The German Hearthstone team at the Global Games has been decimated. Blizzard bans Sintolol and P4wnyhof for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Those who are on Twitch not only experience the joys of major gaming events but also often the human depths in the form of the infamous Twitch chat. It is often forgotten that many of the streamers fulfill a certain role model function and thus represent the community of a game.
The two players Sintolol and P4wnyhof, who were supposed to represent the German Hearthstone team at the Hearthstone Global Games, have not exactly distinguished themselves in the past few weeks. There were repeated hostilities on Twitter, in live streams, and on other platforms – the players were at odds and threw accusations at each other.
The culmination of this iceberg was reached when P4wnyhof made homophobic comments towards Sintolol and his parents. Sintolol then explained in the stream that it was “understandable that there are people like Hitler, as long as people like P4wnyhof walk through the cities”.
Then Blizzard had enough and probably thought: You can keep the kindergarten. Both Thomas “Sintolol” Zimmer and Mats “P4wnyhof” Kathage were abruptly disqualified from the Hearthstone Global Games.
This was preceded by the refusal of popular Swedish player Sebastian “Forsen” Fors to participate in the Global Games as long as P4wnyhof was also part of the event. This caused a stir on reddit.
Currently, Blizzard is looking for replacement players and will get in touch with them directly. There probably won’t be a community vote this time – which might be better this way.
Beforehand, players could choose their favorites for the teams of their respective countries and were rewarded with card packs for doing so.
