Mousesports CS:GO Player Oskar Has Received Death Threats

Earlier today, Mousesports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný stated on Twitter that he had recieved death threats targeting his family following his poor performance at StarSeries Season 5.

Game day, playing @NiPGaming practiced my shotgun skills to avoid messages about killing my family etc.

— Tomáš Šťastný (@CSGOoskar) June 2, 2018

Mousesports came out of the group stages of StarSeries Season 5 with a 3-1 record with oskar struggling to find his footing throughout the $300,000 competition, as the AWPer finished multiple matches with a rating under 1.0, including one that saw the player finish with a rating of 0.34 against Natus Vincere.

However, that is no excuse for individuals to be sending death threats towards oskar and his family and is something that professional CS:GO and all other esports need to actively be working to eliminate, as this kind of behavior has no place in the ever growing industry. 

While having the desire to see your favorite team succeed is a very integral part of the esports world, there is absolutely no reason that this passion should descend into the hateful behavior of threatening to harm a player or any of their loved ones for not performing well in a tournament. 

This is unfortunately not the first time that individuals have tried to tarnish the world of esports this year with death threats, as Overwatch League host and analyst Soe Gschwind-Penski received threatening messages after thanking all of the men that support women in their struggle for equality this past International Women's Day. 

Ive gotten death threats and hundreds of hate messages the past 20 minutes because I thanked men for treating me as their equal, on a day which is all about womens struggle for equality. Hate, because I am grateful for the men in our lives who fight alongside us for our rights...

— Soe Gschwind-Penski (@Soembie) March 8, 2018

The Mousesports CS:GO team is currently competing against Ninjas in Pyjamas in today's StarSeries Season 5 action, and oskar is no doubt ready to not let the hateful messages affect him, as he looks to help lead Mousesports to another CS:GO championship. 

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(cover photo courtesy of HLTV)