Just Stop Oil protestors arrested after interrupting EGX tournament
A group of Just Stop Oil protestors made a scene at EGX yesterday, and interrupted a Tekken esports tournament.
EGX, the UK's biggest games event, ran from Thursday to Sunday last week and is run by Eurogamer's parent company Reedpop.
Protestors attempted to squirt orange paint at a screen displaying an in-progress Tekken match, before daubing more on the two players' screens. They then began a short speech, before being dragged off by security.
After the protestors were removed, the Tekken tournament was then resumed without further incident.
According to a statement released by Just Stop Oil, its three protestors were later arrested for criminal damage by the Metropolitan Police.
«Video games let us escape into new and exciting dimensions, but real world physics are about to deliver the deaths of billions,» a Just Stop Oil spokesperson said. «Put more carbon into the atmosphere at this point and it's game over.
»Gamers co-operate to win, and we need these skills to survive. Everyone must step up and join in civil resistance against new oil and gas, because this isn't a game. Let's unite to make this world safe, so that we can get back to exploring cyber worlds."
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