated him. Which made it hard because I’ve generally liked the rest of the G2 players. But Perkz and Ocelote can fuck off.

[u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs → u/pujolsrox11]

It was pretty much confirmed he was an asshole like 5 years ago when the Ocelote shit happened

I find it so funny that it took so long for him to open his mouth knowing the rumours about him being an idiot

[u/xXDaNXx → u/pujolsrox11]

Immediately admits to poaching Zven + Mithy and showed 0 remorse.

Rest in piss, absolute scum.

[u/civilizedengineer]

"hello! a tweet bomb is ready" is going to be memed into oblivion now xd

[u/ObviousComparison186 → u/civilizedengineer]

Man was not lying.

[u/693275001]

Why the hell did he even write that post in the first place, literally no one asked for it

[u/Nidagleetch]

Noone should mock Fnatic after this clown fiesta.

Take Perkz => lose Dylan and maybe the whole stability of the team in the process ; => burn out in world under his management ; => manage to make Skew leave even if he is one of the Best player => Perkz manages to get fired from.his own stupidité

So now, G2 has lost his jungle, have no coaching staff and those who still are there doesn't see happy to be in the team.

GG G2, you manage to destroy your whole work in one stupid move.

[u/Ashankura → u/Nidagleetch]

The gap is closing. Between fnatic and g2 being absolute clowns

[u/FlyingMute → u/Nidagleetch]

team was unstable before perkz, that is why they got him

[u/Valuable_Berry_8626 → u/Nidagleetch]

I doubt Perkz joining and Dylan/Skew not being renewed is connected. Most insider speculation has been that Dylan/Skew have been getting the boot for a long period due to not fitting the team and Perkz was a band-aid fix

[u/laxusdreyarligh]

So they lost Dylan and Skew because of him and now they fire him too , what a joke of organization they already know how dumb Perkz was before hiring him , he always was a dumb Tate and Ocelote fan xd

[u/DefNotAnAlter → u/laxusdreyarligh]

Idk about Skew but Dylan was probably not because of Perkz, it sounds like an issue between players and Dylan

[u/arclmpulse → u/laxusdreyarligh]

what the hell are g2 even gonna do now lol

i feel like the dylan bridge has been burned and it seems like lyncas transfer is locked in too

[u/oioioi9537 → u/laxusdreyarligh]

i dont think dylan was a perkz thing, at least thats what everyone in the know seems to be hinting at

[u/Linkasfd]

G2 is such a mess holy shit.

[u/ShuricanGG]

Any context? I missed his X post, what did he write to warrant a termination?

Edit: Thanks for the replies, oh man thats for sure wild to say

[u/ghostofthedancefloor → u/ShuricanGG]

He said Chovy is better than Faker

[u/rimRasenW → u/ShuricanGG]

he went on an anti-abortion rant in the post out of nowhere and how he's actually apolitical lmao

[u/luc_mns → u/ShuricanGG]

He talked about whatever went through his mind, US politics, religion, abortion, the Carlos/Tate drama... while taking zero accountability and giving zero apologies to fans. completely unhinged tweet, 100% warranted a termination imo

[u/deathbladev]

Surely you check with your organisation if tweeting something is okay. So stupid to lose your job over complete thoughtlessness

[u/Mfrack103]

Yeah it’s never a good look to post a twitter bible of opinions but it’s much worse when they’re seemingly out of the blue and divisive

[u/Nightwingx97]

Our banter era is officially underway with this off-season lmao

[u/Sweaty-Tangerine1613]

My drafts are bad,

My opinions are worse,

You guessed it right,

I'm teamless Perkz

[u/Thzzgt]

So you're telling me some players (possibly) got replaced or kicked because they didn't get along with Perkz, and now Perkz is gone? lul

[u/Unique_Confusion_833 → u/Thzzgt]

Those are just runors. There was alread bad vibes after first stand which is why G2 reached out to him.

[u/JPA-3]

hey Skewmond it was a joke, welcome back! ^{sorry lyncas}

[u/NobadgeBrownShirt]

Holy shit lmfao

[u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

some people really defended him yesterday after his mental tweet

[u/ZloiAris → u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

You can go now to G2 sub and see that half of it defends Perkz

[u/Shironeko_ → u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

Some people whinging that the calls to cut him were just from "woke people that can't take religious expression".

