Ryan "fREAKAZOiD" Abadir is being fined by Cloud9 after a verbal exchange between him and Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostylev while s1mple was streaming FPL games.

The incident has been uploaded to YouTube and transcribed. In it, it appears that fREAKAZOiD joined s1mple's voice chat and made several insulting remarks directed at s1mple. The exchange was widely discussed within the CS:GO community and Cloud9 decided to take action.

I would like to apologize to @Liquid_s1mple and fans on behalf of @Cloud9gg. There will be consequences as this is entirely unacceptable. — Tres Saranthus (@C9stunna) February 18, 2016

In Cloud9's official response, fREAKAZOiD's actions are said to be "a result of Ryan’s protective instincts [and] a misguided attempt to defend his friends." fREAKAZOiD also apologized for the incident, saying, "The way I behaved was unacceptable."

The organization has fined fREAKAZOiD one month's salary, which will be split in half and donated to two different anti-bullying charities. He is also required to attend an anti-bullying seminar hosted at PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center.

Team Liquid also posted an official response to the situation with a response to fREAKAZOiD's apology from s1mple and a statement from Team Liquid Co-Owner Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet.

"It becomes increasingly more important to focus on professionalism, integrity and respect as CS:GO grows," he said in his statement.

"Thank you for your letter and apologizing Ryan," s1mple said in his statement.

"I accept your apology and I know that I wasn't right also in the various situations with how I behaved. ​I have always had a good relationship with Cloud9 and would like to keep it that way. I hope all fans of Liquid and Cloud9 can support us and move forward from this."

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