Player from S’pore e-sports team apologises for middle finger gesture after tournament match

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During a press conference held after the match, the player from Paper Rex apologised.

SINGAPORE – A player from Singapore-based professional e-sports team Paper Rex has apologised after pointing his middle finger at an opponent team shortly after Paper Rex eliminated it from a competition in Spain.

The competition is the first major tournament of the year for the five versus five first-person shooter game Valorant. Held from March 14 to 24, it features eight teams and a US$500,000 prize pool. Screenshots of the incident later circulated within the gaming community, drawing both support and ire from Valorant fans.He said: “I want to say sorry to every fan... because I’m a professional player, I cannot do that, I cannot put my finger middle to the opponents. It’s my bad, sorry.

 

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