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Overnight the Overwatch League announced disciplinary action against four players, including a second fine and suspension for Dallas Fuel player Félix "xQc" Lengyel. He had previously been suspended for four games and fined $2000 back in January.Lengyel has been penalised for "repeatedly" using an emote "in a racially disparaging manner", according to the OWL statement, and using "disparaging language" against Overwatch League casters and fellow players.
The emote in question is the TriHard emote, which shows the face of speedrunner Trihex frozen in an awkward grin. It's one of the most-used emotes on Twitch but its meaning has been perverted by toxic communities and become synonymous with racial abuse, typically spammed when a person of colour appears on a Twitch stream.
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