Chinese Dota2 community slams online racist attack

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Chinese Dota2 circle, including the video game's publisher in China, Prefect World, multiple professional teams and netizens stood up to oppose racism in video game playing on the Internet, after recent instances of online abuse against Chinese people.

At the beginning of November, in a game between Chinese team Royal Never Give Up (RNG) and American CompLexity Gaming (COL) in the DreamLeague Season 10 Minor, COL's Rolen Andrei Gabriel “Skemberlu” Ong (Skem) wrote "Gl chingchong" in all chat to mock at Chinese players. Then Carlo “Kuku” Palad of TNC Predator from Southeast Asia used the same word in a public game.

Ching chong has been considered as an extremely discriminatory word against Chinese people, just like the "N-word" against African Americans.

Both COL and Skem apologize after Skem use the word "ching chong" in a game agianst Chinese team Royal Never Give Up (RNG) in the DreamLeague Season 10 Minor. /Screentshot of Twitter

Though COL and Skem apologized later through social media platforms. Neither TNC nor Kuku made any official comment until the story caused a stir on the relevant forum. Then Kuku registered an account on Weibo and explained that he only used the word after he saw it in one of the player's name from the rival team.

The racist word began to spread in the Internet quickly as Chongqing, a municipality in southwestern China on Monday was announced to hold the second Major of the 2018-2019 Dota Pro Circuit. A growing number of users since then made various of jokes, many very offensive, by using the word "ching chong".

Chinese Dota2 circle criticize the racist behavior and request response from Valve Corporation, the company that develops Dota2. /Screenshot of Weibo

In response, ImbaTV, the stream platform in China for DreamLeague submitted complaints to both the event's organizer and Valve Corporation, the company that developed Dota2. However, Valve has not responded yet.

Meanwhile, Perfect World chose to stand alongside Chinese players with an official statement on Weibo. The company asserted that it will never tolerate any similar behavior in any of its event.

Multiple Chinese Dota2 teams including Team Aster, Vici Gaming and PSG.LGD Gaming joined Perfect World's side with their own response. Besides stating that they oppose all kinds of racist moves, they requested that Valve come up with their response to the incident and take necessary measures soon.