Hafu shares disturbing story about competing in esports as a woman Instagram\/itshafuTwitch streamer Rumay \u2018Hafu\u2019 Wang shared an extremely disturbing incident that happened during an esports competition she competed in as a teenager, shocking viewers. During a September 25 broadcast, Hafu discussed how her success in many different video games is changing people\u2019s perception of her. \u201cIt\u2019s harder for people to attack me cause I\u2019ve gotten better at a lot of games,\u201d she explained. \u201cI mean, Among Us is not an example, because you cannot objectively say someone is good at Among Us in my opinion.\u201d While the streamer\u2019s skills at the hit title are dismissed, even by her own standards, there are still other games that she\u2019s been having success with. \u201cI won PogChamps 2,\u201d she said, referencing the streamer chess tournament. \u201cIt\u2019s little things like that that keep adding up\u2026 it makes me really happy that people are sticking up for me.\u201d However, it wasn\u2019t always like this, especially for female gamers. Slightly later on in the broadcast, the streamer delved into an unfortunate incident that happened as a teenager. \u201cI always use this as the main example, but when I was 17, I was a pro WoW (World of WarCraft) player,\u201d she began. \u201cOn the official Blizzard tournament realm, there was a team that qualified named \u2018Gonna R*pe Hafu at Regionals.\u2019\u201d Right away Hafu\u2019s chat reacted with plenty of \u201cwtfs,\u201d clearly in shock that Blizzard would ever allow a team to use that name. \u201cAnd that flew! They qualified!\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cThat was the eternal attitude of gaming at the time. So like, the whole community kinda had that attitude and it has changed so much in the last decade.\u201d A lot of companies, including Blizzard, have since taken more steps to prevent harassment in-game such as the use of new profanity filters and reporting options. Plus, from Wang\u2019s own experience, the whole culture has shifted drastically. \u201cI\u2019m so hopeful for the future,\u201d she chimed. \u201cBecause I didn\u2019t think it was ever going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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