Fans of tactical first-person shooter games can look forward to a one-off, competitive tournament that places regional bragging rights on the line, as Riot Games Southeast Asia shines the spotlight on VALORANT in the region through the VALORANT SEA Invitational, slated for July 11, 1:30 PM (GMT +8).
Held with official event organizer IO Esports, the VALORANT SEA Invitational will feature six teams of five prominent content creators and personalities each from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, all of whom will be showcasing their in-game skills and outplaying one another in what promises to be an entertaining showcase.
Up for grabs is a total prize pool of US$10,000, various prizes from official sponsors Intel, Secretlab, Gigabyte, and Logitech, and not forgetting, honor and pride as the best team in the region.
Participating teams will also duke it out for good cause as Riot Games Southeast Asia will donate US$10,000 to GlobalGiving’s Coronavirus Relief Fund to benefit projects working on the stop and prevention of the pandemic’s spread, in celebration of the launch of VALORANT in conjunction with the SEA Invitational.
“We are thrilled by the excitement surrounding VALORANT from our Southeast Asian players, whose response towards the game has exceeded our expectations. This charity invitational is an opportunity for us to unite players in the region through a shared passion for playing and watching the game, all in the name of a good cause. We look forward to bringing more such unique experiences to our players in the near future,” said Chris Tran, Head of Esports for Riot Games SEA, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
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The SEA Invitational will be broadcast live in English, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, and will feature big names including:
Luthfi Halimawan and Watchout Gaming from Indonesia
Soloz and MasterRamen from Malaysia
GlocoGaming and Ashley Gosiengfiao from the Philippines
Sombrero and Afiz from Singapore
Xargon and Hehe from Taiwan
Xcrosz and Badness Gamer from Thailand
VALORANT is a competitive, free-to-play 5v5 character-based tactical shooter for the PC developed by Riot Games. VALORANT is a precise and lethal multiplayer game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps for thousands of hours of play.
For more information on the participants and the full list of channels to watch the matches, can visit the VALORANT SEA portal.
As the Indian esports scene started booming, thanks mostly to the introduction and subsequent success of the PUBG-Mobile scene in the region, an organisation emerged fast yet steady as a prominent one in legacy esport disciplines. eSamurai Games made waves with their initial moves, from bringing Rohit ‘Velocity’ Fortis in as a content creator to building a team around him.
Yet, months on and there have been several tight-lipped stories surrounding the organisation that the Indian community was unaware of. We were recently approached by aggrieved players and staff, both recent and former, of the ill-treatment that prevailed at eSamurai.
We gathered enough evidence through our sources and narration of the ordeal that the players went. An official response was received but we were able to get more details after a thorough discussion with eSamurai owner Charnjit ‘s3rius’ Singh Mudhar.
In the following texts, we will lay down accusations presented by players and/or staff, the owner’s rebuttal and our own findings, if necessary.
The Initial Roster – The Unfulfilled Promises of Kashyap ‘Duk3’ Lakhani and Amit ‘Revolt’ Singh
One of the very first CSGO Rosters that eSamurai had included the likes of Duk3 and Revolt. Velocity was part of it for a brief period but was soon bought out by Team IND. Duk3 and Revolt were communicated of the prospect of requesting hardwares from eSamurai, which they did. Take into note that hardware requests were accepted by eSamurai back then and it was communicated that any amount towards hardware requests will not be coming out of their respective salaries.
Duk3 requested a mouse worth 4,500 INR while Revolt wanted a Headphone and a Keyboard (Hyperx Alloy), which rounded to around 20,000 INR. In the ensuing days of the request, there were several communications between them and s3rius regarding the hardware requests.
The two narrated how their hardwares were delayed beyond measures, with s3rius citing reason after reason for failure to deliver on given dates, which kept changing. The stories included but were not restricted to him sitting on and breaking Duk3’s mouse that he wanted, courier problems and a false tracking ID.
In the end, Duk3 finally got his mouse worth 4500 INR on 29.01.2020 but was abruptly sent a notice that the team was to disband, with eSamurai citing financial restrictions. Duk3 was told by s3rius that the amount of the mouse will be deducted from his salary, which was not the case when promised. After a discussion and argument between the two, s3rius agreed to pay 3,000 INR as salary, which actually amounted to 5500 INR.
