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Twitter Drama Results In Physical Altercation Between DOTA 2 Player and eSports Journalist At DreamHack Event

Twitter drama results in physical altercation between professional DOTA 2 player and eSports journalist.

The tweet from eSports journalist Richard Lewis that said, "Can someone tell the groupie I kicked out of bed this morning that she left her sign." According to JoinDota, the sign happens to have been made by former manager Kelly "KellyMilkies" Ong of the Swedish Dota 2 Team Alliance, who also happens to be in a relationship with Swedish Dota 2 player Jonathan "Loda" Berg.

Berg, responded to Lewis tweet saying, "@RLewisReports Ya Lets meet up and talk about it. Im at dh." The two eSports personalities exchanged a couple more tweets, basically about where Lewis was located. Then the so called "physical altercation" happened during a DreamHack Winter 2015 event at the CS:GO backstage area after a heated verbal dispute. The incident, which was witnessed by DreamHack staff, ended up involving the Swedish police, according to JoinDota.

DreamHack has issued a statement regarding the incident. In a press release, according to theScore, the DreamHack rep said, "During the afternoon today at DreamHack Winter 2015 there was an incident at the CS:GO backstage area, where Loda and Richard Lewis were involved in verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation. The situation was witnessed by DreamHack staff, who intervened and pulled both parties apart when the confrontation began.

"It is of the utmost importance for DreamHack to operate an event in which all visitors, staff, exhibitors, and competitors can feel safe," DreamHack said in their release. "All parties, DreamHack, Richard Lewis and Loda deeply regret that an environment existed in which this situation occurred, and that the confrontation escalated as it did.

"All parties have jointly talked with DreamHack Security Crew, as well as police and believe the best actions are to put aside our differences and come together to move forward with the conclusion of DreamHack Winter 2015."

PC Gamer has reached out to Lewis about the incident. Lewis told PC Gamer, "Backstage Loda's girlfriend had come over first and was berating me and I told her in blunt terms to go away and if her boyfriend approached me I'd tell him the same. I then informed DreamHack about what was happening on Twitter and was talking about the veiled threats of 'I'll come and see you' or whatever."

He continued, "He walked over in the middle of that conversation shouting 'what joke did you make about my girlfriend' and came and stood as close to me as possible. No one intervened. He moved his head towards me until it was touching my face, so I grabbed him."

Both parties accused the other of being aggressive via Twitter. According to JoinDota, it all ended in a draw. However, Lewis still seemed emotional over the incident as many eSports fans continue to bash him on Twitter. One of his tweets says, "the way dreamhack handled things and what they asked of me makes it difficult to want to do an event for them again moving forward"

Supporters of both personalities still continue to exchange opinion on Twitter and Reddit

forums.

The tweet that allegedly started it all.


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