M80 Overwatch group disbands amid alleged racial slur exposé

The Overwatch aggressive scene is in turmoil this night next the announcement that the M80 Overwatch team has disbanded. Announced only one day ago, the cause of its closure trade in with the depart and shed of 2 core roster contributors, respectively. With regards to the utmost, a lot of Discord screenshots taken all over the 2023 Overwatch Global Cup have been leaked appearing now-former M80 participant Samuel “s9mm” Santos and previous Overwatch League avid gamers Christian “Ojee” Han and Michael “mikeyy” Konicki allegedly the use of abhorrent racial slurs diverse instances.

From left to proper: Samuel “s9mm” Santos, Christian “Ojee” Han, Michael “mikeyy” Konicki. Credit score: Snow fall

Essayist’s replace, 12:32 a.m. EST 3/2/24: Winthrop College esports announced via social media that Samuel “s9mm” Santos is now on indefinite abeyance from its Overwatch 2 group.

The above leaks that resulted in the disbanding of M80 Overwatch starts with the Twitter personality @ViewerOW receiving a lot of Discord screenshots from a burner account. The monitors in query depict Ojee, S9mm, and Mikeyy all allegedly the use of racist remarks throughout a large stretch of era. In line with Viewer, the monitors have been discovered by way of french Overwatch Global Cup avid gamers next Ojee allegedly left his laptop unhidden terminating future.

Viewer is going on to substantiate the validity of the posts, pronouncing he said to french avid gamers that showed the remarks. In addition they confirmed screens of their own discussion with s9mm, asking the participant if mentioned monitors have been actual. According to Viewer, “s9mm was 100 percent truthful and honest about what he had done. He stated that he said it while quoting someone else he had met earlier in the day, and that he was deeply regretful that he said such a thing.”

Then again, the selection of days of and time frame of the alleged feedback turns out to explode s9mm’s liniency of “repeating back something heard one time.” As of this writing, s9mm’s Twitter account continues to be energetic however has now not answered to the allegations or his shed. In the meantime, the Twitter accounts of Ojee and Mikeyy are lengthy long gone.

In line with the announcement from M80 Overwatch, a lot of alternative groups at the moment are scrambling to both seize avid gamers or fill roles. This comprises YFP Overwatch dropping plenty avid gamers to not be eligible for festival.

With M90 Overwatch long gone, the place does that drop s9mm, Ojee and Mikeyy? As of this writing, s9mm continues to be a member of Winthrop College’s Overwatch group. Winthrop is a population college in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

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