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Dota 2 team suspended by Beyond The Summit for "cheap labour" tweet

A Dota 2 team has been suspended from Beyond The Summit's DOTA Summit Online 13 after it tweeted a "derogatory message" about its South American opponents.

North American team Plasma1337x, which at the time was 0-0-3 at Summit 13, was scheduled to play beastcoast in the final fixture of October 25. However, organisers BTS awarded beastcoast the win and suspended Plasma1337x from playing the best-of-three series after it was made aware of an inflammatory tweet by the team. While it has now been deleted, Gosu Gamers reports via a screenshot that it says: "We play vs beastcoast today in Beyond The Summit summit 13 with beastcoast using cheap South American labour against us."

BTS described the tweet as "derogatory" and "harmful to both our event and the Dota community." Since getting its suspension, Plasma1337x's account has now deleted all past tweets. Gosu Gamers also reports that the organisation declared it would stop operating in esports entirely before it disappeared from social media.

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It's being organised by our parent company, Network N, with the sole idea of finding out what games you all enjoy watching, reading about, and, of course, playing. We'll use this information to help inform our strategy so we can give you more of what you love on this lime green website of ours.

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New UKIE report details the true value of the UK esports sector

The United Kingdom's esports scene has grown at an average rate of 8.5% annually between 2016 and 2019, according to a new report. The Value of Esports in the UK report, which was commissioned by UK trade body Ukie, aims to educate policy makers about the real value of the sector going forward and the opportunities it may hold for the country.

The report, which was compiled by Olsberg SPI and Nordicity, claims that while the UK sector provided around 1,200 jobs last year, its market share of the global esports industry sits at just 8%. However, more could be done to promote this market share by pivoting pre-existing policies and adapting new ones.

As such, Ukie has come up with eight recommendations for the Government and other policy makers based on the findings of the report that will help harness the potential of esports. These stretch from Government-backed campaigns and funds to finessing the current visa process for players.

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