Former BoostGate roster says two-thirds of salaries remain unpaid

The entire Riot Games Tier 2 ecosystem, across both VALORANT and League of Legends, is struggling, but the TCL, Turkey's League of Legends league, is in particularly dire shape. Even before the start of the 2026 season, two historic organizations from the region, Beşiktaş Esports and Papara SuperMassive, had already exited the scene.

The situation continued to unravel throughout the season, with the successive departures of ULF Esports, S2G Esports, and then Misa Esports. That decline has now continued following a post on X from Spyridon "" Pantelopoulos. The Greek support player, who played for BoostGate Esports between early April and late June, stated on X that "every person from the prior roster is still waiting for 2/3 of the team's agreed salaries."

The situation comes as little surprise in an ecosystem that continues to fall apart, while publisher Riot Games appears to have never fully acknowledged the severity of the issue or the real lives affected by unpaid salaries across the ERLs. It is a problem that has persisted for years, regardless of the league.

For Centu, the situation has reached a point of no return. He opens his statement by saying, "to be honest, I really didn't want this to become public, but I don't really see another way out for me." Like his former teammates, he explains that they have been patient and have "tried to solve everything in private," only to repeatedly hit the same dead end: "we are still left waiting with a 'next week' as an answer."

The sentiment was echoed by Ahmet "" Battal, who served as the Turkish organization's AD Carry from January until the end of July. In a post on X quoting his former teammate, he wrote: "It's unfortunate that things have come to this. Everyone is still waiting to receive their salaries." He goes on to describe his growing frustration, stressing that "these aren't even the kind of extravagant wages people might assume." In the rest of his statement, he adds that "a delay could be dismissed as something that simply happens, but letting it drag on for this long and continuing to brush it aside cannot." He concludes by directly addressing the organization, saying: "I still believe it's not too late to do the right thing."

Centu's message also ends on a note of hope. Hope that his own case can still be resolved, but also despair, as he watches an entire ecosystem collapse around him: "It sad that esports have come to this where you have to wonder whether you are getting paid or not in a major league. I hope we can resolve this and bring this to a close."

At the time of publication, neither the organization nor the league itself had responded to either of the two statements.