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Leading French eSports club Team Vitality has confirmed that its Paris HQ has been smashed up, with trophies, computer equipment, and more looted over the weekend. Thankfully, no team members or staff have been hurt. The team\u2019s V.Hive premises were attacked by criminal opportunistic looters under cover of the widespread protests in France over issues related to school funding, living costs, and government spending cuts. Other shops, public buildings, and property have been smashed, looted, and sometimes burned.<\/p>\n
Aujourd’hui, les locaux de notre club ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pill\u00e9s en marge de la mobilisation du 17 octobre. Above, you can see the confirmation of the serious, unfortunate events seen over the weekend. \u201cOur display windows were destroyed, and our trophies and computer equipment were stolen,\u201d lamented the post [machine translation], while being thankful that no members, staff, or fans of Team Vitality were hurt. The bulletin ends with the news that the V.Hive will remain closed for now, until after damage has been assessed. More information is promised in due course.<\/p>\n There are a multitude of social media posts sharing images, videos, and pointing fingers at what they see as the cause of the protests, riots, and looting. Of course, fingers point in all directions, and unfortunately there are also reports of AI-generated rage-farming media, so keep a critical eye open should you dare to doom scroll.<\/p>\n Latest Videos From<\/span>Tom’s Hardware<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Of course we\u2019ve focused on the damage and looting of Team Vitality\u2019s HQ due to the tech angle. The compendium of video clips shared by the news organization NEXTA provides evidence of the extent of the V.Hive attack. This 30-second clip appears to show rioters hammering at and kicking in the eSports HQ\u2019s windows, taking items from the premises, and throwing gaming chairs onto bonfires in the street.<\/p>\n Los “estudiantes” franceses saquearon la arena de Esports de paris y se robaron el trofeo que team vitality gano en el torneo de counter strike We also see accounts like ElBuni share clips of looters brandishing what appear to be eSports trophies from Team Vitality\u2019s HQ (embedded above). The second clip shows looters with their hands inside gaming PCs opened up on the sidewalk. It looks like the hooded and gloved looter in the video is removing RAM sticks, an easily pocketable yet highly valuable PC component, as you will all know.<\/p>\n This morning, the French Prime Minister has called for local and partial curfews to contain the post-demonstration rioting. Meanwhile, there are concerns that there could be copycat behavior across Europe.<\/p>\n \n Follow<\/em> Tom’s Hardware on Google News<\/em>, or<\/em> add us as a preferred source<\/em>, to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHeureusement, aucun membre de notre staff ni aucun fan n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9. En revanche, nos vitrines ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truites, nos troph\u00e9es et notre mat\u00e9riel informatique vol\u00e9s.
\nEn attendant d\u2019\u00e9valuer la totalit\u00e9 des d\u00e9g\u00e2ts, V.Hive restera ferm\u00e9.
\nPlus d\u2019informations seront communiqu\u00e9es par la suite.
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