Gaimin Gladiators has released a statement following Quinn Callahan’s derogatory comments about Russia during a recent Dota 2 pub game. The organization realeased a statement on Oct. 16 following the reveal that Quinn had called Russia a “trash country” during a pub game against Russian players.
Let’s see what Gaimin Gladiators has to say:
Dota 2 Quinn “Quinn” Callahan (Image credit: The International 2024)
Gaimin Gladiators’ statement about Quinn and his actions
Gaimin’s statement came merely hours after Quinn’s recent match on his stream, where he told another player “you’re born from a trash country,” assuming the player was a Russian.
Gaimin first reinstated that they do not approve of such behavior and has a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of discrimination. While these are pretty standard words for a statement, it’s the fact that Gaimin attempted to clarify that Quinn’s insult was not directed at Russians as a whole and “was taken out of context.”
For what it’s worth, Gaimin stated that they have formally reprimanded Quinn for his actions and ensure that these instances will not be repeated again. It’s unknown what formal measures have been taken by Gaimin
Gaimin Gladiators’ statement on Quinn “Quinn” Callahan (Image credit: Gaimin Gladiators)
What happened during Quinn’s match?
According to viewers during the match, they shared that Quinn directed the insult towards a Kazakhstan player unknowingly. According to observers, after being told so, he still refused to apologize for his mistake at the time, but yet didn’t want to hurt his Kazakhstani teammate, Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov’s feelings too.
For the most part, the whole fiasco wasn’t uncommon for many who are familiar with Quinn’s typical behavior in pubs. This might seem like just another ordinary flaming that just got a little heated up because Quinn was angry about the other player’s performance.
Quinn’s apology
Quinn himself released a statement later on Oct. 17 via Twitter/X:
“Hey I just want to acknowledge the situation and what I said. I made a generalization off of a bad pub game in the heat of the moment and I apologize for that and regret that. And I’m sorry to anyone that was offended or hurt by my words that’s fully my bad. I’m very much a work in progress continuing to try to lessen the crap I say in pubs and this was a very bad moment. Sorry again.”
Gaimin Gladiators and Russian sponsorships
Being a massive Esports organization like Gaimin, sponsors fund a major part of their revenue too. Particularly, Winline is a Russian sponsor, which may be a major contributor, considering how their brand is plastered all over their jersey.
Hence, it’s not exactly a good look for Gaimin Gladiators‘ players to be throwing negative comments towards Russia or any country for that matter.
Additionally, a large percentile of Dota 2 playerbase are Russians, so that’s also going to cause some concerns if Gaimin did not sort out with an official statement. It’s not the first time the Russian Dota 2 community has rioted over another Dota 2 player’s xenophobic acts against their country, such as when Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov and Sébastien “Ceb” Debs insulted the Russians on different occasions.
It’s also a bad look given Quinn’s recent statements on toxicity in Dota following the ATF and Sonneiko incident earlier this month.
