“I cannot comprehend how people do not understand that is a murder, as life is created at conception.” Those words, published shortly after midnight on 4 November, cost Luka “Perkz” Perković his job before the day was out.
G2 Esports terminated the head coach of their League of Legends team fewer than 14 hours after he posted a sprawling personal statement on X — a 2,676-word missive he jokingly called a “tweet bomb” and billed as his “first and last honest post” in a decade. What was meant as a defence of his reputation became one of the fastest coaching exits in recent esports memory.
A 2,676-word statement, and the one line that defined it
Perkz said he wrote the post to correct what he called “insanely fake narratives” about him, so that people could “hate me for what I really stand for, and then that’s completely fine by me.” Most of it read as a point-by-point rebuttal: he does not like, support or stand with the Tate brothers, and rejects their “wrongful teachings to younglings about women”; he “doesn’t really do politics” and has never voted; he is not a fan of Donald Trump or Kamala Harris; he denied being a “Putin fanboy” or siding with Russia in the war on Ukraine.
He also addressed his past support for G2 founder Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez, who stepped down as CEO in 2022 after a video surfaced of him partying with Andrew Tate. “Carlos believed in me when nobody else did,” Perkz wrote, while conceding the pair have since “gone completely different ways” and that Rodríguez’s ego “put an end to his esports career”.
But it was the abortion passage — a view he called “unshakeable” and “one view I will die by and never change” — that ignited the backlash. In a follow-up reply, he added that he would rather people “hate me for not supporting abortion rather than for supporting wars and andrew tate”.
Why G2 moved within hours
The organisation’s response came on 5 November in a statement signed by CEO Alban Dechelotte. Without naming Perkz directly, it said some of the statements made “by the Head Coach of one of our teams” the night before “do not align with G2’s stance and values”.
“G2 is a diverse and international organization with different people from all around the world,” it read. “We acknowledge that this statement hurt many of our fans, and we want to apologize for it. As a result, we have decided to terminate our collaboration with the individual.”
Key point: The post went up around midnight UTC on 4 November. G2’s termination statement followed on 5 November — a gap of less than 14 hours, with no disciplinary middle ground in between.
Players, hosts and supporters’ groups react
The fallout was immediate and loud. Host Laure Valée wrote: “Our body, OUR choice, that’s it,” adding: “Never give in to shame and judgment for a decision that is deeply and rightfully yours.” Caster Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere addressed the issue indirectly in a TikTok, saying “sometimes, saying nothing is better than saying something.” French caster Lou “Loupiote” Henguelle said she had “rarely read something so abject and caricatural”.
Even Les G2 Samouraïs, the club’s own French supporters’ association, broke ranks: “Even though we’re affiliated with G2 and have weathered numerous controversies in recent years, the Perkz case is a true disaster. His statements are deeply revolting. Total support for women in the face of such declarations.”
Reaction was not unanimous, though. Plenty of fans accused G2 of punishing a man for a personal religious conviction, and the debate over where belief ends and representation begins is still running. Perkz’s only subsequent post was a Bible verse — Luke 6:22, “Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you” — which drew further criticism.
A second spell that lasted four months
The timing stings for both sides. Perkz, a former mid laner and team captain, rejoined G2 in early July as a positional coach barely a year after retiring as a player, and was promoted to head coach days later following Dylan Falco’s departure. The run included a record 20th LEC title, but ended with a disappointing Worlds 2026 exit and mounting scrutiny — Sheep Esports had already reported that jungler Rudy “SkewMond” Semaan was set to be replaced by Linas “Lyncas” Nauncikas before the statement landed.
Rebuild season starts in silence
G2 confirmed they will now focus on rebuilding staff and roster for the next season, but cannot communicate any changes until free agency officially opens. Reported moves — Lyncas in the jungle, Vitality’s Pad as strategic coach — remain unconfirmed, and the club enters the off-season without a head coach at all.
The open question is not really what G2 does next. It is whether any top-tier organisation will take a chance on a coach who has now stated, in writing, that there is one view he will “die by and never change” — and whether esports has any room left for people who mean exactly what they say.
