On June 30th, the final day of the Tournament at CEO 2019,
After suffering a , SonicFox faced a tall challenge in winning his way to the top: he had to fight his way to the top of the “Losers” ladder, and then face off against the finalist of the “Winners” ladder in two sets of three out of five matches (whereas Dragon, the “Winners” finalist, would only have to win the first match to claim the title.) Despite the disadvantageous odds, Sonic🌄Fox defeated Dragon in two 3-1 victories and earned himself the top spot in the tournament— using the same character that he used in his loss against Dragon in the semi-finals, Cassie Cage.
Both and tweeted news of the victory at 4:33pm exactly, with NREsports tweeting a clip of the last few seconds of the final match as well as SonicFox’s victory stance in which he donned his signature blue fox mask. SonicFox himself tweet🧸ed a simple but succinct celebration:
SonicFox rose to mﷺedia prominence in 2018, when during his he went onstage in his blue fox fursuit and proclaim🔯ed himself “gay, black, a fꦬurry— pretty much everything a Republican hates— and the best esports 𒆙player of the whole year.”
He quickly established an idiosyncratic internet presence by responding to critici♕sms that he was “too political” or “obnoxious” with a certain whimsical flair, sarcastically statin🧜g: Regardless of judgments about his “obnoxiousness,” it’s true that he continues to be unapologetically himself— gay and black— in a communi🌌ty that’s been and for a while.
W🌼ith this latest win, SonicFox continues to rise to prominence as a figure for diversity in Esports: an🍌d unlike s, th♊e🍌re seems to be no hard feelings in his latest face-off against Dragon.