Garena is an internet provider across Asia, which recently created a fierce backlash stemming from universal outrage over their policy on LGBT gamers. The company both distributes and hosts gaming events for League of Legends, the hugely popular multiplayer game, in the Philippines. For their upcoming “all-feminine” Iron Solari League tournament, they claimed to have aimed to “have an inclusive environment where no one feels left out,” and to that end released a ruling update clarifying their position on LGBT women participating in the tournament. This ruling limited teams to a maximum of one homosexual or transgender member per game, claiming that, “there are arguments and concerns from other participants who dispute that Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered Women members may probably have some unfair advantage.” Garena’s decision on Iron Solari met with swift condemnation through news and social media, and Riot Games, the makers of League of Legends, quickly issued a statement distancing its game from Garena’s policy. In response to the outrage, Garena apologised in a statement on February 4. It said it arrived at the decision to lift the restrictions after talking with its partners and “re-examining our approach” to the women-only tournament.