The “global ban” story of former player Zeros has become a “legend” in the Vietnamese League of Legends scene, and is seen as a profound lesson in conduct for professional players. However, when it comes to this literally world-shattering drama, the “main character” seems unwilling to accept the reality that he no longer has the chance to compete professionally, despite just turning 21.
Recently, Zeros posted another controversial status hinting at this issue, but instead of acknowledging his own mistakes, he implied… blaming that his current “retirement” was due to “just playing one season with SBTC,” and wished “if only I had retired when I was still with EVOS, I would have been regarded as a legend of Vietnamese League of Legends.”
Zeros claiming to be “retired” is likely just a joke, as everyone knows he stopped playing due to a permanent ban for his reckless remarks, not a genuine retirement. Previously, Zeros had also shared multiple times his desire to leave the professional stage after the legendary drama with GAM Esports.
However, when he mentioned SBTC as part of the reason for missing the chance to “leave in glory,” it rubbed many people the wrong way. This is because, initially, SBTC was established by purchasing the VCS slot from EVOS – the team that owned Zeros at that time, and Teacher Ba’s decision to keep Zeros at SBTC was entirely aimed at giving his close brother a chance to continue competing professionally after he lost his spot at GAM.
Whether to retire or continue playing is entirely Zeros’ personal decision, but now he hints at “regret” for “just playing one season for SBTC”, it is not surprising that fans of this team feel “offended.”
In reality, during one season playing for SBTC Esports, Zeros did not have any positive contributions in terms of expertise, but rather brought countless troubles to this team due to his reckless remarks.
The climax was a statement that led him to a permanent ban, which was also one of the reasons SE had to make the decision to restructure after VCS Spring 2021. It can be seen that from the fans’ perspective, Zeros is the one who owes SBTC and its fans an apology for what he caused this team. But in return, SE fans received a status hinting that this guy feels regret over his decision to join SBTC.
