In professional eSports titles, team spirit, cohesion, and understanding are always among the keys to success for any team. And for FPS games, such as Call of Duty, everything becomes even more critical. Recently, the gaming world witnessed a shocking drama. Specifically, not only was there a lack of unity as if they were brothers, but Christopher “Parasite” Duarte – a professional gamer was also exposed for planning to betray his close teammate.
It is known that the victim in this incident, who is also Parasite’s beloved teammate, is a player named Zaptius. Everything came to light when one fine day, Zaptius went online, declared he was cutting ties and severing relations with Parasite because the latter had blatantly flirted with his girlfriend but failed. According to Zaptius, Parasite began messaging to get to know and flirt with his girlfriend, even bothering her to the point of almost harassing her just after their first meeting. Of course, there was no reason for the girlfriend not to complain to Zaptius.
Upon learning the story, Zaptius remained calm, even encouraging his girlfriend to continue messaging normally to see how far the situation could escalate while also gathering evidence to “expose” the teammate who intended to “stab him in the back.” When everything unraveled, the chat logs were released, and Parasite had no choice but to admit and apologize, expressing regret for his actions. Fortunately, at that time, both players were not in boot camp; otherwise, it might not have been just an online scandal but could have escalated to a “combat” in real life.
But the bitter ending does not stop there. Parasite was kicked out of the team immediately afterward. In fact, other Call of Duty teams also showed complete indifference and were unwilling to recruit him. It’s easy to understand because having been through one scandal already, who would dare to take Parasite in, knowing that his teammates would constantly worry about being ambushed by a close ally?