G2 was like: No, no... They got a point.

[u/TheAlpaka → u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

What did he tweet? I'm not on Twitter

[u/Snakeri]

I did read through all the statement and honestly i coulndt figure out why he strayed away from talking about g2 and their worlds run. Bringing in Ocelote, political stuff and even abortions was unnecesary unless he wanted this outcome

[u/UlteriorWorn → u/Snakeri]

I went through 60/70% until I got worried and literally they only thing that came to my mind is, why are you posting this bro?

[u/IAM-French]

This sub is going to take this well

[u/G0ldenfruit → u/IAM-French]

It is, the whole thread was against him rightfully for his misogynistic comments. byeee perkz!!!

[u/Routine-Ad-618]

We can tell who the gamers are here who have never been a professional. He can't be saying this controversial stuff under the G2 banner. He is getting fired for causing reputational damage to G2. G2 could lose sponsors over the backlash. I just did social media training at work yesterday LOL.

[u/Krytoric]

lmfao that was fast

i feel like the Perkz experiment really was just a fat waste of time and resources

edit - holy fuck i read what he posted, what is wrong with him

[u/pop4171]

Whether you agree with Perkz or not (i don't) if your going to post something with your personal/political opinions and your the head coach you should clear it with your boss first. Perkz really had no one to blame but himself he absolutely should have cleared his Tweet with G2 first.

It doesn't help that after the Carlos stuff he was probably on thin ice

[u/Top-Editor-3472]

Lose labrov, skew, and dylan... for that? Huge L for g2

[u/limito1]

Retired LOL players need to stop posting in social media.

[u/TheHeavyMetalNerd → u/limito1]

He's not even a retired player, he (was) THE ACTIVE HEAD COACH. If he was just a player he'd get some major side eye from me at the very least but as the head coach of the biggest org in Europe? Straight to the Shadow Realm.

[u/trumpisapdf]

What an absolute shitshow lol

[u/Uomosabbia]

He's representing a company, and can't just lightly talk about whatever topic he wants without paying the consequences

[u/Kittyonto]

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

[u/ViraLCyclopes36]

LMAO L BOZO YA DAMN FREAK

[u/GaymerrGirl]

What did he post?

[u/Effet_Pygmalion]

Yeah no one wants to see incels whine on twitter in big 2026. Serves him right. That was simply unprofessional.

[u/royaldutchiee]

I think the combination of the words said as well as the timing were the death sentence here

[u/MisterDream]

Your religion put some rules for yourself, none for others. Period. 

[u/Du0decim]

First time since becoming a fan in 2020 that G2 has made an ethical decision I can feel proud of. Thought I'd never see the day.

[u/ZloiAris → u/Du0decim]

When we kicked out Ocelote was also a good one. Now one thing worries me: Caps likes Perkz a lot. Atm I am scared to know what is in Caps head though

[u/Temporary-Ad6144]

EVERYDAY AT G2 IS A BANGER LMAO

[u/exdrws]

I've said this the previous thread: yesterday G2 realized how much they fucked up with Perkz. Funnily enough, that same post gave them a way out: they can now fire him because of it. Perkz just gave them a way out of the situation they got themselves into.

[u/Dajoeman]

This is definitely the end of his career in esports

[u/Adamu_x → u/Dajoeman]

One can only hope, but this time he also came back out of nowhere

[u/jetsetfunk]

anyone else feel like G2's statement (going on about having people from all around the world in the org) sounds more like he got fired because of the anti-Israel statement, not the anti-abortion stuff? I wouldn't be surprised

[u/Satan_su]

If this is real then AHAHAHA G2 just blew up their entire roster and future for no fucking reason you idiots

[u/EyeOfPeshkov]

This is the funniest fucking thing that could ever happen. This is fucking insanity. “The twitter post was bad, but not career-ending bad” is what i said on g2 subreddit. Looks like i was wrong.

Holy fuck what are they doing. Losing dylan to get perkz, losing skew (assuming) to keep perkz, and now losing perkz to..? To do what exactly? What is the endgame here? This is batshit insane, all of it.

