At around 3 a.m. on December 20, the GenG team released an announcement of the new product launch event of the team's sponsor SIDIZ on GenG's self-media platform. The event announcement involved separatist remarks ». The GenG team's self-media platform was reprimanded by netizens for a while, saying: Taiwan is not an overseas country, it is Taiwan, China!
As things developed rapidly and the situation became more and more serious, some domestic netizens reported the situation to the Chinese branch of the GENG team.
On December 21, after receiving the denunciation and reactions from fans and netizens, in order to appease the emotions of the team's fans and protect the Chinese market, the GEG team issued a bilingual apology on both the Korean self-media platform and the Chinese self-media platform.
The apology said: The GENG team unswervingly respects and upholds China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. said that the announcement of this event was caused by the work mistakes of relevant personnel, and hoped that everyone would not vent their anger on the GenG team.
Originally, the misunderstanding should have been resolved here, and everyone was fine. However, the GENG team's apology caused an uproar on the Korean Internet, because the GENG team released an apology on both domestic and overseas platforms, coupled with repeated defeats to the LPL team in international competitions, the GENG team was dissatisfied with the GENG team's domestic netizens and fans.
Some Korean netizens said:
- This declaration of support is too much, hehehe;
- In this case, SIDIZ will have a big deal if it wants to break into the Taiwan market;
- I hope that the GENG team will remove the tiger logo and do it with the symbol of Korea;
- Why does the LPL have five teams participating in the World Finals every year?
There are also many GENG team fans who have announced that they have lost their fans.
Faced with this situation, the GENG team deleted the first version of the apology statement previously released and reissued the second version of the statement, saying that it wanted to maintain clear neutrality on specific political opinions and ideas. It basically means: I withdraw my apology, I want to remain neutral.
Later, in order to appease the emotions of the GENG team in his native Korean fans, a third version of the statement was released, saying that GEN does not endorse and support any political opinions. Roughly what it means: The second version of the statement conveyed to fans the unclear position on the controversy, and apologized again.
In order to protect the market and reputation of the GENG team in South Korea, the team leader and CEO also went down in person.
The person in charge said: without fully considering the domestic sentiment and the international situation, the opinions of the Chinese branch were issued. It means that the first apology letter is the opinion of the Chinese branch, and the headquarters does not admit it, etc.
The CEO said: We are not political experts, we should not make any political statements, and we should actively avoid those statements. In the future, the GENG team will actively avoid incidents other than e-sports.
The overall event is as follows:
1. The GENG team published a campaign containing separatist remarks, which caused dissatisfaction among Chinese netizens.
2. In order to protect the Chinese market and appease the emotions of Chinese fans, the GENG team issued an apology, admitting that they did something wrong.
3. The GENG team issued an apology statement, which caused dissatisfaction among Korean fans and netizens.
4. In order to protect the Korean market and curry favor with Korean fans, the GENG team deleted the original apology and changed the apology.
5. In order to maintain the team's future living space, the head and boss of the GEG team personally went down to appease the fans.
In general, the GENG team wanted to eat both ends, but they almost lost both ends. Subsequently, the GENG team abandoned the Chinese market in order to protect the Korean market. When and stand, throw watermelons and pick up sesame seeds.
Our domestic netizens and many bloggers are very indignant about this matter, and any attempt to split our country, Chinese netizens are very united and resist together!
Things have developed so far, the GENG team's position is erratic, and they have changed their apology statement, which has caused dissatisfaction among many netizens. Some netizens in South Korea broke the news that someone sent a wreath to the GEN headquarters.
Wreath uplink: territorial integrity, China is no less, wreath downlink: Chinese e-sports team support group.
As a well-known fan of the GENG team in China, this matter has also attracted Guan Zeyuan's attention.
Some netizens found that Guan Zeyuan, a well-known domestic commentator, as an avid fan of the former GEG team, was very decisive in the face of the swaying and splitting remarks of the GENG team, and deleted all the news about the GEG team on the self-media platform and sent a vomiting expression. It can be seen that Brother Guan is also very angry! Give Brother Guan a thumbs up again!
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