G2 Esports Head Coach Luka 'Perkz' Perković has denied supporting Andrew and Tristan Tate, in a long personal statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on November 4th.
Perković said he had been "quite shocked" after returning to the platform following years away from social media, and called the post his "first and last honest post in last decade." He wrote that liking "literally a few tate memes" around 2022, when likes on the platform were still public, had grown into what he called "insanely fake narratives and storylines" about him as a person.
Perkz on the Tates and Carlos Rodríguez
"I don't like, support, or stand with tates," Perković wrote. He said he disliked their views on life and their "wrongful teachings to younglings about women," while admitting that liking the memes was his mistake.
He also addressed his public support for former G2 CEO Carlos 'ocelote' Rodríguez. Perković said defending Rodríguez had nothing to do with the things he had been accused of supporting, and described him as a mentor who believed in him as a teenager. He was also critical of how Rodríguez handled his exit from G2, saying he was ghosted for three days and calling his old boss "a coward." Neither G2 nor Rodríguez had responded publicly on X at the time of writing.
The rest of the statement set out his personal beliefs. Perković wrote that he is Catholic and opposes abortion, said he has never voted, and said he likes neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris. He also wrote that he is "not a putin fanboy" and does not support war.
Perkz on his return to G2
Perković said he invested in Friendly Fire, a gaming cafe franchise, a year and a half ago, and that the chance to return came after a call with someone he named only as Alban. He wrote that G2's handling of his announcement left him feeling "thrown a bit under the bus," and that he was later asked to take the head coach role because "the team needed a change."
He described the summer as "extremely productive and hopeful," pointing to an "almost flawless playoffs run" that ended with G2's record 20th LEC title. G2 then went out in the group stage at Worlds, which he called "heartbreaking." He said he came into "a broken and dysfunctional team, with a lot of trauma and trust issues."
"Did I do the perfect job in the last months? Probably not, but I can say I did the best that I could," Perković wrote, adding that he spent 12 to 14 hours a day with the players during bootcamp and Worlds. He closed with: "See you on the rift (more like from a side) in 2027!" G2 still lists Perković as its League of Legends head coach on its official team page, though neither side has confirmed his plans for 2027.
