Berlin police have apprehended the suspect they believe responsible for the abduction of Danish citizen Martin “Deficio” Lynge. Reports estimate that German special operations unit GSG-9 was awarded $600 for finding Lynge and a further $2900 for successfully extracting him.

The suspect, known only as “Riot Games,” allegedly abducted Lynge on January 13, 2014, after he had left previous employer Copenhagen Wolves under mysterious circumstances. Detectives have surmised that Lynge was forced to regularly receive “not insignificant” sums of money, establishing a long-term dependency on Riot Games. The suspect would then leverage that addiction to force him to work a job he loved for days or even weeks on end.

Forensic and temporal expert Zil Grissom reported: “Over the course of his captivity, Lynge was allowed to move, live, and associate freely with his surroundings. He was permitted to establish close bonds with his fellow captives. He was even allowed to spend several weeks not working, while nevertheless receiving money. All of these actions point to a depraved individual who wanted to prevent Deficio from ever wanting to leave his captivity.”

He then added, “I had foreseen that Riot’s reign would be short-lived. The rash fierce blaze of Riot cannot last, for violent fires soon burn out themselves.

So successful was the attachment strategy that Lynge and his fellow prisoners resisted rescue attempts. Many suspect that they have developed an acute case of Copenhagen Syndrome.

Lynge’s is just one example of thousands of cases that plague LoL esports, and esports in general. Most shocking is the exponential growth in this type of crime. Experts suggest that just 10 years ago there were almost no recorded cases of esports professionals being forced to receive money at all.

Activists on /r/leagueoflegends have recently begun fundraising a campaign to help end this wave of perverse, violent crime.

“I, like many others on this subreddit, consider myself lucky never to have been in a scenario in which I received money in exchange for labour,” stated user Prototype_bobblack, “and we hope to ensure that no one else in the esports ever does.”

Further details of Riot’s “Internal Disciplinary Measures” can be found in this special report .





