G2 CEO Appears To Lose His Company's Spot In 'Valorant' League Along With His Job After Defending Partying With Andrew Tate

Carlos Rodriguez is now the former CEO of esports organization G2 after a series of events that transpired after he elected to defend a video of himself partying with one of the internet's most controversial men, Andrew Tate.

yesterday we celebrated G2's world championship pic.twitter.com/cQQLlefb3J

— 😌 CarlosR ocelote ❤️ (@CarlosR) September 17, 2022

Two Saturdays ago, Rodriguez posted a video of himself partying with Tate, whose brand of contentious advice and controversial viewpoints has gotten him banned from most of social media. Naturally, this led to criticism of Rodriguez, who decided he would take the moment to stand up for his right to associate with "whoever the f--- I want."

nobody will ever be able to police my friendships

I draw my line here

I party with whoever the fuck I want

— 😌 CarlosR ocelote ❤️ (@CarlosR) September 17, 2022

Rodriguez's defense appears to have directly led Riot Games to not include G2 on its list of partners for the 2023 season of Valorant. Their announcement of partners came out last Wednesday with no G2.

According to insiders, Riot held an emergency meeting in the wake of the Rodriguez controversy that ended with them deciding not to include G2 on its list of partners. As Valorant is one of the most streamed games on Twitch and one of the most popular esports titles, the decision lost G2 a significant amount of potential income.

Some have speculated that Riot Games wanted no association with Tate considering it was embroiled in a sexism controversy several years ago. A woman describing herself as a relatively new hire at G2 said she understood Riot's decision considering that company's history.

"There is only one party I blame in this situation. He may not be a misogynist, but he has proven to be an irresponsible and selfish CEO incapable of remorse," she added. "Now we have to suffer the consequences."

(3/4) There is only one party I blame in this situation. He may not be a misogynist, but he has proven to be an irresponsible and selfish CEO incapable of remorse. Now we have to suffer the consequences.

— g2 caroline (@pseudogurl) September 20, 2022

On Friday, G2 announced Rodriguez's resignation from the company with a statement that clearly laid out its commitment to an inclusive company environment and a condemnation of misogyny in any form. Rodriguez also posted a tearful goodbye video, saying, "I know it might be a shocker for many of you, or most of you, and trust me this is a very hard ending to what has otherwise been a very deeply meaningful and joyful experience. I take full responsibility over everything that went on over the last few days. And again, trust me when I say I just feel f---ing destroyed about it."

pic.twitter.com/kPAJFGwB9G

— G2 Esports (@G2esports) September 23, 2022

Thank you 🚀 pic.twitter.com/2kL25RutfQ

— 😌 CarlosR ocelote ❤️ (@CarlosR) September 23, 2022

Many read the two posts as a sign that Rodriguez didn't simply proffer his resignation without intense outside pressure.

Meanwhile, G2's star Valorant player Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas Colocho tweeted that G2 would allow him to explore other avenues to get involved in the upcoming 2023 Valorant season.

Whilst still being contracted to G2esports</a>, they have allowed me to explore my options for the upcoming VALORANT franchised season.<br><br>For references: <a href="https://twitter.com/pecagg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">pecagg
You can contact me at: therealmixwell@gmail.com

— G2 m1xwell (@Mixwell) September 21, 2022