Pernicious influence - after the Emo trash in the grand final of the Major tournament, the popularity of question marks on Twitch has grown 4 times

Robson 'TeaGuvnor' Merritt, Dota 2 caster and Hellbear Smashers coach, calculated how often viewers of the final match of ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 liked to use question marks in chat. After Zhou 'Emo' Yi wrote "?" Against Evil Geniuses, viewers began to write similar messages four times more often.

The incident took place on the third map of the final meeting within the framework of the Major tournament with the participation of Invictus Gaming and Evil Geniuses. The team was 15,000 behind in gold farming, but was soon able to recoup, after which Emo from Invictus Gaming sent a "?" To the chat. Up to this point, the use of question marks in chat appeared at an average of 200 posts per minute, and after this turn of events, the number of "?" in the chat has grown to 800 posts per minute. Such an act by the Chinese gamer was apparently viewed as treshtok and disrespect for opponents, and some representatives of the world of eSports would like to Emo received the punishment for his act.

TeaGuvnor said that he was able to carry out such an interesting investigation thanks to downloaded messages from the broadcast chat using a special application, after which the number of characters was counted.