ESL prohibits YouPorn from sponsoring Esports team

26 Apr 2016

Steve Wright

VentureBeat today reports that the ESL has banned adult site YouPorn from sponsoring a pro gamer squad.

The ESL says the sponsorship is against an ESL rule that prohibits sponsors “widely known for pornographic … or other adult/mature themes and products.”

YouPorn attempted to make concessions to keep their sponsorship, but to no avail.

The adult site has been sponsoring Team YP since 2014.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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