Why was IWDominate BANNED from the LPP?

[@Siplexus]

Loco: "He can explain why players do certain decisions.." Dom in his stream: "I have no fking clue what these monkeys are doing."

[@AJTheriot3]

@Najawin yea I noticed these exact examples too. These are actually the examples where I realized the LCS color commentators are in an echo chamber. They seemingly only discuss things within themselves when what needs to happen is they need to get perspectives and have dialogue with the likes Dom and LS. Its ok for them to have their own opinions on how the game should be played but little things like the Olaf thing really needs to be shored up and likely could be if they got outside of just talking internally. The LCS color commentators literally do a show together, they don't publicly seem to get any outside perspectives.

[@Kishuy]

@Najawin Sounds like they should hire him to be an analises commentator.

[@dudaseifert]

Something loco said there is the key: league PARTNER program. You just don't drop a partner like that, very clear lack of communication

[@aslemartinsen5284]

Riot is a joke of a company. It's fucking ridiculous how they just drop someone who brings entertainment to the scene. It's time for a crusade boys! #FreeDom

[@diegoaragao6618]

Imagine being a dad tgat punishes its kid without them knowing wtf they did wrong How the hell will the kids ever learn from their mistake and avoid doing it again?

[@Elessar_Telcontar]

Riot not specifically not saying what he did is cowardly. Happening right after he left liquid is very suspicious. If you are going to ban people say exactly what they did and do it. So we can have a firm set of standards that apply equally.

[@ILoveMyCereals]

Exactly. How is anyone supposed to resolve a problem that they can’t accurately identify?

[@Tanktaco]

I actually clicked on this video to see Loco because I was wondering where you went after facecheck.

[@thanhlam8837]

Km l Omo làm Pl l llplp

[@danielwood3486]

Did thorin end up in his old position?

[@Zuva_Deity]

We need a girlfriend analogy here Loco doesnt feel passionate about his girlfriend (League of legends), so he is taking a break and exploring different girls that might spark his passion, and if he feels like the passion comes back then he's willing to go back to the first girl

[@natebozeman4510]

This is gold hahaha

[@lyndon4010]

can't wait to see the new content! rest and be well loco

[@Hazelxxyz]

Loco: Riots Try to stay away from sexism LEC: Partners with NEOM who is owned by Saudi Arabia who is known for being sexism and against women. Imagine Donning the LGBT logo while supporting a project led by a country that treats LGBT citizens how it does

[@michatryba6783]

LEC has already ended their partnership with NEOM

[@stormy7833]

@@michatryba6783 and that was amazingly fast, 14 hours and it was ended!

[@sawtoothgrind1981]

not even just lgbt community, they still fuckin stone people for witchcraft, like come on.

[@valleyshrew]

@@sawtoothgrind1981 So Riot should never do events in the middle east then? These views are dominant in most of the countries there. 75% of Palestinians supporting stoning adulterers for example. Saudi Arabia are at least progressing, they have been rapidly improving women's rights recently, and opening up their country. We should support them on their journey and expose them to LGBT culture rather than ostracising them and trying to turn them into an enemy for the good of nobody. Saudi Arabia are a good ally, a country we can rely on to have our back in the world, meanwhile Riot is owned by the CCP which is becoming increasingly aggressive.

[@Lvl1Glaceon]

The first thing that came to mind after Loco made that comment. Knew I'd find a comment to like xD

[@clydiancecht5410]

Welcome back and miss you already 😢

[@jwolfman665]

But he came back 19 minutes ago

[@TheYellowYoda]

I miss loco... Despite the crap he's done, we are all human... We all make mistakes, and sometimes we fall into the same mistakes in a different circumstances... Because... You know? Sometimes life is hard and sometimes things just suck. Regardless of the mistakes, I miss listening to Loco and hearing the outro.

