The professional player Christopher “Parasite” Duarte was fired by his team in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The reason: He hit on the wrong woman. This was already his 31st team, and he soon showed deep regret.
Who is it about? Parasite is one of the better players in Call of Duty e-sports. In 2013 he won the CoD Championship in Black Ops 2 with his team and has since had repeated successes, most recently in the Call of Duty Challengers (Week 4) in Los Angeles, where he took first place (via liquipedia).
According to a 2019 documentary by Dexerto, Parasite is the “most hated CoD player.” Some players suspect this is because he is the stereotypical gamer: overweight, glasses, moody, and a bad loser. We have embedded the documentary here for you:
Parasite has already been through numerous teams. As the US site Dexerto reports, he has been in 31 different teams over the past seven years. The latest of these dismissed him only on April 26 – and it was because of a woman.
What did he do? Parasite competed with the team WestR in the Call of Duty Challengers (CDC) Chicago Open 2020.
Parasite managed to make it to the finals with his team, where they lost to Team Singularity. However, shortly after the games, his teammate Alex “Zapitus” Bonilla accused him of hitting on his girlfriend during the tournament via private messages.
This led to a dispute that ultimately resulted in Parasite having to leave the team. He indirectly announced this by marketing himself as a “free agent.”
Pro shows regret: “I deserve the hate”
In a now-deleted post, Parasite says that he deserves all the hate. He threw away a friendship and a top-2 challenger team for something “so stupid.”
In further tweets, he talks about not having thought clearly. It was a mistake, and he wants to focus on the future and finding a new team (via Twitter). The CoD e-sports remain his goal.
Advice from an Overwatch analyst, MonteCristo, may have helped Parasite. He suggested that after a player was banned for sexual harassment, one should first masturbate before tweeting. This could help avoid embarrassing mistakes.
