A series of social networking sites reported that Honda has officially terminated the funding contract with the Esports Team Liquid. Accordingly, the League of Legends team of this organization will return to the name of the Liquid team, instead of the Liquid Honda team as before.

The incident was announced by Team Liquid as follows:

He has searched for an animation (GIF) using general keywords to describe how his team 'exploded' in the defeat. However, when choosing a animation that suits his personal emotions, he did not realize that the image was associated with a painful moment in Japanese history. We believe that Lucas has no bad intentions, but this is still a serious mistake in awareness. ”

Team Liquid and Diaslucasbrs both apologized to members of the CAG Osaka team, fans of Liquid team and the Japanese Esports community for the above incident. In addition, Lucas will be fined 4 months of salary, and at the same time taking a professional behavior course. The entire bonus of the Rainbow Six Siege team in the last tournament will be used for charitable purposes.

Finally, Team Liquid confirmed that the cooperative relationship with Honda will officially end. Honda also announced:

"After the consideration, AHM (American Honda Motor Co.) decided to terminate the contract with the Esports Team Liquid organization due to acts that are not suitable for the core values ​​of Honda and unacceptable."

It is known that the two sides have started cooperating since 2019 and Honda has appeared in many activities of Team Liquid. This brand name is even associated with Esports teams, like the League of Legends team entirely named Liquid Honda team. After finishing the cooperation, Team Liquid still maintains a relationship with 9 major partners, including famous brands such as Monster Energy, Secretlab and Visa.