Jedan od najpoznatijih i najuspešnijih World of Warcraft igrača svih vremena Byron "Reckful" Bernstein je prema nekoliko različitih izvora danas izvršio samoubistvo nakon dugogodišnje borbe sa depresijom.

Reckful je postao legenda WoW esporta još u ranim danima razvoja profesionalnog gejminga, završivši šest sezona uzastopno kao najbolje rangirani PvP igrač, a u istoriju je ušao i kao prvi igrač koji je ostvario 3.000 rejting. U 2010. godini osvaja MGL WoW šampionat sveta a ubrzo nakon toga razvija svoju karijeru prelazeći na Hearthstone i fokusrajući se na strimovanje.

Na svom strimu koji je pratilo 936.000 ljudi prenosi je kako igra video igre, kuva, razgovara o raznim stvarima, pa čak i prenose svojih seansi sa psihologom, ne krijući svoje mentalne probleme i borbu sa depresijom.

Pre nešto više od mesec dana je na svom Tviteru pozvao svoje prijatelje da dođu i žive u njegovoj vili, što je na neki način možda i bio njegov poslednji vapaj za ljudskom bliskošću i željom da pobedi usamljenost i depresiju.

Do toga nažalost nije došlo. On je danas izbacio nekoliko Tvitova na svom profilu, nakon čega je usledila pauza i saopštenje sa dve različite strane, od njegove bivše devojke i njegovog cimera, da je 31-godišnji Reckful oduzeo sebi život.

Ova vest je odjeknula gejming i esport zajednicom koja žali gubitak osobe koja je bila mnogima inspiracija kako u svetu striminga tako i u svetu esporta.

Reckful was someone I looked up to growing up. I remember watching his interviews when he was on CoL, thinking he was so cool. I rewinded his Reckful 3 video over and over to learn from the best rogue in the world. He was a huge reason why I even considered a career as a pro. RIP

— Yiliang Peng (@TSMDoublelift) July 2, 2020

In total shock.

Reckful & I used to spend all day for years and years playing WoW, laughing, talking shit. I honestly don't think he ever realized how much joy he brought those around him.

He was a great friend, wonderful & incredibly unique person and I will miss him so much.

— Isaac CB (@RiotAzael) July 2, 2020

RIP Reckful

I hope this will be a wakeup call to everyone who creates a reward structure around ridiculing and mocking mental illness

We can be better as a community and we will be better.

— Zack (@Asmongold) July 2, 2020

There was a period of time where he would come over to the otv house and shoot the shit

He debated with me about would time feel the same if you were immortal. I told people he was being stupid about it. Kinda missing stupid right now.

You were one of a kind, RIP

— scarra (@scarra) July 2, 2020

He reached out to check on me during the whole Doublelift transfer/Dardoch drama… I should have check in with him more… RIP Byron ?

— Leena Xu (@leena_xu) July 2, 2020

Byron was an huge inspiration in many ways for me and and a lot of people/streamer. He changed streaming forever, we're going to miss him so much.

— xQc (@xQc) July 2, 2020