Overwatch League player reveals he was fired via tweet

Getting fired is never fun, but it’s even worse when you find out via tweet. Sang-min “Myunb0ng” Seo, support player from New York overwatch The league team learned he was not going to play this or any other week’s game after his organization bid him farewell in a tweet. Roster changes in the OWL are usually announced via tweet, so this was not common. The problem is, it looks like no one told SEO about its release in advance. He replied to the farewell tweet with a question mark, which seemed confusing.

He quoted-tweeted the announcement with another question mark, seemingly confirming the idea that he didn’t know it was coming.

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This particular revelation inspired a big ol’ “Oops” because hours before the tweet about SEO’s release, the New York Excelsior welcome tweet For his latest support player, Soon-jae “Ansunja”. So, apparently, Seo saw the announcement and was in the process of welcoming a support line comrade, unaware that comrade would be taking his place. damn.

The New York Excelsior apologized for the situation on Wednesday. “Today, we posted an announcement thanking Myunb0ng for spending time with them, however prior to this announcement we failed to properly communicate with the team,” the team said. wrote on twitter, “We take full responsibility and there is no excuse. As for myunb0ng, we are deeply sorry for our miscommunication and for removing you from this position.”

Fans responded with shock to CO’s tweet, hoping that no player actually found out about his release. But even if it were, SEO would not be in bad company. There are many stories in the meat game where players find out about getting dropped or traded through tweets and many other tasteless ways. Still it tastes a bit sweet.