[@theviewsx]

Loco: "You guys didn't come to the video to hear why i dropped off the face of the planet." Me: Yeah.. i kinda did

[@mouseymedic]

Despite all the hate he gets, I hope he doesn't forgot that he has fans that like his content (even if not league)

[@danielle4028]

I watch your videos because I like listening to well spoken people. As long as you keep that up, I'll be watching 👍

[@Izzliddat03]

Hey loco, probably this wouldn't matter as much since I'm a nobody. But I really missed your content, reviewing LCS games, hearing your opinions about plays allowed me to improve a lot as a player. I hope you're doing fine physically and mentally. Really hope you will do LCS content soon!

[@mouseymedic]

I think one unfortunate aspect is that it happened at probably the worse time for IWD as it happened when he is currently negotiating as an independent streamer and being unable to co-stream (which was a big part of his current brand/content) weakens his position considerably. Good to see you back, loco - keep up the videos please.

[@despairedi]

I've watch more LSC in the last 2 weeks watching iwd then i have in the last year. Raw and honest is refreshing

[@comrad1410]

damn bro whatever path you take good luck, hopefully your channel stays tho

[@tycdeutscher3702]

I'll be first to admit, I only watched loco because he had shows with two of my favorite analysts. But as I watched more of him, he grew on me with the way he can always take the banter. Dom, thorin, and the community all have loco as the butt of their jokes & loco does a good job of playing off it. I felt a lot of his league content suffered due to his lack of interest in the game (he's been at it for a long time, probably burned out). However, this piece is one of the best I've seen relating to an ongoing drama. Fair to both sides, not overly reactionary, and asked for more context before giving some definitive take. I loved it & wish him well, wherever he goes.

[@PlanADidntWorkOut]

Yeah man, Loco ain't all that bad! Just gotta get over first impressions. Facecheck Episode 14 (the Marc Merill one) was the highlight for me, Loco's input was so valuable there.

[@emineminoglou6915]

Dom got banned because he was too real for LCS. LCS gameplay quality is dogshit and Dom was one of few who wasn't afraid to speak up on that. RIOT banned him so they can keep pretending LCS is decent quality gameplay..

[@Kryptic..]

I cried when don cried. I guess flamers do feel

[@angusgosling5260]

Absolutely love your stance on this loco if your heart isnt in it atm you shouldn't force yourself into making content you don't have a passion to make. Look forward to when you are ready to jump back in and when that lol flame re ignites

[@MeanKno]

I only recently started watching Dom so I don't consider myself a fan. His comments were not sexist. Context matters. Ignoring context and not being nuanced is ridiculous.

[@tobygreppellini5960]

its a derogatory statement that is primarily aimed at a particular demographic in a general context whether you meant it as that context or not its like saying something like "man that was gay" to describe something you didn't like ( might be a uk thing ) but fact is its still a derogatory statement that should not be made context is not an excuse

[@MeanKno]

@@tobygreppellini5960 Cause doing nails is soooooo negative.... It is nothing like saying "man that was gay." More like saying, "What were you doing? Making a sandwich?" I disagree with you. We can agree to disagree.

[@tobygreppellini5960]

@@MeanKno so homophobia is bad but sexism is fine? No all levels of discrimitory comments are wrong

[@MeanKno]

@@tobygreppellini5960 Saying something is gay is himophobic because the word gay is an adjective used to describe sexuality. Using the adjective to point out or say something negative is indirectly saying the adjective is negative. How is asking someone if they are doing something besides play the game they are logged into sexist?

[@MeanKno]

@@tobygreppellini5960 I think I'd be more inclined to agree if he said "breastfeeding" or "giving birth" or anything that cis-men never do or could never do. I paint my nails and I identify as a cis gendered male. People gendering my behavior in my opinion is homophobia/toxic masculinity. It's the same mentality that says a trans person is their born into sex. Cause only women do or have x and only men do or have y? No that is false. On further thought, even if he knew it was a girl, I still don't see the sexism because asking if someone is doing something besides playing the match is not sexist. Until you can explain why it's sexist I disagree with you.

