Professional gamers have had their lives threatened several times by fans

Being a professional gamer is hard, but things are even harder in the presence of “fans” when you will always be under mental pressure from them.

Offlaner Team Ninjas in Pajamas Jonáš”SabeRLight-” Volek posted on Twitter expressing his displeasure with what he received on social media. Text messages from an individual to SabeRLight- and his family threatening to “go away”.

It seemed that this problem rarely happened, but everything was quickly shared by other professional players. They speak out and share similar experiences including death threats as well as other forms of “extremism”.

Can we normalize not getting borderline death threats when you lose an official? This is nothing compared to what some of my friends received. Most of the time it’s w/e but when you are already in a bad place it can get rough. Y’all need to understand you can lose money betting. pic.twitter.com/KQNVIGJ8Tb

— SabeRLight- (@jonas_volek) October 2, 2020

Player Rasmus Johan”ChessieBlomdin believes that almost every Dota 2 pro has received such messages from time to time, with the sender usually the loser of the bet.

Dota 2 players in particular and esports in general have been harassed by fans for a long time

SaberLight’s sad story- not the first time in esports. Those who go the professional route have probably been treated like this, both in esports and in streaming. Most of these things are kept secret, but some are made public.

One of the best examples of 2020 comes from the famous T1 organization in the game League of Legends. Team for Lee”Faker“Sang-hyeok benched many games over the summer and gave the mid laner the chance to play more. This decision was criticized by the organization’s fans, with constant toxicity and pressure on the team members and management.

MOBAs aren’t the only places where this happens.

At the beginning of 2020, 16-year-old pro gamer Nathan “leafOrf received death threats after he was accused of hacking in the CSGO tournament cs_summit 6. Although there was no evidence, some professional players joined in. This is considered one of the shameful stories in the CSGO community, especially when the victim is only a 16-year-old boy.

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