As far as Revolt is concerned, he communicated with s3rius time and again and was left frustrated at the delays. The package that seemingly also included an eSamurai hoodie, never arrived and Revolt received an email on 31.01.2020 relieving him of his duties as an active player at eSamurai.
When we asked s3rius, he agreed that there were delays but that he never deducted the mouse’s amount from Duk3’s salary and that Revolt was told his demands were excessive, which is the reason it wasn’t completed.
The Pending dues of Eacquac and the former Elements roster
Anshuman ‘Eacquac’ Baisakh was also one of the OG players in the roster. He was also one of the higher-paid players for organisation. After the initial lineup including Revolt ceased to exist, Eacquac brought in his former Elements teammates Satyaranjan ‘Razzor’ Ray, Haraprasanna ‘Lk’ Raut and Surya ‘Imba’ Kumar, with talks for joining the organisation happening around 05.02.2020.
The lineup played under the eSamurai banner for around 4 months. During the Lockdown phase, Eacquac was told to rent a pc and that he would likely receive rent for every month except the first month of the lockdown. The amount, excluding that of the month communicated, came up to around 20,000 INR.
Subsequently, Eacquac was told he will not be getting the rent, which put him back by the aforementioned amount, citing denial from higher management. Note that s3rius is the owner of the organisation.
The case involving Razzor, Imba and Lk was even more damning. The players were brought in on the pretext that they will be unpaid until their performances and/or placements at ESL warranted a salary.
Although there was no salary, Eacquac confirmed that he had lobbied for the three players to be paid at least cafe charges, which is part of the contract and amounted to 4500 INR per month. The three players were left unpaid.
s3rius chose not to mention anything related to pending cafe charges but has since agreed to pay 4500 INR each to Eacquac, Razzor, Imba and Lk after a brief discussion.
The Unfulfilled promises to ex-Sun Asia
The former Sun Asia roster was brought in by eSamurai upon the pretext that the players will receive a minimum salary of 7000 INR as per the contract excluding cafe charges and that any amount upwards would be dependent on the team’s performance.
The team completed a month of trial on 10.06.2020 and the salary month was supposed to start from 11.06.2020. However, Global Esports acquired Abhirup Paul “Lightning Fast” Choudhury around 10 days after and the rest of the team, who were feeling a bit demotivated already, were told that they will not receive their salary since they were still in Starters, which disappointed the sponsors, who were now against paying any money.
Apart from that, s3rius had agreed on 04.06.2020 that he would pay 4k of Ritesh “Defaulter” Sarda’s pc rent charges, which were unpaid up until recently. After we approached eSamurai for an official confirmation with all the accusations, defaulter received 2,000 INR with the rest still pending. Ayan ‘Dark’ Bhattacharya was promised the delivery of a webcam, which never arrived.
We asked s3rius to clarify on the matter and one of the first things that we were told was that Defaulter had iterated that he needed only half the amount since he had paid the remaining half out of his own pocket. This has been denied by the player himself upon a subsequent query from our end.
Regarding the sponsors, we revealed to s3rius that we had confirmation that AORUS and GIGABYTE, the only two sponsors of eSamurai, were in no way invested in financing the salary of the CSGO roster. s3rius clarified that he had misused the term ‘sponsor’ and had originally meant the people financing the organisation.
Along with it, eSamurai’s CSGO Roster was told that one part of the reason why they had not received the prize money of 10,000 INR for placing second in Dojo Masters was that the main sponsor of the event, AORUS, had not forwarded payment. We received official confirmation that AORUS had initiated payment on 06.06.2020.
Upon asking for a clarification, s3rius told us that he might have said it and reasoned it down to possibly forgetting that AORUS had sent him the payment. BL4ZE Esports, who were the winners of the event, have been promised payment of the same by 10.07.2020.
Players have since revealed that they had asked s3rius several times regarding the Dojo Masters payout and for Defaulter’s pc rent and were given various reasons, along with this one for the prize pool. After our discussion, s3rius has since told the current eSamurai CSGO Elite Team that their contracts are terminated with immediate effect and agreed to pay 11 days worth of salary by July.
Our sources have revealed that eSamurai are or did initiate talks with another team to represent their organisation after Lightning Fast was acquired by Global Esports and s3rius communicated that the current roster will not be paid due to financial problems. If the said team were to agree, they would receive a contract similar to the current Elite lineup. We are keeping the player names private out of courtesy towards the organisation and the team.
