[Courtesy of Blizzard]
Geguri, a 17-year-old South Korean female pro-gamer, has live-streamed her superb gaming skills to silence accusations that she had used hacks for cheating in "Overwatch", a popular Blizzard shooting game.
Accusations were made against the high-school student during a professional match between trainee teams this month. Two players from the opposing team insisted they end their career as pro-gamers if Geguri proves that she is not a cheater.
To prove her innocence, Geguri live-streamed her gameplay Monday, helped by South Korea's online gaming magazine Inven. Without finding any evidence of cheating, fellow gamers knew she was just so good and has inhumanly great skills.
"I can't believe what I am seeing right now. How can she play like that?" an Inven community member wrote in a post. Another user, "GreenSpring", commented: "Her play is just flawless."
The show put Geguri onto the center stage of South Korea's online gaming society. Previously, she had only 58 followers on her Twitter account, but now the number of followers soared to over 4,500 in less than 24 hours.
Meanwhile, those who had accused Geguri of cheating apologized in a statement but did not say whether they would retire dishonorably.
Overwatch is a first person shooter (FPS) game released by Blizzard last month. Two teams of five players compete over different mission goals.
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