Gabriël ‘Bwipo’ Rau’s been throwing shade at different professionals on stream since he arrived in Europe in addition camp for Worlds 2024, and Marc Robert ‘Caedrel’ Lamont feels his feedback are a lot too harsh to his fellow professionals.
There’s room to be essential of Western gamers, and it’s arduous to argue in opposition to the LEC and LCS’ efficiency internationally. And, whereas Caedrel sees how Bwipo could also be making an attempt to enhance the areas, how he’s doing it’s what he takes difficulty with.
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“At first, it was humorous content material, he was being very condescending however getting his level throughout and he was serving to folks. However now he’s simply an a**gap, like what’s he saying bro?” Caedrel mentioned on stream.
Bwipo has given a number of monolouges since his boot camp streams began, calling out gamers like Vincent ‘Vetheo’ Berrié, Kim ‘Chasy’ Dong-hyeon, Kyeong ‘Photon’ Gyu-tae, and Marek ‘Humanoid’ Brázda for his or her efficiency and the way they work together with their staff.
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The scenario has triggered a stir locally, and never in a great way based on Caedrel.
“The place’s the professionalism in any of this? Why do you must go public and begin leaking what you’re speaking about personally with folks and flaming folks into the bottom?” Caedrel mentioned. “Some issues are higher left unsaid, why do you must make these items public? […] It’s so infantile.”
Bwipo is clearly assured in his ability, one thing he expressed the final time I interviewed him earlier in 2024. For probably the most half, he’s backed up that ability with stable efficiency this 12 months apart from FlyQuest’s MSI run.
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Nonetheless, Caedrel believes flaming different gamers to this extent isn’t warranted.
“He’s left a little bit of a bitter style in my mouth from the issues he’s been saying, man. He actually must rein it in. I’ve respect for him as a participant, I’ve respect for his sport data, and I’ve respect for the best way he approaches the sport, however I’ve completely no respect for the best way he acts or talks, how he talks all the way down to folks, the ego he has, or the best way he approaches conversations with folks like they’re a f**king piece of sh** on the bottom he deserves to face on and inform them what to do,” the previous professional mentioned.
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To Bwipo’s credit score, he has taken again among the means he’s spoken to folks, apologizing to Adam ‘Jackies’ Jeřábek after a heated trade. Nonetheless, his harsh criticism of different professional gamers has sparked a bigger dialog locally, and could have so much to again up as soon as he steps onto the stage at Worlds 2024.