The Lofty Promise of an Academy Coach
eSamurai’s academy roster were given various names during their time at the organisation from prominent Indian players to Kevin ‘xccurate’ Susanto. The players themselves agreed on an unnamed Indian player not coming in to coach them after it was revealed by s3rius that it would happen in lieu of payment of an undisclosed amount.
Photo: ESL
Francesco ‘escudo’ Mascarenhas was also told to be ready to coach the team. But, as per our confirmation, escudo never agreed to coach the team but was willing to help a bit in his free time.
As far as xccurate’s name is concerned, s3rius said that he had only told the team he would try to get him in while the team members have given us an account that states that they were given a confirmation and a date of when xccurate would arrive. Xccurate never arrived and the team was told it was because he was sick and continued to be so in the coming days. After a few days, s3rius told them it was not going to happen.
The G2, KennyS collaboration saga
DALLAS, TX – MAY 31: Kenny “kennyS” Schrub of G2 Esports competes against FaZe Clan during the CORSAIR DreamHack Masters quarter finals at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 31, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
s3rius had said something along the lines of a potential collaboration with G2 and KennyS, which team’s account of the story confirms. s3rius told us the KennyS thing was something he said as a joke. He also clarified that, regarding the potential G2 collaboration, brief from AORUS was to create as much hype as possible and that is all he did.
Miscellaneous accounts/accusations
Chintan ‘chattu’ Thobhani was promised a ZOWIE bungee and a SteelSeries QCK Plus mousepad. After delays, he was given a HyperX Fury mousepad as he had bought the bungee himself. In this scenario, chattu states that s3rius had taken 600 INR from him as additional shipping charges during Lockdown. But, upon chattu’s discussion with Mayank Dutt, who is in charge of day-to-day operations at eSamurai, it was found that the additional shipping charges would have amounted to 100 INR and not 600.
s3rius has told us that the aforementioned is Mayank Dutt’s domain and that the amount he asked from chattu was communicated to him from Mayank himself. Mayank Dutt confirmed that around 400 worth total shipping charges and around 100 was his personal petrol cost for delivery. Mayank Dutt has confirmed that the remaining amount should be returned to chattu soon.
eSamurai academy player Soumya ‘abbu’ Kar was promised 5,000 INR as combined pc rent plus cafe charges. That was never transferred by s3rius citing that there is no UPI account linked to the number provided and that the amount was deducted from his account. s3rius has assured us he will be completing the payment.
Dipesh ‘trx’ Yadav, who was also one of the OG players in the roster, has not been paid one month worth of salary. s3rius has promised to pay him the amount and told us that everything has been settled with the player. A similar case can be seen with Abhay ‘Xotic’ Bhandari, who is also owed one month’s salary and has been told he will eventually receive it. trx and Xotic both agree to have spoken to s3rius recently about the dues but have denied that ‘everything is sorted’.
eSamurai CSGO players were promised Sostronk and FACEIT subscriptions with the caveat that in case they did opt for the two, they would not receive the LOT Servers VIP subscription. s3rius revealed to us that FACEIT Subscriptions have not been possible for a few months due to undisclosed bank issues but that Sostronk Subscriptions have been done properly.
Mayukh ‘gaster’ Kundu worked for around 2 months as a community handler for eSamurai. He was told that he would be eligible to get just 4700 INR out of his salary of 6000 INR because of his failure to lodge adequate working hours. In the second month or part thereof, gaster did the casting for the Dojo Masters and provided the servers along with handling the entire event’s fixtures. The said staff no longer works for eSamurai but has been paid just 5000 INR for the two months combined, which equates to 300 INR for the second month or part thereof.
s3rius confirmed that there were issues with gaster’s working hours and revealed that the Dojo Masters servers, event management and casting was done on a voluntary basis by the former staff.
Our mission in this entire scenario is to somehow hold people accountable in the public eye so that the defaults are cleared and that such a situation can be avoided in the future. The fact that we were approached by the aggrieved players is far from the ideal scenario and this is a case of where things should have been handled internally as and when it happened. The Indian community is growing and we should welcome the new organisations and enthusiastic youngsters.
But, we must be wary to not turn a blind eye towards unethical practices. We should ensure that organisations don’t deal with problems such as mentioned above only when the news starts to gain traction or there is a threat of public disclosure. s3rius is an enthusiastic esports lover but inexperienced at running an organisation. The people around him should have helped him understand the ethics of the dealings.
