t0oL1 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 eating up since Aug. 6, the ongoing Valorant Champions tournament broadcasting in Los Angeles has seen finalist esports teams like Fnatic and LOUD step on the stage to compete for the world championship trophy. After several matches in different brackets, the tourney is coming down to the wire with Paper Rex in the Grand Final. But before the team landed their spot in the last match, their face-off with Evil Geniuses (EG) in the Upper Final stirred up a bit of drama. During the Valorant Champions match, Paper Rex was teabagging members of EG, which fans later learned that Riot Games sent them a warning for their actions. Paper Rex receiving a warning for teabagging at ‘Valorant’ Champions sparks fan backlash. Paper Rex had wanted to pay back EG for their boastful comments and attitude toward them and did so by teabagging. At the time, Paper Rex’s duelist, Something, stated during a post-match press conference that his team “did it for fun” and that “no emotions” were involved. Another teammate, F0rsakeN, quickly added, “Actually, we got a warning for teabagging.” Both teams were teabagging each other, so it’s unclear if EG also received a warning from Riot. Alecks, Paper Rex’s coach, expressed he doesn’t “really like it when they teabag because they get carried away, and I usually tell them off in practice if they start doing this.” He continued, “But I guess because EG doesn’t mind, why not?” Not only were the players teabagging, they were shooting the dead bodies of opponents, taunting each other with trash-talk, and waving at each other. Wild as it sounds, it isn’t uncommon for things to get messy during an esports match in the game or verbally between teams on stage. Fans understand this, as noted by a Reddit thread reacting to the teabagging warning — some of which calling Riot “stupid and weak” for its response. “You won’t build any rivalries if teams need to be robots and friends out there,” said one Redditor. Another esports fan pointed out that it’s “kinda weird of Riot to feature EG trash-talking … in the teasers that they do then get mad at [Paper Rex] for doing it back.” For the most part, fans believe both teams were simply competing, and a warning wasn’t necessary. Paper Rex ultimately bested EG, but the Riot warning may have conversely nipped at the wild energy some fans enjoy seeing for the rest of this Valorant Champions tournament. vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterRS Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I know I am technologically somewhat backward, but I haven't the faintest idea what the above post is all about! "eating up"? "Teabagging"? I guess I also need to get my eyesight checked. I thought it might get interesting when I read Foreskin instead of FOrsakeN! 🤣 I assume it's a quote from some website or news media but no site is quoted. vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10tazione Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 3 hours ago, PeterRS said: but I haven't the faintest idea what the above post is all about! "eating up"? "Teabagging"? I felt the same and and thought it is just my insufficient knowledge of the English language. From Urban Dictionary: teabagging 1. A sexual act where a males testicles are dipped in and out of the partners mouth. Similar to how a teabag is used while making a cup of tea. 2. A practical joke, where a male will place his testicles on a friends face and a photo be taken to embarrass the friend. Usually at a party when a friend has fallen asleep. 3. Continiously crouching on a dead body in a video game. crouching A gaming slang term for masturbation. eating up Well I think this is just a copy/paste error and should be Heating up? vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0oL1 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 I asked a 20yo at work about this. Being eSports I hadn't watched or participated in. He said it is an option of the game to "teabag" on the game. Still sounds fun and I wish the guy in the middle of the top picture was tea bagging me. Maybe I should try online gaming for the teabagging. Don't you just love that you can do this? vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 48 minutes ago, t0oL1 said: Maybe I should try online gaming for the teabagging. Don't you just love that you can do this? no, if you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0oL1 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 I was just thinking what OTHER options are for gaming. I have plenty of suggestions for gaming developers. Vinapu: there goes your "I'm only here for the teabagging" t-shirt. Great in this era of book banning in the USA... vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0oL1 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 https://www.distractify.com/p/paper-rex-tea-bagging-warning-valorant-champions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
