He Was Warned. Then He Brought Black Dog Blood to a Video Game Match.

From match-fixing to glutinous rice and black dog blood: Wayward’s self-exile and a doomed internal war

On the night of September 14, Wayward said two things on stream.

First: he did not have co-stream commentary permission for the regional gauntlet. He would have to wait until Worlds, “but now it’s hard to say.”

Second: he had already bought a ticket to watch IG play offline. He planned to bring glutinous rice, black dog blood, and protective talismans.

In the League community, glutinous rice and black dog blood are used to suppress zombies. “Zombies” is a label that has been attached to TheShy’s fanbase for years.

He said it lightly. Chat told him to go with PYL, who could draw talismans for protection. He laughed and did not deny it.

Four days earlier, he had apologized.

On September 8, IG swept LGD 3-0, becoming the first team from the Nirvana Group to reach the Worlds qualifier. During the co-stream, Wayward said two things: “What a real match” and “They don’t dare beat Koreans.” IG fans mass-reported him. Clips were taken down.

On September 10, Wayward issued a public apology. It was standard. He admitted the mistake, apologized to both IG and LGD, and promised to reflect. The wording was sincere. The format was proper. The tone was impeccable.

Four days later, he joked about bringing black dog blood to watch a match.

That is not what someone “under a lot of pressure” does.

On September 15, Yangwang Sports issued a penalty notice. It suspended all of his League event co-stream and commentary work, suspended new commercial partnerships and business activities, and demanded that he reflect. The notice stressed respect for the profession, the competition, and everyone involved.

The notice was signed by Yangwang Sports. Yangwang Sports is a shareholder of IG.

At the end of 2024, Yangwang Sports and Huya reached a restructuring agreement. Together, they held 80% of IG. TheShy, Rookie, Ning, and Baolan, core members of the 2018 championship IG roster, are all signed artists under Yangwang Sports.

Wayward is on a Yangwang contract. He is paid by Yangwang. The person he attacked, TheShy, is Yangwang’s most valuable asset. The fans he mocked are the audience base for that asset.

Calling it content misses the point. He is setting fire to his own living room.

TheShy returned to IG on June 15, 2026. His announcement video hit 1.73 million views. The official stream for his first match peaked at over 13 million heat. Tickets sold out in 20 seconds. Resale tickets reached 458 yuan and were still hard to get. Nirvana Group matches used to have no audience camera. Now they do. They used to struggle to sell tickets. Now they sell out instantly.

The entire LPL’s traffic came back because one person returned.

Wayward chose to attack in that window.

In June 2026, Wayward was penalized three times in one month. On June 3, he spread a rumor that “LPL has no money to invite guests” and had his co-stream rights revoked. On June 23, he made an inappropriate comparison between League of Legends and CS:GO and was summoned by the league. On June 27, he announced a break for “psychological reasons.”

His former teammate Tian said at the start of 2026: “Wayward’s channel getting banned is only a matter of time. He farms other people’s black traffic every day.”

Tian said that at the beginning of 2026.

At dawn on September 16, the LPL made its official response: Wayward’s co-stream commentary qualification was suspended indefinitely, along with a fine. It was one of the harshest penalties the league has issued against a commentator or streamer in recent years.

The league is still in a strict enforcement period. Once a club complains to the league, no matter whether the club later withdraws the complaint or even pleads for leniency, the league will handle it seriously.

Indefinite may mean indefinite.

After the last apology, Wayward said on stream:

“I did say the wrong thing.”

“I have a loose mouth. I did say the wrong thing.”

“Hasn’t the streamer already apologized?”

“Real-name apology.”

Next to him, Qingtian played along: “Already knelt down.”

The whole stream turned the apology into a performance. Every sentence dissolved its seriousness. Relaxed tone, relaxed face, like chatting about something trivial.

Then he said: “Whether I stream the gauntlet is still unknown. We’ll see.”

“Actually, if I don’t stream the gauntlet, I’d also like to go offline, but... feel a bit... a lot of pressure, no need.”

“The people who want to knife you are too many.”

“True. Damn. Pressure is real, bro. I don’t dare go offline. These two days pressure is huge.”

Four days later, with the “glutinous rice and black dog blood” bit, he said he was going offline.

Wayward once said on stream: “A worthless life, who cares, right?”

He was smiling when he said it.

On the night of September 14, Wayward said two things on stream.

First: he did not have co-stream permission for the regional gauntlet.

Second: he planned to bring glutinous rice, black dog blood, and protective talismans to watch IG offline.

Two days later, he did not even need to think about the first thing anymore.