We appreciate that s3rius is committed to learn as quickly as he can and admitted a large portion of the mistakes that were pointed to him. We believe the way forward is always to be together as a community and that people like s3rius, who are enthusiastic but inexperienced, should have a helping hand from the experienced heads around him.
We hope this sends out a strong message to organisations in India that such mistreatments will not go unnoticed by the community while also equivocally asking the same community to always be open to give second chances to people who want to learn and mend their ways.
Update: Gigabyte & Aorus has cut ties with eSamurai Games.
On June 22nd, the professional career of CSGO caster Henry “HenryG” Greer may have hanged in the balance as his ex-girlfriend Kelly Jean slammed him with several serious accusation including physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Today, Henry has finally responded to the allegations, and has denied all the major accusations raised against him by his ex.
Henry termed the relationship between him and Kelly as ‘toxic’ and ‘destructive’ which is why they decided to end it. He then claimed to not have been involved in any sort of physical or sexual abuse to Kelly and said that her description of the events were untrue and inaccurate before proceeding to explain his side of the incidents.
The events which happened, as described by HenryG, are completely different from what Kelly had previously mentioned in her statement. While HenryG admitted to having been a ‘bad boyfriend’ due to his work and travel routine, he claimed to not have made any sexual advances without the consent of Kelly. On the contrary, he stated that it was Kelly who initiated it, and later stopped due to her not feeling well.
Attached with his statement, HenryG also attached several leaked screenshots of the messages between him and Kelly which seem to show her acknowledge that nothing inappropriate happened that night.
He mentioned that the emotional trauma of Kelly surrounding that night might be the results of an ‘actual’ assault which Kelly had undergone through in the past. He also said that while Kelly’s trauma was ‘understandable’, what happened between them was consensual, effectively making her allegations baseless.
He further wrote about some unwanted advances and uninvited visits Kelly made to his house in London during recent times, years after they had officially broken up in 2018.
From the different presentation of events from both sides, chances are that this isn’t the end of it. While Kelly has recently turned her tweets to ‘protected’, it’s very likely that this situation will escalate further once a reply from her surfaces.
The passion of Brazilian CSGO fans is known to the world, and that passion is what has kept the Brazilian professional Counter-Strike scene shining since the early days of the shooter. But that passion turning into hatred and blatant death threats against a 16-year-old is certain to not be welcomed by the community.
After their match against MiBR, 16-year-old Chaos EC player Nathan “Leaf” Orf was accused of using cheats to gain an advantage, and the Brazilian CSGO fans weren’t very happy with this. Some suspicious clips of the game which have surfaced recently also further added fuel to the fire.
The Summit 6 qualifier match between Chaos and MiBR was intense, with both teams showing consistent performance throughout. The game 3 went on overtime and ended 19-17 in favour of Chaos, knocking MiBR down to the lower bracket.
Losing this game was undoubtedly hard on Brazilian fans, and Brazilian CSGO player Gaules calling Leaf out as a cheater during his live stream sparked hatred against the 16-year-old throughout the country. This hatred was soon to transform into a flurry of death threats aimed towards Leaf, an action which was strongly resented by the CSGO community worldwide.
At the center of the putrid hive of toxic Brazilian fans is @Gaules making baseless accusations against leaf. TOs must consider no longer giving this man access to their broadcasts if he is going to provoke mobs to attack their invited players and teams.https://t.co/DwREqfu5Gd
However, no concrete evidence was found against Leaf which can conclusively prove that he was cheating in the game. As of yet, every accusation against him is just speculation which arose from some of his clips.
Evil Geniuses star Tarik “tarik” Celik also commented on this scenario. He mentioned that he found the clips suspicious, but through a follow-up tweet he clarified how the threats against Leaf are uncalled for. “I’m sorry for adding fuel to the fire,” the EG pro said.
The clips are suspicious, but the threats are uncalled for. Please understand that should not be an option. I'm sorry for adding fuel to the fire as I am not in a position to make an accusation publicly. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty so let the officials decide.
Popular CSGO personalities like Machine and fl0m were also quick to raise his voice against the accusers. Fl0m also specifically mentioned that he didn’t think that Leaf was cheating in the game.
If you're going to accuse 16 years olds of cheating unleashing fans frothing at the mouth to their twitter feed at least find some good clips shits wack af
Danny ‘zonic’ Sørensen who is the current coach of the Astralis CSGO squad has announced that his autobiography is available in the english language worldwide.
