Social media erupted late on Sunday evening (Oct 24) as it appeared that one of MAD Lion’s owners had heavily criticized the performance of Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság in a post on Twitter.
The now deleted tweet for posterity pic.twitter.com/lgBnCICMXm
— Veteran (@VeteranEU) October 24, 2021
The tweet by “Revenant”, whose Twitter bio described him as a MAD Lions Co-owner, was a scathing critique of MAD Lion’s starting AD player. Roughly translated to english, the tweet stated that Elyoya and Kaiser are trying to carry the rest of the team. The tweet also claimed that Revenant thinks Carzzy is not good enough for the LEC level, and if it were up to him he’d have put Victor “Flakked” Lirola in as a sub.
Fans and personalities instantly jumped to the defense of Carzzy who felt it was incredibly unprofessional for an “owner” to criticize a player in this manner.
> be a team owner
— Marc (@Caedrel) October 24, 2021
> flame your adc publically who youre possibly
negotiating with for contract extensions, and worked all year long to get to where he is
> say you'd sub in another AD but its a shame you dont have a say in these things
> delete tweet
🤡
Imagine being @Carzzylol trying your hardest entire year, putting in an insane amount of work and playing at a very high level against the best team in the world only to be flamed by your owner
— Erik Wessén (@Treatz) October 24, 2021
Esports can be very XD at times
However, in a tweet posted some time later, it was revealed that Revenant was not a MAD Lions owner at all. He was instead a partnered content creator who’d taken it upon himself to add the “co-owner” title to his Twitter profile.
📄MAD Lions official statement: pic.twitter.com/xWoUWqQIJM
— MAD Lions English 🇬🇧 (@MADLions_EN) October 25, 2021
In a statement by MAD Lions, the team backed Carzzy and stated they fully supported the team and all of its players.
MAD Lions were eliminated from Worlds 2021 in a Quarter Finals match on the afternoon of Oct 24. The team managed to successfully navigate the group stage and put on a good showing for most of the tournament.
However, many feel they faced one of the eventual finalists of the tournament in DWG Kia. MAD Lions were the last LEC team remaining in Worlds 2021.