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A group of Just Stop Oil protestors made a scene at EGX yesterday, and interrupted a Tekken esports tournament.
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.Manage cookie settings"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.
It says it targeted EGX specifically because the event has ties to Barclays Bank, and because oil giant Shell"sponsors" video game battle royale Fortnite.
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