The book is called “ZONIC – The Astralis Story” and is 222 page book which tells about the journey of Astralis in counter strike and how they went on to become the #1 team in the world. He has been a part of the organisation since 2016 and has led them to win a number of trophies throughout the years.
He has not only changed the gameplay strategies of his team but also brought in a new strategic improvement in the scene which includes – physical fitness, dietitians and physiotherapy which has led to a very drastic improvement in the scene.
Below is a glimpse of his book and a segment from chapter five of his book describing his first experience with counter strike :-
“I realise right away that it’s one of the most intense games ever. Staying alive takes mental strength and complete control of the mouse and keyboard.
“I struggled at first, and usually get gunned down in the first minute. The mouse is no problem, but the keys are a different matter, and I stagger around the map like a bull in a china shop. I keep getting taken out by grenades and long shots. Often, I don’t even see where they come from until it’s too late. And when I do lock my sights onto an opponent, I only ever hit them with two bullets before the recoil sends the rest of the rounds up into the air. My mates make fun of me as I find myself lifeless on the floor for the tenth time in quick succession.
“Danny, what are you lying down for?”
“It’s no fun being shot over and over again. Being knifed and blown up. Again and again and again.”
The book can be ordered through amazon and its digital version is also available for purchase.
Valorant has made quite a buzz ever since its arrival, it gathered huge attraction towards the audience in beta days itself and so many have made the switch hopping into the Valorant scene coming from different places.
T1 is one the biggest League of Legends teams of all time and the same organization entered Valorant scene with the signing of Braxton ”Brax’ Pierce in the month of March itself, making him the first official Valorant professional. Now that their primary team is all set, the organization looks forward to extending with a secondary roster which is an Academy team.
The word was out in a tweet by T1 on their official Twitter account.
T1 proudly welcomed secondary team’s first members: Haydin ”ZerG” Gordon, Kurtis ”Kurt” Gallo, “Rara” and “Eeiu”.
Although all of the players are quite young, one name that stands out is Haydin ”ZerG” Gordon who is coming from T1’s Apex Legends Team. ZerG has quite a name around already for the time spent in competitive Overwatch with Philadelphia Fusion’s Academy team. One of the noticeable moments of his career is when he demolished the Overwatch streamer Brian ”Kephrii” St. Pierre in a Windowmaker match up back in time when he was mere 14 of his age.
The number of players that T1 has signed under their name is 9. Apart from these four on the Valorant Academy team, the primary roster of the organisation has Braxton “Brax” Pierce, Keven “AZK” Larvière, Austin “crashies” Roberts, Victor “food” Wong, Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham and to coach them, Daniel “fRod” Montaner, is there as well.
Minecraft which is one of the best-selling video game of all time, with 200 million copies sold across all platforms and 126 million monthly active users as of 2020 headlines the news once again. This time is because of a player who spent a whole two years creating Chernobyl in-game.
The player goes by the name Janisko who takes the reward for bringing Chernobyl to life within the game. The map is called ”Chernobyl Universe” which is built to play in Survival Mode and purposed to mirror real Chernobyl zone.
Janisko hasn’t quite completed yet on her part, she isn’t stopping anytime sooner and plans on to extend the built area even further.
“I am going to build both Chernobyl and other southernmost areas of the zone, as well as the Belarusian part and even the city of Poliske, for example, to inspire Stalker’s Dead City map, ” said Janisko on Planet Minecraft.
Janisko faced a couple of challenges herself while on her journey to bring Chernobyl to life. As being a normal citizen without having access to precise data, she relied on data from the Internet like Google Maps and other sources to recreate the zone, while she also has to improvise and imagine some areas of the region a bit.
“When building this very large map, I proceed with as much data as possible, which I draw mainly from the Internet, such as Google Maps and other useful things. Of course, not all information can be obtained from the Internet, but unfortunately, I do not have other conveniences of data acquisition, which means that when I am forced by this fact, I have to build a little interior improvisation and designation of some buildings or layout some areas I simply have to think.” Janisko added.
Here's the link if you wanna have a look around. It's downloadable, too https://t.co/7EkHucv5Yq
Janisko’s newest version of the map I.e v0.02 is now available to download which includes an addition of a substation, a nuclear powerplant, and a couple of other elements to spice the map up a bit further.