[@pratimsankartalukdar4671]

I literally watch every video this guy makes till the end for the "m nt crazy m jst loco" part

[@loganoutlaw9769]

also p.s I enjoy your content LOCO pls stay healthy pursue what makes you happy and as always....pls god ax that ending

[@thelegendsplays6266]

Hey Loco, I hope you see this cuz I have a theory but I want your opinion. Could it be that Dom got banned from the LPP cuz he now also streams more than just LoL? I thought of this because it is known that (especially LCS) players can't stream any other games or compete in tournaments for other games at all, at least in the past. They might wanna portrait the same 'vision' or 'image' to the LPPs. So maybe this is the case here and they just took the recent events as an escape and 'valid' reason to ban him? What are your thoughts on this speculation?

[@plorkzzz]

Bans Dom for "sexist" comment, then LEC goes and partnerships with neom? what??

[@very_lazzy3985]

Fyi they ended the partnership.

[@Ryzearn]

Loco literally hit it right on the money on why I watch Dom's videos on league

[@juansalazar828]

Another crystal generation problem, it is just to much that companies also have those "problems"

[@loganoutlaw9769]

All partners DEMAND atleast a conversation or fucking leave league scene.

[@gerardguevarra4242]

I think you have to take solo queue chat with a grain of salt. I mean theres a clip of Yassuo telling his teammate to get cancer and die and yet 100T didnt really punish him. Don’t really understand why some people are held to different standards as others.

[@judgedbytime]

Riot does it because they can and it wins them something somewhere somehow.

[@grimgorpuppet]

I am not sure but some players from fnatic had nails painted(black) (in this season)

[@rubenlucchini3942]

Rekkles

[@flayboy2481]

Damn I wish loco still made LCS updates. As a low ELO player who enjoys watching LCS, it's nice to hear his opinion on how the players and teams are performing.

[@angellluveras2664]

As a sacrifice to the gods, TSM had to dismantle Loco’s career in order to win another championship. Honestly, worth.

[@6claims]

miss the game analysis vids :( those were so good

[@scottycarony7895]

Whatever you're doing Loco, just hope you are doing alright, ^.^ Chin up man. Cya whenever we do next time!

[@dafdproject3179]

I feel that ppl under appreciate you and your content, but know that your transparency and your personality together with your content/opinion/experience is something valuable and worthy of being heard in the LoL community, thank you for all your hardwork and passion in everything you do for this community. Hopefully you get peps after/during Worlds to do more content.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

So Dom was banned because Riot feel guilty about not being able to stop themselves from sexually harassing women at work, but want to look like they are "trying", so they banned a guy who makes jokes and doesn't sexually harass women. Galaxy brain.

[@OfficialSwisher]

That thumbnail is some goat level stuff..

[@aslemartinsen5284]

Loco, you have a name in the scene, you can be a successful online personality. You have the opportunity to become huge.. But you choose to just let it fade. What you should do is talk to silver/gold players. Talk to people who represent the majority of the community. Host a program where you moderate talks between two players with opposing views, and come with your own input on the subject. Do something other people don't do.

[@firerocket7343]

Riot is ok to have employees sexual harassing women but they would ban partner for a joke. 10/10 company.

[@trappedIRL]

Riot has gone too far left :| I live in Santa Monica (right by Riot's office and Team Liquid's office off Colorado Ave) and work with some of the founding engineers who created the league of legends we fell in love with and they anonymously agree.

[@far_sample2873]

Still Loco, it kind of sucks that you lost your passion for LCS, I kind of understand as an LEC viewer mainly that LCS is not up to par yet with the broadcast, hopefully they do get better with more incentive for the broadcasters to present and grow, as LEC did this past year basically. Hope you do get your passion back ;)

[@sonilpro8526]

Does that matter if he got banned? He can still review games and play league.

