This year’s Evo will play host to a $100,000 tournament for the still-nascent brawler, but while the game is already garnering praise from genre faithful, some characters aren’t quite ready for prime time. This includes James, who is currently listed as “experimental” in the game. As such, he’s been banned, per the tournament’s official rules:
“Iron Giant, LeBron James or any other characters released after the start of Open Beta will not be allowed in the Evo 2022 ‘MultiVersus’ Open Beta Tournament,” reads the tournament rules page. “This is subject to change at the sole discretion of Warner Bros. and [’MultiVersus’ developer] Player First Games.”
Meme makers immediately came to the conclusion that this small stipulation was a slam dunk.
“Imagine if LeBron went to Evo and they just stopped him at the door,” said one fan on Twitter.
“OK, now I absolutely want to see the real LeBron James go to Evo, enter the ‘MultiVersus’ tournament and cause mass confusion,” said another.
The real LeBron James, as opposed to the video game character, did not reply to a request for comment.
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Author: Nathan Grayson
