Esports used to be entirely privately-run one-off events where authoritarianism ...

		jimbob45 on Oct 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blizzard bans player from Hearthstone following on... Esports used to be entirely privately-run one-off events where authoritarianism like this wasn't possible. This new era of centralized esports hasn't really paid off for anyone but Riot and even they readily admit that their esports department loses money.