Dropping a job is at all times an uprooting occasion, however getting fired in public is straight-up embarrassing, particularly while you don’t understand it’s coming. That’s precisely what occurred this week on the earth of the Overwatch League (OWL), with the New York Excelsior workforce unceremoniously terminating foremost assist participant Sang-min “Myunb0ng” Search engine optimization in perhaps the worst manner doable: A rattling tweet. And get this: It occurred simply hours after the NYXL welcomed a brand-new participant to the workforce. Yikes.
As noticed by The Verge reporter and former Kotaku Dot Com staffer Ash Parish, the NYXL introduced on August 10 that Soon-jae “Ansoonjae” Jae had joined the team as the brand new foremost assist participant. Roster modifications occur on a regular basis in OWL, positive, however including one other particular person to the vital position of holding everybody alive whereas offering workforce standing impact boosts would give Myunb0ng a much-needed break. So, it was cool information! I imply, why not improve the variety of individuals in your bench? Nevertheless, that wasn’t the case, as a number of hours after the announcement, the NYXL then tweeted a farewell to Myunb0ng whereas thanking him for his “dedication and onerous work.”
You’ll be able to most likely think about the stunned Pikachu face Myunb0ng had when this now-deleted tweet hit his TL. Actually, he was so shook by the announcement that he replied with some query marks. Myunb0ng went additional and quote-retweeted the NYXL with another question mark, seemingly indicating that he wasn’t made conscious of this out-of-nowhere termination.
After the NYXL took the tweet saying goodbye to Myunb0ng down, the workforce then posted an announcement detailing the matter. The tweet acknowledged that the NYXL “didn’t correctly talk with the workforce earlier than this announcement was made.” They apologized to Myunb0ng for the miscommunication, wished him the most effective in his future endeavors, and promised this error received’t occur once more.
Myunb0ng clarified that he was “notified through the workforce suggestions session” that the OWL itself had dropped him and {that a} social media and advertising mistake led to the sudden announcement on Twitter. Because of this, Myunb0ng mentioned, the information that he was suddenly dropped by the NYXL “feels very unwarranted,” even when it feels extremely abrupt.
Regardless, the neighborhood was baffled by the information. Most shared in the utter confusion of what occurred, whereas others seemed frustrated by the “mistake” the NYXL made right here. Members of OWL, akin to caster Mitch Leslie and Houston Outlaws tank Shin “Piggy” Min-jun, tweeted in assist of Myunb0ng. Everybody else pretty much dragged the NYXL through the internet dirt.
Kotaku has reached out to Ansoonjae, Myunb0ng, NYXL, and OWL for remark.
The Overwatch League returns at present at 3 p.m. ET for the Summer Showdown Qualifiers Tournament, which leads as much as the precise Summer time Showdown in Toronto this September. You’ll be able to watch the Qualifiers stay all weekend lengthy on the official Overwatch League YouTube channel.
