To make this as explicit as possible, we aren't telling anyone to avoid saying "hong kong." We'd just rather the team be referred to by its full name. There's been some confusion internally about this as well and we're working to correct it.
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One more personal note on this: I think everyone is very sensitive to this issue right now given the events of the last week. We should have better prepped our casters and we’re reiterating this policy to them today.
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Blink twice if you need us to send help
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i haven't blinked in years
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Ryan, we all heard EGym start to say “Hong Kong” during the coverage of the Play-In, and stop and apologise and correct himself. We understand it’s out of your hands.
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You're right and that's on me and other Riot comms folks, NOT the casters. Posted this follow-up:https://twitter.com/RKRigney/status/1182065327095500800?s=20 …
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Riot is owned by a Chinese company, try again.
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How does this correlate to anything he said?
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I heard the caster rectify and say “Sorry HKA”, after having said “Hong Kong Attitude”. Nobody told me.
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Exactly, it would be fine if it was the other around, but it doesn't make sense the way they do it now. Which essentially means Riot is head deep in chinese ass
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