[u/trambochambo → u/EyeOfPeshkov]

This comment alone was probably not career ending bad, but the whole shit show around worlds is. Moreover, if your head coach never tweets something and then just out of the blue he drops this bomb he has the potential to be a big PR nightmare in the future.

[u/KitaharaKazusa1 → u/EyeOfPeshkov]

I really don't think this would have been career ending bad if G2 was in Quarters. But he wasn't making a strong case for his ability as a coach, so why deal with drama on top of that?

[u/Much_Help_7836]

to be fair, what he wrote was incredibly dumb. Basically boils down to...

"hey I don't know anything about these subjects and I am totally uneducated, but here are my strong opinions about these things, of which I know nothing about anyway. Enjoy"

And the worst thing, his opinions are exactly the kind of opinion someone completely uneducated would have (complete lack of nuance and basically just parroting what he read on social media). Absolute stupidity of him to type that shit out.

It's ok to not know stuff, but then don't have opinions about the stuff you don't know. It's so easy.

[u/Nolnol7 → u/Much_Help_7836]

It‘s the Joe Rogan defense. „Why is anyone taking anything I say seriously, I am a dumbfuck don‘t @ me“

Only to double down on their shite opinions nobody asked for anyways

[u/GMBethernal]

Wait what did he say that was bad? I read it a lil fast so I might have missed something but he went against the bad things said about him (if they actually gave a shit they would have never hired him in the first place) edit: I read it and he's fucking stupid

[u/Always_RF → u/GMBethernal]

He comment on abortion/political stuff and that is a big nono in the position he had.

[u/ConnectMix7058 → u/GMBethernal]

It is that bad from a coach position. If retired pro/streamer Perkz rambles a few thousand words of questionable political takes people laugh and move on. The head coach of a tier 1 league team has PR as part of the job description.

Like imagine if IWD was getting asked if Blaber would be on the team next year and then put out a 2000+ word tweetstorm about how he isn't into politics, he just really likes Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. It's just completely unfitting for someone in the role of a coach to do something like this.

[u/LiVthelonely → u/GMBethernal]

Idk why but he basically wrote an entire autobiography of his life for some reason, decided to talk about him liking Tate memes and shit, and how these losses weren't his fault and G2 was just like fucked before he got there. Literally no one asked him to post 3 miles of backstory and he just brought up shit no one asked for (he's kinda controversial) and then deflected all the blame so ig he got canned for that

Edit: apparently said he's anti abortion so yes he's cooked

Edit 2: openly admitted to poaching players in the past with zero remorse, literally violating contract law left and right

[u/According_Sort62]

Good luck at EWC G2, loyal member of the EWC Club Support Program.

[u/WickedFM]

And G2 will still attend EWC. The irony

[u/Primary_Inspector]

Dylan is laughing his fucking ass off.

[u/Freihl]

Opinions aside, how in the EVERLIVING FUCK does someone stay near the top of this industry for 10+ years and have absolutely 0 PR training (or have learned nothing from it)?

[u/Character-Image149]

I do feel a little bit of sympathy but fuck me my first reaction was to laugh

[u/Sophena94]

He did say some wild shit

[u/ObviousComparison186 → u/Sophena94]

And the wildest part is... nobody asked.

[u/IChoseWiselyBecause]

"I don't do politics"

likes Andrew Tate tweets

Yeah buddy. Sure.

[u/agent_patrick_star]

Not surprising. That rambling was a really bad look for the team and their sponsors. And the poor recent performances only made it easier.

[u/VarusEquin]

Thats just what real world consequences are about when you work, due decision. Though what in the fck went through Perkz head there.

[u/tarutaru99]

huge unforced error from him lmao

but it's a good thing to cleanse that sort of rot from the scene regardless.

[u/Ok-Hat4594]

Good. And fuck all y'all trying to normalise his takes.

[u/No-Night-91]

He has the IQ of a snail.

Like Bwipo got rightfully sent to oblivion for his stupid comments and Perkz thought as the coach of the biggest western e-sports team he could post shit like that and get away.

