We here are TheGamer are sad to report that Byron “Reckful” Bernstein, a well-known streamer of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Warcraft and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hearthstone, has d𝓰ied today🙈 by suspected cause of suicide. Rumors were circulating online earlier, when shortly after noon a Twitter user named Blue, an ex-partner of Bernstein, confirmed that he had in fact died. Bernstein’s roommate and others have also confirmed this to be true.
The news is a terrible blow for the gaming community with the loss of such a talented player and streamer, and emotions like when Desmond “Etika” Amofah died by suicide flood to the surface. Bernstein was one of the most skilled players in World of Warcraft, with 30ꦫ00 ratings in several se🐲asons, Rank 1 on his Rogue for six consecutive seasons from four to nine, and world first achievements.
On Twitch, Bernstein had an active channel and was constantly streaming for over 40,000 followers, branching out into Hearthstone and Asheron’s Call. At the time of writing, popular streamer has over 125,000 viewers on Twitch whil🎉e discussing Bernstein and his passing. Mean🧜while, someone who has access to Twitch stream is running reruns of previous VODs, with over 30,000 viewers at the time of this writing.
So far, there does not appear to be any signs of distress on Bernstein’s social media accounts from earlier today, and this has come as a complete shock to everyone. Earlier in the year, we reported that viewers were showing increasing concern about Bernstein’s use of psilocybin after having ꦛ“bad trips” while on stream.
While viewers raised concerns directly with Bernstei🌟n, he made two troubling statements in hindsight. First, he stated that he had been suicidal before, but not taking any medication, and that psilocybin wa🏅s the only thing that kept him from “jumping over the edge.”
Social media has so far seen only an outpouring of support for friends and family of Bernstein. We too wish them the💜 best, and we strongly encourage anyone with suicidal thoughts to contact the (US), (CA), (UK), or (AUS). Readers who reside outside of ෴these regions can for a hotline in your area.