Esports Star Karel ‘Twisten’ Asenbrener Dies at 19 After an Unusual Tweet!
- Karel Twisten Asenbrener died at age 19.
- Before his death, the Esports star made an unusual tweet.
- French eSports organization Team Vitality also announced the death of their player.
Karel ‘Twisten’ Asenbrener dies by suicide
Czech eSports star Karel ‘Twisten’ Asenbrener has died by suicide, as per his team’s assistant coach. He was just 19 years old.
His last tweet on Tuesday read “Good night,” which nearly received 3.8 million views on social media.
French eSports organization Team Vitality also announced the untimely passing of their star in a tweet on Wednesday. Their statement read,
“We are heartbroken to share with you that our Valorant player Karel ‘Twisten’ Asenbrener passed away last night,”
“We are deeply saddened by this devastating loss, and our first thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this difficult time.”
The statement continued,
“The whole Team Vitality Organization is devastated by this news.”
In yet another tweet, Team Vitality also noted the importance of mental health by directing its users to the Mental Health Europe website.
Harry Gorilla Mepham, Team Vitality’s assistant coach also honored Asenbrener on Twitter.
Mepham wrote on Wednesday,
”I woke up this morning to the news of one of my closest friends, someone who genuinely felt as if he was my brother, taking his own life. Words can not describe the grief or emptiness i’m feeling right now,”
“I loved him and forever will. I’ll leave this with a quote from his favorite show, and something he used to say to me when i felt down: ‘If you are feeling disheartened, that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze.’ Rest easy brother, we all love you,”
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Karel suffered mental health problems before killing himself
Karel Asenbrener was battling depression and even had self-harming behavior in February. He revealed at the time that he had spent time in a mental hospital.
He wrote in a statement,
“I have been dealing with depression for over two years now,”
“I don’t know if people saw it at the event here at the LOCK/IN but over Christmas I did bad things to myself.”
The player continued,
“I self-harmed and my was in bad situation [sic] for a few days and was considering ending it all but my dad saved me,”
“I spent few days in the ‘worst’ Mental Health Hospital for people that have serious problems.”
At the time, he assured everyone that he was doing great both physically and mentally. He also thanked his teammates and fans for their help.
He wrote at the time,
“I can promise you, this year will be our f–king year,”
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