[@jaybeecaranza9471]

twitch is his main source income hahahaha

[@sonilpro8526]

@@jaybeecaranza9471 did he also get banned on twitch?

[@sonilpro8526]

No he is streaming right now hahha.

[@georgetodorov1687]

@@sonilpro8526 He got banned from Co streaming which was pretty huge for him. He was very passionate about it

[@sonilpro8526]

@@georgetodorov1687 go watch his stream he is ltrly doing that right now.

[@pnt_r6611]

Riot: you talked about nail polish? SEXIST Also Riot: Saudi Arabia treats women and gay ppl as animals. SEEMS LIKE A DEAL

[@jennings4951]

I don't understand why Riot is so quiet about their reasoning for punishment. How are you supposed to set an example in the community if there's nothing being punished?

[@bjfflegend]

Thanks for all your hard work! If you are burned out from League, consider switching to another game? Valorant? Or something else.

[@ging8137]

The conversation should have happened when he was initially put on probation, whether they did that or not is something only he knows. I don't know if this is unpopular to say but when I think about the LPP's brand/values of being a positive influence on the community, Dom is one of the last streamers that pops up. He has a bad track record of toxicity in soloqueue/on stream. I think its shitty that riot has costreaming connected to the LPP but if they consider it a privilege given to positive streamers then I 100% understand why they would remove dom. The biggest thing I care about as a fan is consistency coming from riots' end. If we're kicking out dom and TF blade, kick out all the other toxic streamers too and actually start banning the people that go even further beyond the normal threshold for toxicity. Whatever the LPP decides to value needs to be clearly stated out somewhere and we should be able to audit every single content creator under it and see if they actually meet those criteria. If it turns out that most streamers aren't meeting the LPPs' standards, it might be time to reconsider how high we want to set the bar or which content creators are being overlooked.

[@loganoutlaw9769]

ALso. I vote its because doms a strong presence and figure in league and riots afraid of his sway and power they can not control. aka theyre like ryomas

[@cavin107]

팬이어서 왔는데 영어라서 불면증 있을때 들으러 옵니다.

[@loneXolf]

I guess Loco is a league drama tuber now.

[@salvest3rr]

I clicked for both actually sir

[@frankycnguyen]

we don't watch these videos to know why dom got dropped, we watched to see loco flirt with us thru the camera

[@mysticflow467]

i dont remember locos lips being like this b4

[@Grizzleface]

You should do league content! You speak a lot of sense!

[@SuperLio333]

Welcome back Loco.

[@Zepxyranthes]

If LCS is failing you then why not LEC? I vaguely remember you said you will do videos on perhaps exciting LEC videos a while back? What about LPL or LCK? There are interesting games elsewhere and we kinda miss the content.

[@tylordobey7543]

I just came here for the loco explanation

[@evilnahuel5175]

Loco you better not leave >:(((

[@Zzzhh-3]

Maybe you can do some LPL and LCK content haha. LPL never bores you

[@f2dajay]

Change it from League Partner Program, to League You're My Bitch Program

[@rhysfisher4824]

Is that a loco video in my feed???

[@robysword12]

LMAO that fucking thunbnail

[@ironspartan117]

no. im actually wondering why you taking a break. you ok?

[@sumthinterrible15]

Maybe forever?! Don’t hurt me like that loco :(((

[@tropicalpeng]

missed you bro, keep up the good work.

[@avekakristianto1314]

Im not surprised

[@RumandCocaine]

i polish my nails

[@nguyentri3608]

i miss your content :(

[@cassianojahn597]

It's funny how lec is gonna be sponsored by NEOM, ah, the hypocrisy.

