As August was wrapping up, Riot was also wrapping up its year-long investigation into VALORANT pro Dawid “PROFEK” Święć’s use of racist and sexist language ahead of the VCT EMEA: Stage 2 Lower Bracket Final. The result? Meh, who cares, that was a long time ago.
Back in 2022, PROFEK was caught on camera using harmful language against women and minorities. The clip remained on social media for three years until it was brought to Riot Games’ attention.
Riot checked out the video and basically said: “Why the fuck did you guys keep telling us to watch this stupid video of a 17-year-old swearing?”
On August 30th, the official VCT EMEA account stated that it was “reviewing all related materials,” likely keeping the insults to use at a later Riot developer meeting. By September 4th, the matter was closed, with Riot concluding that PROFEK had not even been competing in its esports ecosystem yet.
Lesson: If you want to say something racist, sexist, or vulgar and then post it, do it while you’re a teen and before you get a job. You’ll thank me later! Wait no, I take that back. That only works in esports. DO NOT TRY. ABORT! ABORT! (Not the controversial type.)
PROFEK Responds to VCT EMEA Closing the Investigation
On September 4th, PROFEK made a long statement on X regarding his past actions. He apologized to anyone that he may have offended and added he’s grown a lot as a person since 2022.
“I really want to thank all BBL FANS for all your support because going into every game felt amazing. To everyone I’ve hurt, I hope you can forgive me for my mistakes,” PROFEK concluded after talking about some disappointing matches for a few paragraphs.
Most of the replies were basically this: “Seriously? Who cares about this? You were a teenager and it’s old news. I don’t care when people say slurs. Can we just move on?”
And to that I say, I guess so.
VALORANT caster Tom “Tombizz” Bissmire had something actually real to say: “It takes a lot to own up to your mistakes and not hide from the critique given to you for your past mistakes. The fact is, the person I’ve met this year is one of my favourite people to join the league in the last five years.
“You’re not that person anymore and it shows. Looking forward to seeing the progress and success you’ll have next year Profek!”
I think we can all agree that we were all dumber when we were teenagers. Did I publicly say horrible things about minorities? No. Not even privately. But I was still dumber, so I can see someone maturing past that. And as a woman, I can say that a teenagers cringy statements about women don’t bother me at all because their opinions are worthless. However, I can’t speak for all women and I also know that this is part of a much larger problem of normalizing sexism in esports, the workplace, and beyond.
So as I said earlier, I guess we can move on. Just don’t say anyting else, alright?
Last Updated On: Sep 4, 2025 7:20 pm CEST