'I was so scared that I was about to die. I remember feeling like I was watching my own body from above laying there.'
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke, a Danish national, has left esports organisation Astralis by mutual consent after an unpleasant incident in Malta. He was playing in the ESL Pro League before, on September 20, Astralis said he would miss upcoming matches due to a"complicated ankle fracture."
As the night wore on they ended up at a nightclub in Paceville. Wienecke went off to get something to eat while his teammates went in, then returned around 30 minutes later and walked up a staircase to the club's entrance Wienecke sat down on the pavement gathering his thoughts when the same individual left the nightclub in what appeared to be a hurry.
"It felt so fucking bad that I just wanted to delete everything and just give up. I couldn’t stop crying. I was in my own bed feeling empty."Wienecke spent several days in a Maltese hospital, but the doctors couldn't properly re-set the break and surgery was required, which he elected to have back in Denmark. At this point, however, the medical team noticed"a fracture in my orbital wall" that would require he stay in Malta for up to four weeks.
The player goes on to detail the surgery that followed: holes drilled in his shin and foot, the insertion of titanium rods, re-attaching a foot muscle that had torn, a metal plate screwed-in to the shin. The surgeries were successful, but"It felt so fucking bad that I just wanted to delete everything and just give up," writes Wienecke."I couldn’t stop crying. I was in my own bed feeling empty.
Well, if the above account doesn't convince you that getting into random fights is a bad idea, nothing will. Reading Wienecke's account, I want to suggest that this story has two villains: our allegedly drug-addled and violent promoter, and the esports organisation that's been so quick to wash its hands of the player. Wienecke is obviously not free of blame here but he is undoubtedly the victim, and has suffered enormous setbacks both physically and professionally.
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