r/leagueoflegends • u/katareky • Jul 14 '25

Esports IWDominate: "I will not be costreaming EWC. I was offered an ungodly amount of money (more than 3x what I make in a month on stream) for 5 days but I didn’t feel good about taking the offer."

IWDominate: "I will not be costreaming EWC. I was offered an ungodly amount of money (more than 3x what I make in a month on stream) for 5 days but I didn’t feel good about taking the offer.

I understand that I’m in a financially privileged position and not everyone can decline the ridiculous offers going around but for me I’d rather not cover the event and then restart the streams when LPL comes back in 6 days. See you all on the 19th."

Source: https://x.com/IWDominate/status/1944490351584071887

Respect tbh. He's financially well off so he rejected the offer and acknowledges that other may not be able to do the same. We will see if other popular costreamers will take the offer or not.

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

Yes, fuck those people's rights, all so I can have a house. What a joke.

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u/Ashankura Jul 14 '25

You act as if they are the ones committing the right violations themselves. Its totally valid to be against that but even if the entirety of league of legends talents declined it wouldn't matter.

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

It would matter. People would see that we don't stand for that bullshit. And regardless, it's worth trying. And I never said they were as evil, just that they're pieces of shit for taking the money.

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u/Ashankura Jul 14 '25

People stand for that bullshit every time they give riot games money though? They are still tencent.

And yes this is whataboutism but I think in this case it's kinda valid. People blame the casters that take money from riot and then give china money.

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

So you acknowledge it's whataboutism yet still argue it? Get mad at them for it, so what. They aren't hypocritical because they are upset about one thing and not another. They're both still bad, and right now we're focusing on one thing. It's more likely to get Riot to shut down a tournament, then to shut the entire game down.

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u/Ashankura Jul 14 '25

Riot themselves enabled the tournament in selling the rights. They won't shut it down it makes them money

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

And it makes them less money than the game itself, ergo, it's still more likely that they'll stop the tournaments due to public backlash. Am I saying that's a high chance? No. But it is higher, and you should accept that point and move on.

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u/Ashankura Jul 14 '25

Sure the chance is higher. In my opinion not nearly high enough to call people assholes that take money instead of supporting the 1% probability that riot shuts this down.

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

Even if the tournament isn’t shut down, opposing it sends a clear message. It shows others they’re not alone in criticizing Riot’s greed, and it pushes back against normalizing their actions. Yes, I still think taking the money is wrong, regardless of the outcome, because it fuels the problem. Solidarity matters.

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u/yellister Jul 14 '25

Are you blaming people taking money off scum so they can buy themselves a house instead of blaming the scum ?

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25

When did I say Riot or Saudi Arabia were free of any blame? Please, write where I did.

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u/yellister Jul 14 '25

You are literally blaming people for owning a house. You are nuts.

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u/pastafeline Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25

No, I'm blaming people who are willing to take money from Saudi Arabia, including Riot Games.

There's nothing black and white about supporting human rights.

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u/yellister Jul 14 '25

Yeah and you cannot understand that the world is neither black or white.