Published , by Charles Singletary Jr
Published , by Charles Singletary Jr
It's pretty early in the year, but let's file this into the box of crazy for 2019. It's only rumor for now, but people close to the situation are claiming that Overwatch professional player "Ellie" was a social experiment gone wrong.
Our story published earlier told of a player for Second Wind, a team in the minor Overwatch League called Contenders, who stepped down after constantly being harassed about her identity. On the team roster, she's listed simply as "Ellie" instead of having a full name like the other players on the roster. Reported on Dexerto, esports insider Rod Breslau claims to have messages that confirm Ellie is a 17-year-old girl with little Overwatch experience.
This story is additionally confusing because, now, everyone will have to wonder how this player ended up on the team's roster with no players and no one on staff knowing. The owner of the team even released a response in defense of Ellie.
Cloud9 streamer Becca "Aspen" Rukavina, in a live stream that happened today, claims that she knows that Ellie is a social experiment created by gamer Punisher, a top-500 Overwatch player. It's not available on Twitch at this time, but there's an alleged stream where Ellie had Punisher on stream to show that he wasn't, in fact, Ellie. Props to Shacker Chandler55 for the clip.
There's no official update from Punisher at this time. Consider all of this rumor and stay tuned for additional updates.