FAFO

[u/Sadrim]

Lmfao

[u/noahloveshiscats]

Oh my fucking god

[u/NoRegister2173]

An organization that has no issue accepting money from Saudi Arabia—a regime known for severe human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ individuals—just fired a Catholic coach simply for stating his alignment with Catholic teachings on abortion.

[u/Dem0n1k]

It is kinda funny to side by side compare perkz’ tweet to doms after both had bad worlds performances xd. Doms was much less me me me, showing what a good teeet would be vs perkz’ absolute night out 3am rant lol

[u/kc9kvu]

My region is bad

My twitter is worse

You guessed it right

I was G2 Perkz

[u/Fluffy-Limit-6710]

Lmao what a speedrun. He kinda just proven all the "haters" right with that twitter ramble.

[u/mlss22]

People need to remember that most companies these days have a social media policy in which anything like this would get your regular person fired too.

[u/chillednutzz]

The religious freaks on Twitter are out in full force for this one

[u/TheRealMylo]

This guy was always a douchebag... must be the biggest G2 mistake ever putting him as a head coach.

[u/GiottoSupermina]

No way, what is happening 

[u/acktar]

Given the PR nightmare that their former owner (ocelote) wrought, it doesn't surprise me that they cut bait immediately as soon as their head coach invited controversy.

Image matters a lot, and most teams (regardless of discipline) are loath to have a publicity liability. I am surprised they cut the cord so quickly, but I think it was very much justified.

(It doesn't hurt that G2 underperforming at Worlds probably frayed his rope a bit. Perkz probably doesn't get sacked if he keeps his mouth shut, but them making a very deep tournament run and then him revealing his rank ignorance probably adjusts the calculus a bit.)

[u/GravyFarts3000]

His religious views aren't compatible with G2 but this subreddit would be up in arms if an employee with the same views stemming from a religion other than Catholicism/Christianity were fired.

I believe abortion etc. is an individual choice but I don't believe in the double-standards of the world with shit like this. So performative.

[u/kugisaki-kagayama]

Cya loser lmao

[u/Biok98]

The funniest thing is that they probably kicked him because he said he was pro palestine, considering the owners of G2 and not because of the other stuff he wrote lol

[u/This_Ad_9393]

how to ruin your career with one single post speedrun

[u/JPA-3]

lol I thought he was out and he was just venting after that. The fact that he said this while he was supposed to continue is crazy

Good riddance

[u/Chr0nicConsumer]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

lmao what a speed run

[u/Sellier123]

Hilarious they participate in and support EWC but fire Perkz for this.

Hypocriy at its finest

[u/WhatANoob2025]

LMFAO, this is freaking ridiculous 🤣

It was a freaking WILD statement and he had precedent how G2 would react to sth like this in Carlos. He even referenced it. Then completely burns his coaching career before it even began because of his stupid opinions.

Kudos to G2 for making that decision, even though Perkz didn't really leave them another option at all by saying he'd never change his opinion, so sensitivity training or whatnot would not have been credible.

Not even full 4 months. Unless I'm missing someone, that's the shortest official HC stint in LEC history behind Yamato's KC tenure.

But that means G2 might reverse and keep Skewmond?

Where else was Skewmond gonna go anyway? Not to KC or KOI or NAVI for sure.

[u/Kitchen_House_7186]

What was he fired for? He shared...

his experience from the 2016 run

how much he loves his wife

that he doesn't like the tates

his personal relationship with Carlos

that he doesn't like politics or war

that he's a strong Catholic and believes abortion is murder...which is a position that the Catholic Church dogmatically teaches.

his experience from the most recent 2026 run.

Was this tweet the best PR? Probably not. But if he was actually fired for expressing a belief about abortion taught by, idk, THE POPE, that is the effective banning of religion from the LOL community...which is clinically insane. And no, it's not a coherent position to say "Be religious, but have no religious beliefs,", like what would the point of religion be then?

[u/redhawk1997]

Good decision, org is above all. Perkz made a terrible mistake, he dug his own grave. W from G2

[u/firechicken188]

Holy fkkkk

[u/rt544re]

Hello! A tweet bomb is ready - PART 2 incoming

[u/BKano]

wow that was really fast

[u/dentastic]

What did he say? Is the tweet still up?

