Introduction: The S16 season competition has officially begun, and it is believed that most players have been following the recent matches. Currently, the most talked-about event in the LPL region is likely the UZI Cup. Initially, it was expected that this competition would be very similar to the LBL format, but unexpectedly, many serious issues arose. Especially last night, UZI became extremely angry, even bluntly stating that those unwilling to participate should just leave, and he intended to ban them from all League of Legends tournaments. Indeed, for such a high-profile event, forgetting the time and oversleeping clearly shows a lack of seriousness. Mark seems to have become the target of criticism, and it is likely that he will be blacklisted from similar events in the future.

UZI lashes out at Mark for being late to the match during a live stream.

Most fans are quite familiar with UZI. As a veteran player in the LPL region, his popularity and influence are very high. Over the past few years, UZI's performance hasn't been particularly outstanding. After failing to qualify for the World Championship with EDG, he completely stepped away from the competitive scene. Recently, due to significant fluctuations in the overall popularity of the LPL region, during the first phase, UZI publicly announced plans to host an entertainment competition, even with official involvement. The prize pool for the entire event is quite substantial, reaching up to 100w, attracting many participants. However, problems emerged shortly after the competition started.

Honestly, this appears to be a rare outburst from UZI. During a crucial match day for the Big Yellow team, player Mark overslept and failed to arrive on time, even losing contact. Multiple attempts to reach him via phone were unsuccessful, forcing the entire match to be postponed. Although it is an entertainment competition, official involvement makes it quite formal. As the organizer, UZI was extremely furious. During the live stream, his words were very intense, directly criticizing the attitude issue: if you don't want to play, just leave; they've been given face; if they don't play, there are plenty of others who will. He even later announced that Mark would be banned from all League of Legends-related competitive events.

It's evident that UZI was very upset this time. This is his first personal organization of such a competition, and someone overslept. If one truly cared about the match, such a situation wouldn't occur. Just like in LPL matches, no matter how tired, one wouldn't oversleep and miss traveling with the team—that would ruin their career. It was thought Mark would learn from this, but in subsequent training matches, Mark was late again. When teammates called him, he simply replied, "I'm going to eat." His消极 attitude escalated the conflict, even prompting players like Ning Wang to publicly state, "I never arrive late for matches; that's basic professionalism."

Actually, UZI and Mark had a previous incident. Back when Mark was a support player for the BLG team, they met in a ranked match and played together in the bot lane, but ended up being defeated by the opponents. Mark directly used profanity in the public chat to angrily criticize UZI. After being alerted by viewers, UZI, realizing it was a current professional player, screenshot and reported it. Eventually, the two parted on bad terms. It's likely that from that point, Mark developed a certain opinion of UZI. That's why such a significant clash occurred in this UZI Cup, even leading to profanity.

Final thoughts

Honestly, the attention on this entertainment competition is still very high, even with official involvement. As a participating player, the most basic professionalism should be to compete punctually. If even this cannot be guaranteed, there's no need to join the UZI Cup just for exposure. It remains to be seen how UZI handles this situation. Establishing authority is certainly necessary, but will it involve banning from all League of Legends events?

What do you all think about this situation?