NEW YORK, NY (June 23, 2020) — Generation Esports a global community-focused esports organization and tournament platform — announced today that it has teamed up with the United States Army to celebrate Independence Day and the Fourth of July weekend with a four-day online esports tournament with over $1,000 USD in prizing for competitors in the New York metropolitan area.
Beginning July 3, 2020, participants of Generation Esports’ “U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament (https://generationesports.com/us-army-nyc) ” will compete for top rankings in popular esports titles Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Fortnite, and NBA 2K20.
“Generation Esports was founded on the idea that a sense of community is of great importance,” said Mason Mullenioux, co-founder and CEO of Generation Esports. “In honor of Independence Day, a holiday that should remind us all about what it means to be American and the values that we should uphold, we wanted to bring some fun to esports fans next month. We are grateful to our partner, the U.S. Army, for supporting this new competition and look forward to the festivities.”
The U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament will be held online from July 3 through 6, 2020, with a multitude of prizes available each day for both participating and top competitors. Participants who best all of their opponents in any of the three tournament titles can win a video game console or console marketplace gift card of their choice. Additional tournament “Quests” based on daily participation will award even more prizes — including special U.S. Army Swag Bundles, gift cards, and more!
Through Generation Esports’ innovative online tournament platform, participants of the U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament can easily select preferred timeslots to compete with fellow competitors throughout the fourth of July weekend. Registration to Generation Esports’ U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament is open to competitors between the ages of 16 to 24 years old within the five boroughs of New York City and the tri-state area. Interested parties can learn more about the tournament and sign up prior to registration closure on July 2, 2020.
ISFE member Spidor, representing the video games industry in Poland, has announced that, from the next academic year 2020/2021, the video game “This War of Mine” will be placed on the official reading list for high school students in Poland and made available for free to support the teaching of sociology, ethics, philosophy, and history.
This War of Mine was a war survival video game developed and published by the Polish game development company 11-bit studios. The game differs from most war-themed video games by focusing on the civilian experience of war rather than front line combat.
This War of Mine was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in November 2014. The Android port was released on July 14, 2015, with the game making its appearance on Apple Stores on July 15, 2015.
Head of Spidor, Dr Dominika Urbanska-Galanciak, said: “For the first time in history, a video game has been included on the recommended reading list for schools. We are pleased that the Ministry of Education and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki support and recognize the role of the video games sector in culture, creativity, innovation and even education. This is a great example of how video games can support education by telling stories and raising important ethical issues.”
ISFE CEO Simon Little said: “It is extremely exciting to see a European government recognise the value of video games to education in this way. Video games are an intrinsic part of 21st century society and bring enormous benefits especially when used appropriately in a school setting where they are proven to increase student engagement and learning outcomes, develop team-building, problem-solving and mental agility.”
The game, “This War of Mine”, developed by Warsaw-based 11 bit studios, is inspired by conflicts in the Balkans and the player is forced to make moral choices in order to get food, medicine and shelter. The title has been praised by Washington Post, Die Welt, The Guardian and other prestigious media around the world.
Jossa Gaming, a beginner Mobile Legends streamer from the Philippines broke down in tears live on stream after reading a harsh and abusive comment from one of her viewers when she tried to invite people from her chat to play a friendly 5v5 classic game with her in Mobile Legends.
While streaming one of her viewers named ‘Aldous Main’ left an awfully rude comment for her on stream saying:
“ano na 5 v 5 na pu***nginang classic yan walang kwenta manang mana sa streamer na bobo block na ta**ina wala kang future sa stream ako nlng labanan mo tara sa motel hahaha”
Using Google Translate it roughly translates to….“what a 5 v 5 pu *** which classic doesn’t know about the bobo block streamer that ** there is no future in the stream I’ll get against your motel hahaha”
Soon after reading the comment, she banned the user and asked her chat to remain civil. But soon after trying to focus on the game, she broke down in tears and kept on crying for the entire game.
“I know it’s normal for streamers to get bashed, But as a beginner, I tend to easily get affected especially when he said I have no future in streaming. My courage comes from the very few people who are watching my stream, They serve as an inspiration for me to continue streaming,” She said and apologized to her viewers for crying on stream.
Soon the news of her facing abusive comments went live in the gaming community and people started to flood her chat with positive and encouraging words. People flooded her chat with nothing but kind words and she also received a total of 40,380 stars donation by the end of the stream. Other streamers also chimed in to support her and asked the community to remain civil and encourage new streamers like Jossa Gaming.
