Philadelphia Fusion's Eqo Faces Punishment for Making Slant-Eye Gesture

Josue "Eqo" Corona of the Philadelphia Fusion is currently in the midst of controversy after making a slant-eye gesture on his live stream last weekend. While streaming, Eqo had his skills compared to a Korean player and went on to say "I am Korean" and pulled the outer edges of his eyes back.

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The Twitch clip and VOD of the stream where the gesture was made have been deleted, but a screenshot and streamable video of the gesture found their way onto social media. Philadelphia Fusion and Comcast CEO Tucker Roberts responded to the incident on Twitter where he apologized for his player's behavior and stated that Eqo will be facing punishment. 

"I'm really sorry for for the way Eqo behaved. We are working on a punishment now."

"At the time I wasn't aware that this might offend anyone. If you watch my stream you will probably know that I love Koreans and all I do is compliment them all the time. This gesture was never with the intention to mock someone," Eqo explained when addressing the gesture in a separate Twitter thread, "Obviously I apologize to anyone that got offended. This clip is got out of context a bit since I was complimenting the Koreans before the clip and after the clip and did the gesture more in a form of wanting to express myself being like them, since I admire them. Not making fun."

Eqo was one of the top DPS players in the Overwatch League during Stage 2, but now the immediate playing future of the talented player is in question depending on the form of punishment the Philadelphia Fusion decide to impose. No word from the Overwatch League on the matter has been stated publicly, but with the Overwatch league's Code of Conduct giving the league the power to punish Eqo for this kind of behavior, the young player's punishment could include everything from a fine to a multiple game suspension. 

(cover photo courtesy of Robert for Blizzard Entertainment)