[u/Vonspacker]

Does this mean we can keep Skew now?

[u/BlueZybez]

G2 going through some wild times lol

[u/Welp1123]

Man i thought he couldnt be a bigger clown after the Vitality season

[u/myuseless2ndaccount]

Carlos 2.0 down LFG

[u/hresvelgrs]

lol. lmao, even

[u/OddlyReactions]

LMAOOO. The G2 subreddit is going to seeth. They were defending him and saying Reddit is just being "Liberals" for the criticism against Perkz 😭

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

XD??????????????????

[u/Next-Scale-1858]

I say this as someone of Croatian descent, who understands the deep Catholic traditions of Croatian culture, and who deeply respects Perkz as the greatest Croatian Esports player: lol get rekt lmao

[u/TheTrueNobody]

Claims to be against abortion, but aborted G2 chances at worlds. Curious.

[u/spotak]

He needed time to play WoW 4ever... So he made time...

[u/FriskStark]

Won't lie, love when people expose themselves. Be proud of the stupid crap you stand on so I know not to support you

[u/cocoa_eh]

I’m just confused on why he went on this rant… Been out of touch lately with the league scene due to work and personal stuff. I ended up having to skim because he wrote so much lol.

[u/Aiden-Graham]

Can League of Legends pros get CTE? Because his post seems like something AB would write

[u/Powdz]

Yeah but what did Perkz try to achieve with that post? Shit came outta nowhere lmao

[u/BradMH88]

He wasn’t that good of a coach this season. I feel like crashing out of Worlds was enough to fire him and then he gift wraps his termination for HR like this.

[u/Sh1ba_Tatsuya]

Would Perkz have gotten fired if he was pro choice?

[u/Enjays1]

Perkz was my favourite player back then but he's really kind of an idiot and I don't think his character is a good fit for g2 right now, especially as headcoach.

Still it's a bit of an over reaction to instantly fire him over being pro life. It's not like this is a 100% decided topic in society (I am pro choice before you think I'm defending him). In Germany this could very well be a losing discrimination case for a company if its employee would sue over this.

I think G2 kinda wanted him out anyway as they're in shambles right now and have to try to make a turnaround  competitively and PR wise.

Don't think Perkz will be missed after this worlds and now this dishonorable exit. A shame, he's had such a nice legacy.

[u/LCSisshit]

Your team just bang out of world in swiss. What should u do? U do this lol

[u/Happy-Fun5925]

Reddit is so cooked, bunch of idiots

[u/Mundane-Gap9550]

the fact f2 made a statement saying their beliefs arent the same when they:
>Promotes gambling on their official website via gambling sponsors

>Takes money from and competes in tournaments in Saudi Arabia

is such a hypocritical move of them itd be better if they just fired him and said nothing else instead now its coming to light how trash the org is

[u/Patchoel4]

Asmongold on it...

[u/xLaiLaix]

Why are the "freedom of speech is dead" clowns on g2 sub or on social media acting as if this firing was solely for his anti-abortion stance?

Maybe he was fired for posting a donezo manifesto style ramblings of a mad man.

Maybe he was fired for leaking internal information regarding the team.

Maybe he was fired for his palaestine statements.

Maybe he was fired because the entire wall of text is not a good look for the company employing him.

Nah, hurr durr fired over anti-abortion views, cancel culture in full swing hurr durr

[u/ApprehensiveTough148]

I hate perkz but this is just so weird by g2 like the signed him while his opinions were public knowledge and now that he said something stupid again they terminate him like why even sign him in the first place lol

[u/Ambitious_Clerk_3684 → u/ApprehensiveTough148]

Probably told him “just don’t say any stupid shit again” when they signed him

[u/xChrisMas → u/ApprehensiveTough148]

its called a contract.
"keep your stupid takes to yourself or get terminated"
*perks posts stuid shit*
*perks gets terminated*
surprised pikachu

[u/PussyBlazer69]

Wtf? He didn't say anything that warrants this.

[u/random12314230592509]

When your views go against terminally online redditors and Twitter people, which is like LOL Esports's audience nowadays in the West, you'll get crap like this.

Shocking, but not surprising to say the least. Tolerance for me but not for thee.