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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023
Content warning: This communicative discusses suicide.
French eSports enactment Team Vitality is mourning the nonaccomplishment of their teammate.
Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, who was a prima Valorant subordinate for Team Vitality, has died by suicide, according to the team's adjunct coach. He was 19.
Team Vitality confirmed Karel's passing successful a June 6 connection posted to Twitter.
"We are heartbroken to stock with you that our Valorant subordinate Karel 'Twisten' Ašenbrener passed distant past night," it read. "We are profoundly saddened by this devastating loss, and our archetypal thoughts and prayers are with his household and friends successful this hard time."
The squad added, "The full Team Vitality Organization is devastated by this news."
Harry "Gorilla" Mepham, adjunct manager of Team Vitality, called Karel 1 of his "closest friends" and offered a fewer words connected his passing successful a statement connected Twitter the aforesaid day.
"I woke up this greeting to the quality of 1 of my closest friends, idiosyncratic who genuinely felt arsenic if helium was my brother, taking his ain life," helium wrote successful a connection re-tweeted by the team. "Words tin not picture the grief oregon emptiness I'm feeling close now. I loved him and everlastingly will. Rest casual brother, we each emotion you."
In a follow-up message, Team Vitality emphasized the value of intelligence health, urging those wrestling with interior battles to scope retired and question help.
Earlier this year, successful a Feb. 25 tweet, Karel opened up astir his conflict with slump and self-harming behavior, sharing that helium had spent immoderate clip successful a intelligence wellness hospital.
"I person been dealing with slump for implicit 2 years now," helium wrote. "I don't cognize if radical saw it astatine the lawsuit present astatine the LOCK/IN but implicit Christmas I did atrocious things to myself."
"I aforesaid harmed and my was successful atrocious concern for a fewer days and was considering ending it each but my dada saved me," Karel said. "I spent fewer days successful the ‘worst' Mental Health Hospital for radical that person superior problems."
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He noted helium had a "new caller start" afterward and was capable to bounce backmost and "get his s--t together.
"It was the hardest clip for maine arsenic a idiosyncratic and arsenic a nonrecreational eSports athlete," helium concluded. "But aft that clip I knew wherefore I'm playing games and what my squad means to me."
Karel's last tweet connected the evening of June 6 was "Good night."
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, telephone 988 to scope the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You tin besides telephone the network, antecedently known arsenic the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, substance HOME to 741741 oregon sojourn SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.
