{"id":13343,"date":"2025-05-19T19:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13343"},"modified":"2025-05-19T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:10:43","slug":"honda-ends-partnership-with-team-liquid-after-esports-athlete-posts-atomic-bomb-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-05-19\/honda-ends-partnership-with-team-liquid-after-esports-athlete-posts-atomic-bomb-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Ends Partnership with Team Liquid After Esports Athlete Posts Atomic Bomb on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Honda Ends Partnership with Team Liquid After Esports Athlete Posts Atomic Bomb on Social Media<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Dias\u2019 salary has been slashed, and the earnings of the entire prize winnings for the Reload tournament will be donated to a charitable organization as a sign of goodwill.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Professional esports athlete Lucas Dias posted an explosion GIF of an atomic bomb after losing a game against the Japanese Rainbow Six team CAG Osaka, which prompted Honda to end their partnership with Team Liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honda told <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/15658f424eba4f4f1acbcfcbd4ac193005d2138d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HuffPost Japan<\/a> that Dias\u2019 post was \u201cincompatible with Honda\u2019s philosophy of respect for humanity,\u201d as according to a google translation of the fully Japanese news article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Team Liquid Statement on Recent Social Media Post by DiasLucasBr<br><br>After a game against the Japanese Rainbow Six team CAG Osaka, one of our Rainbow Six players, Lucas \u201cDiasLucasBr\u201d Dias, made a social media post that featured offensive and insensitive content. Lucas made a\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamLiquid\/status\/1924439376144040343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to Honda\u2019s partnership cancellation, Dias deleted his social media post and profusely apologized to the players of CAG Osaka \u2013 the players on the team listened and accepted the apology with grace, and reportedly understood that it was not a deliberate insult.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs part of formal disciplinary measures, Lucas will be fined the equivalent of four months\u2019 salary for failing to meet the standards of professionalism and care we set as an organization,\u201d Team Liquid shared in their public statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Rainbow Six players have committed to donating the entirety of their prize winnings from the Reload tournament to a charitable organization, as a gesture of accountability and goodwill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DiasLucasBR began his esports career in 2021, and is aged 23 years old. 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