[@magede.9149]

They ended the partnership with neom

[@talisredstar1543]

Rito doesn't want to be in the court of public opinion, but when you just out of blue do this. You unintentionally throw yourself into. Maybe if they had communicated with him. This could of gone different. Hell be like the blue collars and give him a chance to step down. It lets Dom save face, and keeps Rito's part on the down low. Unless Dom goes ape shit and plasters the facts out there. Which then would warrant a ban and so on. I'm a fan of a few players in NA LCS, but this season has been rough to watch. I mean my most entertaining match to watch was the show match of old C9 vs old TSM. That shit felt like the old LCS, where players played to win. Where now days feels more like they play to not lose. I said it then, and i'll say it again. Its a bit funny when a bunch of "Boomers" put on a more entertaining match than Pros.

[@jessedlepley]

Wait so why was he banned I still don't know

[@AlphaFerdra]

do you feel the same about lec, lpl etc. ?

[@jessngan3266]

I always wait for your videos :(((

[@blendon8]

Interesting a company that paid 10 million for female employees in lawsuit settlement tries to punish a streamer for a game related comment. Maybe riot shouldn't listen to social media and make their own decisions?

[@ayh4968]

because he banned me from his chat

[@cptnzolof2850]

How many ads can we fit into this ten minute video?

[@Mima99]

what about LPL LEC LCK ? are they not interesting for you too ?

[@thisguyshandle]

Thanks

[@5minutes.483]

Why did iwilldominate get banned? ...thanks for watching, like and subscribe 👍🏻

[@chriscalvadores4923]

I did click the video for some news on the break though ;-;

[@Scarsofevil]

All I have to say is not everyone in league can be committed to playing 40-50 hours a week and chances are you're going to be teamed up with someone who has a bad game. Either just chill, but DOM loves to stalk these players and harass the hell out of them. I wouldn't be surprised if he called a bomb threat to my home if he knew my address. He also has a lot of viewers and his toxicity trickles down to people. It's going to drive away a lot of people from playing this game when they deal with someone like DOM or his viewers. This explains it all. streamable.com/4cyv8o

[@WilsonTxmp]

talk about the GGS situation.

[@clippercrewx321]

#FreeIWD

[@distribucionesmacsa1030]

I am curious about something. I always thought your income came from league of legends and all the content related. Now that you are straying from league, where is your income gonna come from?

[@icebite9888]

God i can just hear the saliva with every word.

[@itemtest1]

Finally Loco is back :)

[@JoshuaFoy]

"made changes" right........

[@angelchama1874]

the hat is sick

[@Hebe_Hubby]

Maybe try watching some other regions? They would have some different playstyles and lec, lpl, lck is just... better, at least looking at the past years.

[@lehends5683]

Why no pick ems video?

[@anis7672]

maybe better do LEC , LPL , and LCK content

[@whentheworldwasatwar8717]

Wait so, is Tyler1 still in the program? I mean, he calls players dogs and insults them on a daily basis, so I'm sure he's been out right?

[@jimmylee3408]

yeah, he's not in the program anymore

[@judgedbytime]

Yeah but he didn't say anything about a girl.

[@rs4cool]

What is LPP ?????

[@TWISTEDGiraff3]

Love you Loco

[@Alcaraz24]

Isn't this a league related content?

[@casperryborg4869]

Yaeh? That is why he is talking about... League? What a shocker!

[@ben-zl7xv]

Sadge

[@puppetmaster8514]

Yea no, was not a sexist comment if you aren't even aware of the gender you are talking to. Kind of a terrible take.

[@fredsun9496]

its been a long while

[@alangraves4999]

I clicked cuz i miss my favorite kawaii korean boi

[@shaneoblack1672]

Yeah I'm sorry dude an off color joke about someone doing nail polish and actual sexual harassment of women are 2 different things. The reason Dom got banned IMO is because he made fun of the LCS broadcast because they'd consistently have issues, and calling out players for playing badly, which since it's NA, most of them are. He tells it like it is, whether you call that toxic or not is your opinion, but sometimes just because someone is being toxic doesn't mean that they're wrong. Besides he also says when players play well, like CoreJJ and Closer, so it's not all negative.

[@Schulazo]

Good to cya... Glhf

[@Tea-nr4hm]

I thought he was dropping his lol content???