From US Representative To Edward Snowden – Everyone Talks About Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s Poor League of Legends Stats More Than His…

Published 11/16/2022, 11:10 AM EST

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The world has recently seen an abnormal amount of drop in the crypto market as the former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried lost all of his wealth in a single day. But what is surprising even more than that is the fact that the top authorities and personalities are not concerned about the market but seem more curious about the former CEO’s League of Legends ranking.

In a recent observation by industry insiders, it seems that the top authorities are actually shocked by the fact that Bankman-Fried was not even an average League of Legends player, despite the fact that he lost almost $16 Billion in just a day.

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Authorities react to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and his League of Legends failure

In a tweet by insider GUARD Hunter and later followed by Jake Lucky, they found out that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Representative, and Edward Snowden, American-Russian consultant, were shocked at the reports of Bankman-Fried being a Bronze II level player in the famed team-based online game, League of Legends.

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On one hand, Tae Kim, a senior technology writer at Barron’s, in his tweet wrote, Remember how VCs were so impressed SBF_FTX  played League of Legends during meetings? Apparently, SBF is worse at playing videogames than AOC (she is a much higher-ranked player).” To which Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (abbreviated as AOC) replied, VCs were impressed by Bronze III?? (no offense to bronze IIIs).”

While on the other hand, replying to a post by Dexerto, Edward Snowden wrote, “Not ranked matches. Not ranked matches, right?” Followed by another post of the famous Star Wars Anakin and Padme meme.

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Notably, the former CEO of FTX was rumored to play League of Legends during important business meetings as disclosed by a board member. Now, after the company has finally filed for bankruptcy, it has become a serious talk regarding the fact that even though Bankman-Fried played the game for more than 1000 matches, he was still in the Bronze II ranking.

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Shivaditya Ghoshal is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Applications and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Commerce from Lucknow. Shivaditya holds a keen passion for video games and follows all the latest releases and trends in the gaming industry.
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